The lead story of the fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral of Paris.
Journal
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
ISSN: 1873-6424
Titre abrégé: Environ Pollut
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8804476
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Jan 2021
15 Jan 2021
Historique:
received:
21
08
2020
revised:
30
10
2020
accepted:
19
11
2020
pubmed:
15
12
2020
medline:
7
1
2021
entrez:
14
12
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
On 15th April 2019, Parisians watched in shock as Notre-Dame de Paris, the iconic cathedral that has towered over their city for almost 900 years, was engulfed in flames. Although flames destroyed the spire and considerably weakened the structure, no human lives were lost. However, as some amounts of lead volatilized and deposited in the surrounding areas, fears of potential intoxication began to rise. We investigated the impact of this fire on the blood lead levels of adults in Paris according to the distance between the cathedral and where they live or work. The geometric mean of blood lead levels of the study population was 1.49μg/dl (95% CI [1.38-1.62]) with a prevalence of blood lead levels≥5.0μg/dL of 5.0%. Despite the early legitimate fears of intoxication, the fire that destroyed a significant part of the Notre-Dame cathedral did not increase the blood lead levels of adults living and working in the vicinity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33316489
pii: S0269-7491(20)36829-9
doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116140
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Lead
2P299V784P
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
116140Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest We as authors have no conflict of interests for the paper titled: The lead story of the fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral of Paris