Person
de Silva, Pamela Elizabeth (1930 - 1997)
- Born
- 11 March 1930
Charlton, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 1 May 1997
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Occupational hygienist
Summary
Pamela 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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Chronology
- 1951
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), 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, 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, 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
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- 'de Silva, Pamela Elizabeth (19300311-19970501)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476423. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 18 December 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018