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NSW Health resists lower blood lead guidelines for children in Broken Hill, documents reveal

todayDecember 11, 2025

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Greens MP condemns ‘pathetic’ level of funding to deal with lead contamination in state’s far west

NSW Health resisted government advice to strengthen protections for children exposed to lead in Broken Hill, despite internal documents acknowledging that far lower blood lead levels than those recognised in current guidelines can harm developing brains.

Newly released documents reveal the Department of Premier and Cabinet urged a whole-of-government response to consider lowering the blood lead investigation threshold – the level at which a child’s blood test result should trigger a health response – from 5 micrograms of lead per decilitre (5μg/dL) to 3.5μg/dL.

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