Elena Queirolo is an Uruguayan toxicology researcher and advocate who founded the Health Clinic for Environmental Chemical Contaminants at the Pereira Rossell Hospital (Policlínica de Contaminantes Químicos Ambientales del Pereira Rossell[1]), known as the Lead Clinic or Lead Polyclinic.[2][3][4] She is affiliated with the Catholic University of Uruguay.[5]
The clinic was founded in April 2001 in response to the La Teja incident, in which the public became aware of lead and other chemical exposure to children.[3] After the incident, the clinic and Queirolo became data collectors and advocates for establishing lead exposure standards more similar to the guidelines in the US and Canada.[3]
She has been a primary investigator on several major international studies of exposure of children to lead and other chemicals, such as arsenic.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Uruguay: CONTAMINACIÓN CON PLOMO - La sociedad se organiza desde el pie". www6.rel-uita.org. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ Queirolo, Elena Isabel (2018-09-24). "The Environmental Contaminants Clinic in Montevideo, a History". ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2018. doi:10.1289/isesisee.2018.S02.01.38. S2CID 216774357.
- ^ a b c Renfrew, Daniel (2019). "Chapter One: To Live, Not Only Survive". Life without lead : contamination, crisis, and hope in Uruguay. Oakland, California. pp. 24–50. ISBN 978-0-520-96824-0. OCLC 1102765674.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Uruguay: Policlínica de Contaminantes Ambientales | www.alertaplomo.org". alertaplomo.org. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Scopus preview - Queirolo, Elena I. - Author details - Scopus". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Early Life Exposome". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ Codrops. "Noticias | PSICOE". Universidad Católica del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ ElPais (22 August 2015). "Hallan vínculo entre agua y plomo". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-28.