THE PORT PIRIE SMELTER
The Smelter is committed to reducing blood lead levels within the Port Pirie Community, specifically children between 0 - 4 years. In partnership with the Environmental Health Service, the Port Pirie Regional Council, the Department of Health, and the Environment Protection Authority, all stakeholders are working to reduce blood lead levels in the community. Together their goal is to ensure that at least 95% of children aged between 0 – 4 years in the Port Pirie Community will have a blood lead level below 10µg/dL by the end of 2010, or the tenby10 Project as it is called. One objective for the tenby10 project is to raise awareness of the issue in both the Smelter workforce and in the wider community to enable everyone to do their part to help lower blood lead levels. What you do will make a difference.
PORT PIRIE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
The Environmental Health Service is responsible for the delivery of the Port Pirie Lead Implementation Program. The program is designed to assist the local community in achieving an acceptable balance which safeguards the health of local residents, ensures the ongoing viability of the world’s largest lead smelter and promotes the sustainability of the City of Port Pirie. The major focus of the program is to reduce household lead dust exposure for pregnant women and children below the age of five years. The service investigates the ongoing pathways of lead exposure, provides community education on minimising exposure and monitors exposure by providing free routine blood lead testing for pregnant women and young children.