Taylor, M.P., Mackay, A.K., Munksgaard, N.C., and Hudson-Edwards, K.A. (2015) Comments on manuscript—Zheng, J., Huynh, T., Gasparon, M., Ng, J. and Noller, B., 2013. Human health risk assessment of lead from mining activities at semi-arid locations in the context of total lead exposure. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 20, 8404–8416. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22 (23). pp. 19307-19312.

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[Extract] Zheng et al. (2013) examined the total concentration and in vitro bioaccessibility of Pb in air (PM10), soil and carpet dust samples from an unnamed Australian mining community. The Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic (IEUBK) model was used to estimate the potential Pb exposure in young children (0–7 years) residing in the community from five measured Pb pathways (air, diet, water, soil and dust). The results showed that the ingestion of soils and settled dusts is the driving factor in terms of Pb exposure by children. We reviewed Zheng et al. (2013) and identified significant issues with respect to transparency, disclosure of funding, disclosure of the study location and lack of citation of relevant research. Consequently, we request that the manuscript be withdrawn from Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pending further independent blind peer review to address our concerns, which are detailed below.

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