Biographical entry de Silva, Pamela Elizabeth (1930 - 1997)

Summary

Pamela Elizabeth De Silva was a scientific officer and later head scientist of the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Health Department. Her particular area of expertise was lead poisoning and not long before her death she published a paper arguing that it is not high levels of lead in children's blood that causes lower intelligence, but rather that young children with lower intelligence may eat more soil or paint containing lead and thereby have higher blood lead levels.

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Events

1951

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Melbourne

1952 - 1956

Career position - Scientific Officer in the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Health Department

1965 - 1982

Career position - Scientific Officer in the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Health Department

1982

Education - Master of Public Health completed at the University of Sydney

1982 - 1988

Career position - Head Scientist in the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Health Department

c. 1983 - c. 1986

Career position - President of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists

1988 - 1995

Career position - Manager of AMCOSH

1989

Career position - First Australian President of the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'de Silva Pamela Elizabeth', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476423. Details