Last year, Johan Strandberg came back to Stockholm after being Mistra Fellow at WHO in Geneva. Mistra Fellow is a program that allows researchers to work for an international policy organisation, gaining personal experiences and acquiring knowledge that may come to use in the Mistra program or Sweden, in broader terms.
Strandberg was a part of the Drinking-Water quality team responsible forpublishing the Drinking-Water Quality Guidelines, including the guideline values and guidance on Water Safety Plans.
One task was to lead the development of a “technical brief” on lead in drinking-water. It is a problem in many parts of the world, originating mainly from plumbing and pipes made of lead or lead alloys such as brass. Globally, lead poisoning accounts for around 2 million deaths per year, mainly from exhausts caused by the informal recycling of lead batteries. After a review by Unicef, World Vision, Water Aid the technical brief is published by WHO. You find it on this link.
