Camelford the town with some of Cornwall's …
The Camelford water pollution incident involved the accidental contamination of the drinking water supply in July 1988 when 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate was inadvertently added to the …
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Camelford Water Poisoning Accident; Serial …
The serial cognitive assessment of ten individuals made between 8 and 26 months after the water at Camelford in Cornwall was accidentally contaminated with aluminium sulphate, showed consistent evidence …
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Severe cerebral congophilic angiopathy coincident with …
Severe cerebral congophilic angiopathy coincident with increased brain aluminium in a resident of Camelford, Cornwall, UK ... In July 1988, 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate was discharged by the South West Water Authority into the drinking water supplied to a large region of North Cornwall. Up to 20 000 people were exposed to …
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Nhôm sulfat – Wikipedia tiếng Việt
Aluminium sulfate: Tên khác: Cake alum Filter alum Papermaker's alum Alunogenite aluminum salt (3:2) Nhận dạng; Số CAS: PubChem: Số EINECS: Số RTECS: BD1700000: Ảnh Jmol-3D: ... sử dụng không đúng và vượt quá liều lượng vào năm 1988 ô nhiễm nguồn cung cấp nước của Camelford ở Cornwall.
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Campaigners criticise report into Camelford water poisoning
The final report into the Camelford water poisoning incident 25 years ago, which has found that the pollution was "unlikely" to have caused long term health problems, has been dismissed as wholly inadequate by local MPs, doctors, and campaigners. On 6 July 1988 a relief tanker driver discharged 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate solution …
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Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to …
Objective: To establish whether people exposed to drinking water contaminated with 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate in the Camelford area of Cornwall in the south west of England in July 1988 had suffered organic brain damage as opposed to psychological trauma only. Design: Retrospective study of affected people.
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Camelford Water Poisoning Accident; Serial …
The serial cognitive assessment of ten individuals after the water at Camelford in Cornwall was accidentally contaminated with aluminium sulphate showed consistent evidence of impairment of information processing and memory, but whether this was caused by an acute episode of brain damage, or other causes such as the …
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Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to …
Objective: To establish whether people exposed to drinking water contaminated with 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate in the Camelford area of Cornwall in the south west of England in July 1988 had suffered organic brain damage as opposed to psychological trauma only. Design: Retrospective study of affected people. Participants: …
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Driver admits he 'poisoned' water supply to 20k homes in Camelford …
A delivery driver told an inquest yesterday that he mistakenly dumped 20 tons of aluminium sulphate into the wrong tank at a water treatment works, causing Britain's worst mass poisoning. Relief ...
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How to Use Aluminum Sulfate in Your Pool
Step One: Test the Water. Before you proceed, it's best to test the water to ensure everything is properly balanced. Alum works best in well-balanced pool water and temperatures between 70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Additionally, your pH must be at the ideal levels as well (7.2 to 7.8).
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Camelford Water Poisoning Accident; Serial …
The serial cognitive assessment of ten individuals made between 8 and 26 months after the water at Camelford in Cornwall was accidentally contaminated with aluminium sulphate, showed consistent evidence of impairment of information processing and memory.
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Camelford
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(PDF) Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to …
BMJ VOLUME 319 25 SEPTEMBER 1999 Key messages x Aluminium is a well established neurotoxin x Accidental contamination of drinking water in Camelford by aluminium sulphate led to symptoms of loss of concentration and short term memory that were initially attributed to anxiety + In residents exposed to the contaminated water ...
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A review of hospital discharge rates in a population around Camelford …
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Woman died from Britain's worst mass poisoning 16 years after Camelford
1988, July 6: A relief driver dumps 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate into the wrong tank at the then South West Water Authority's water treatment works at Lowermoor, Cornwall.
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Is aluminium really a silent killer?
In July 1988, a relief lorry driver mistakenly added 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate to drinking water at the Lowermoor treatment works near Camelford, Cornwall.
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Aluminium in Brain Tissue in Epilepsy: A Case Report from Camelford
In 1988, the population of the Cornish town of Camelford was exposed to exceedingly high levels of aluminium in their potable water supply. Herein we provide evidence that aluminium played a role in the death of a Camelford resident following development of late-onset epilepsy. (2) Case summary: We have measured the …
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Severe cerebral congophilic angiopathy coincident with …
In July 1988, 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate was discharged by the South West Water Authority into the drinking water supplied to a large region of North Cornwall. Up to 20,000 people were exposed to concentrations of aluminium which were 500-3000 times the acceptable limit under European Union legislation (0.200 mg/l).
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All rapid responses
Objective: To establish whether people exposed to drinking water contaminated with 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate in the Camelford area of Cornwall in the south west of England in July 1988 had suffered organic brain damage as opposed to psychological trauma only. Design: Retrospective study of affected people. Participants: …
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Self-Reported Impacts of Large-Scale Chemical Contamination
Literature on mass exposures to larger quantities of chemical contaminants in water supplies released at a single point in time is scarce. Rowland and co-workers reported on the immediate consequences of a spill of aluminum sulfate into a water supply in North Cornwall, England. This study showed that a group of survey respondents who …
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Camelford water poisoning: the search for answers
It is more than two decades since 20,000 homes in Camelford were affected when a relief delivery driver accidentally tipped 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate into the wrong tank at the Lowermoor ...
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ALUMINIUM POISONING | The BMJ
Research news; Education. At a glance; Clinical reviews; Practice; Minerva; ... Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to drinking water contaminated with aluminium sulphate: retrospective study of the Camelford water incident BMJ 1999 ... The valuable Camelford Aluminium report (Altmann P et al BMJ 99:319:807-811) raises …
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Study has several methodological shortcomings | The BMJ
F.Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to aluminium sulfate: retrospective study of the Camelford water incident. BMJ 1999:319:807-11. (29 September). 2. Alexander M, Benson F, Delis DC, LaRue A, Meador K, Ponton MO, et al. Assessment: neuropsychological testing of adults. Considerations for neurologists. …
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Dr. John M. Cunningham MD
Authors' reply to Camelford letters. ... Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to drinking water contaminated with aluminium sulphate: retrospective study of the Camelford water ...
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Student safety sheets 45 Aluminium and its compounds …
accidentally added to a reservoir at Camelford in Cornwall, some ill effects were reported. Aluminium sulfate(VI) Dilute solutions (if less than 0.1 M but 0.03 M or more) IRRITANT WARNING: irritating to eyes. Aluminium sulfate(VI) Very dilute solutions (less than 0.03M) Currently not classified as hazardous Note these solutions are extremely ...
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review of hospital discharge rates in a population around Camelford …
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the pollution caused by the aluminium sulphate emptied into the water at the Lowermoor Tre ... Comparisons were made between the Camelford area and other localities in Cornwall of standardized hospital discharge ratios up to five years following the pollution incident The diagnoses of …
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A review of hospital discharge rates in a population around Camelford …
Since the pollution incident, the standardized discharge ratio has increased in the Camelford area compared with Cornwall and no similar increase was observed in other localities of Cornwall. BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the pollution caused by the aluminium sulphate emptied into the water at the Lowermoor …
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Britain's worst mass water poisoning is still affecting lives …
Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate were mistakenly dumped into the wrong water tank by a relief lorry driver at the Lowermoor treatment plant, which supplied around 20,000 homes and businesses in ...
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The Camelford Water Disaster of 1988 was the UK's Worst …
The Camelford Water Disaster in 1988 was the UK's worst mass poisoning incident. Twenty tonnes of aluminum sulfate were accidentally added to the water supply, sickening thousands. Inquests into the deaths of people who died many years later discovered extremely high levels of aluminum in the brain. What Caused the Contamination?
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