How were the kids in this town contaminated?
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English - May 30, 2020 22:05 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNews Commentary News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For children in Port Pirie there is no 10 second rule.
When you grow up in a “lead town” eating off the floor is forbidden, and could be harmful to your health.
But when a mum follows all the strict and unusual rules of the town to keep her son safe and his blood lead still continues to rise, she asks: what am I doing wrong?
Can a town coexist with a lead smelter?
Paul Culliver investigates