Lead exposure in the construction industry: results from the California Occupational Lead Registry, 1987 through 1989. | Zendy

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Lead exposure in the construction industry: results from the California Occupational Lead Registry, 1987 through 1989.

Author(s) -

Kirsten Waller,

Ana María Osório,

Neil Maizlish,

Sarah Royce

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.12.1669

Subject(s) - environmental health , lead poisoning , lead (geology) , lead exposure , construction industry , occupational exposure , occupational safety and health , medical surveillance , medicine , occupational medicine , business , engineering , pathology , cats , geomorphology , psychiatry , construction engineering , geology

The construction industry is exempt from the medical monitoring portions of the US Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration General Industry Lead Standard. Of 28 construction workers reported to the California Occupational Lead Registry through March 1989, 11 (39%) had blood lead levels of 2.90 mumol/L (60 micrograms/dL) or greater, the level at which immediate removal from lead exposure is mandated in nonconstruction industries. Many workers had not been warned of possible lead exposure. The exemption of the construction industry from the General Industry Lead Standard should be reconsidered.

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