Key scientific findings for lead: an excerpt from Final review of scientific information on lead, version of December 2010
- Hazardous properties, exposures and effects;
- Environmental transport: extent to which lead is transported on intercontinental, regional, national and local scales;
- Sources of releases;
- Production and uses of lead;
- Lead issues in developing countries;
- Levels and time trends in air and deposition;
- Human exposure pathways and effects;
- Impacts on the ecosystem;
- Data gaps.
