QUEENSLAND chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young was not ready to comment on the findings of the Lead Pathways Study into Air due to its length and complexity.
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The Department of Health received the 427 page report which was done by the University of Queensland late last Tuesday.
But Dr Young did say that recorded blood lead levels in children under five were gradually decreasing since the first survey in 2006-07.
She credited the reduced levels to education and intervention programs.
“These results indicate that the lead health management programs and strategies we have put in place are having a positive impact and the Mount Isa Lead Health Management Committee will continue building on these,” she said.
Dr Young did said that well publicised programs into free blood lead level testing have existed since 2010, and that children under five years have been tested at the Mount Isa Hospital since August 2014.
Less invasive finger print testing has been available from four local sites since September 2016.
These sites are Gidgee Healing, the Mount Isa Super Clinic, the North West Hospital and Health Service, and the North West HHS Paediatric Outpatients.