Cases / Mining · Australia · 2024
68.4% of Port Pirie children had blood lead above 5 µg/dL, SA Health reports
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
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No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
SA Health's 2024 annual report on Port Pirie lead levels found that 68.4% of children were above 5 µg/dL, with the highest levels in ten years for ages 0 to 4. The sources reviewed do not name the source of the lead.
What?
SA Health reported that 68.4% of children in Port Pirie had blood lead above 5 µg/dL in 2024. SA Health
Where?
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia. SA Health
When?
2024 measurements, reported March 2025. SA Health
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- Children in Port Pirie — blood lead above 5 µg/dL, as 68.4% of children in 2024 SA Health
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The figures are reported in SA Health's annual Port Pirie lead levels report. SA Health
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
SA Health reported that 68.4% of children in Port Pirie had blood lead above 5 µg/dL in its 2024 annual report.
SA Health said levels for children aged 0 to 4 were the highest in the past decade.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the source of the lead.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not state how many children were included in the 2024 figures.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not report environmental lead measurements for soil, dust or water in Port Pirie.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Port Pirie Lead Levels 2024 Annual ReportSA Health · 2025-03