The effect of a lindane and mercury polluting incident on the health of a community: The Somerton Health Survey |
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| Authors: | C Bowie Dr A Hill V Murray |
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| Affiliation: | aPublic Health Research and Consultancy, The Old Farmhouse, Clayhanger, Chard, Somerset, TA20 3BD, UK;bSouth Humber Health Authority, Health Place, Wrawby Road, Brigg, North Lincolnshire, DN20 8GS, UK;cMedical Toxicology Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, Avonley Road, London, SE14 5ER, UK |
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| Abstract: | Objectives: This study sought to identify possible illnesses of people exposed to lindane and methyl mercury following a pollution incidence in Somerton, Somerset, UK.Methods: A self-administered questionnaire survey was posted to 1500 residents in three selected areas of Somerton to identify symptoms of possible illnesses over a 3 month period.Results: There was a 74% response rate. People living near the stream had higher levels of reported mental symptoms and itching skin than in controls. Poisoning as the cause of the mental symptoms was excluded as the individuals had normal blood levels of lindane or mercury. Other symptoms were no higher in one area than another or from one time period to another.Conclusions: The survey, using controls in time and space, was able to explore, the pollution incident's contribution to the toxicity of residents and how this related to mental symptoms experienced by the residents. |
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| Keywords: | lindane methyl mercury population survey |
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