Occupational Risk

Preventable Workplace Lead Exposures Continue To Be A Problem In The U.S.

Published in Blood Weekly, August 4th, 1997

Information collected by the Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) program of the Centers for Disease Control National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) documented 12,672 adults with blood lead levels of 25 (mu)g/deciliter or greater in 1996 from 25 states.

Of these adults, 751 (4.5 percent) had blood lead levels of 50 (mu)g/deciliter or greater, the level designated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for medical removal from the workplace. Although the overall number of adults with blood lead levels of 25 (mu)g/deciliter or greater decreased by 4 percent from the number in 1995, some states are still...

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Source: Blood Weekly (1997-08-04)

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