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Children living closest to the mines had the lowest literacy and numeracy scores. Katherine Clark/Flickr

Australian children exposed to toxic mining metals do worse at school

Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University; Chenyin Dong, Macquarie University; Louise Kristensen, Macquarie University, and Sammy Zahran, Colorado State University

Children in mining and smelting towns who are exposed high levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium are more than twice as likely to have developmental disorders than the national average.
Children are particularly susceptible to the toxic effects of lead because their brains and bodies are still developing. Viacheslav Nikolaenko/Shutterstock

Toxic playgrounds: Broken Hill kids exposed to poisonous dust

Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University; Louise Kristensen, Macquarie University; Marek Rouillon, Macquarie University, and Simon Mould, Macquarie University

In the shadows of Broken Hill’s rich mining history lies a legacy of contamination and regulatory failure that will likely outlive any benefits locals derive from mining. One in five children aged under…
Mount Isa exceeded the national one-hour standard for sulfur dioxide emissions 49 times in 2012. Zurbagan/Shutterstock

Reducing the harms of toxic air in mining and smelting communities

Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University; Janae Csavina, University of Arizona; Louise Kristensen, Macquarie University, and Peter Davies, Macquarie University

Children in the mining towns of Mount Isa in Queensland and Port Pirie in South Australia are exposed to harmful levels of pollutants that increase their risk of learning and developmental disorders, and…

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