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- Title
Environmental and Biological Monitoring for Lead Exposure in California Workplaces.
- Authors
Linda Rudolph; Sharp, Dan S.; Samuels, Steven; Perkins, Carin; Rosenberg, Jon
- Abstract
Patterns of environmental and biological monitoring for lead exposure were surveyed in i.e Lead-using industries in California. Employer self-reporting indicates a large proportion of potentially lead-exposed workers have never participated in a monitoring program. Only 2.6 percent of facilities have done environmental monitoring for lead, only 1.4 percent have routine biological monitoring programs. Monitoring practices vary by size of facility, with higher proportions in industries in which larger facilities predominate. Almost 80 percent of battery manufacturing employees work in job classifications which have been monitored, versus only 1 percent of radiator-repair workers. These findings suggest that laboratory-based surveillance for occupational lead poisoning may seriously underestimate the true number of lead poisoned workers and raise serious questions regarding compliance with key elements of the OSHA Lead Standard.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; LEAD; METALS; SURVEYS; EMPLOYEES; TOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL engineering; MANUFACTURED products
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1990, Vol 80, Issue 8, p921
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.80.8.921