Open AccessEnvironmental and Biological Monitoring in a Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing Unit in India
Author(s) -
Ravichandran B,
Ravibabu K,
Raghavan S,
Krishnamurthy V,
Rajan BK,
Rajmohan HR
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.47.350
Subject(s) - lead–acid battery , lead (geology) , environmental science , battery (electricity) , polishing , particulates , environmental monitoring , atmosphere (unit) , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , toxicology , waste management , environmental health , metallurgy , medicine , chemistry , engineering , materials science , biology , meteorology , geography , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Environmental and Biological Monitoring in a Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing Unit in India: B Ravichandran, et al. Regional Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore Medical College Campus, India — An environmental and biological monitoring of a lead acid battery manufacturing unit was carried out to measure the respirable particulate matter, lead content in working atmosphere and blood lead levels of workers employed in different sections. The results showed high mean air lead concentration in buffing (1444.45 µg/m 3 ), plate cutting (430.14 µg/m 3 ) and pasting (277.48 µg/m 3 ) sections. The mean blood lead levels of employees in these sections were also higher than the values prescribed by ACGIH.