Nordenham Smelter

The Ausmelt plant at the Metalleurop Nordenham smelter in Germany is designed to process both primary and secondary feeds and is detailed in Chapter 7. 

Germany Nordenham children retested at age 9 (76) Children exposed from a nearby lead—zinc smelter PbB geometric mean = 7.8 pg/dl (from 1985). Pb-tooth geometric mean = 4.7 pg/g Significant association of PbB and Pb-teeth with Vienna Reaction Test and Visual Evoked Potential responses Winneke etal. (1989)... 

The city of Nordenham is a seaport of about 33 000 inhabitants, located on the mouth of the river Weser, in the northern part of the Federal Republic of Germany. A large lead-zinc smelter is the source of airborne lead pollution in the area. Since about 1974 different strata of the population have been screened for indications of undue lead absorption by the Federal Health Office (Berlin). One such screening programme represents the basis of both the initial and the follow-up study. 

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