Take-Home Lead Exposure Among Children with Relatives Employed at a Battery Recycling Facility - Puerto Rico, 2011

Take-Home Lead Exposure Among Children with Relatives Employed at a Battery Recycling Facility - Puerto Rico, 2011

The recycling of lead has increased during the past 20 years, with more workers and their families potentially being exposed to lead from recycling facilities, including facilities that recycle lead-acid batteries. During Nov 2010-May 2011, four voluntary blood lead screening clinics for children of...

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Veröffentlicht in:MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2012, Vol.61 (47), p.967
Hauptverfasser: Garcíca, Brenda Rivera, Rullán, John, O'Neill, Maureen, Garrison, Geoff, Santella, Dennis, Maddaloni, Mark M, Evangelista, Pat, Cirillo, Argie, Huerta-Montanez, Gredia, Caldwell, Kathleen, Dignam, Timothy, Brown, Mary Jean
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Sprache:eng
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Blood levels
Childrens health
Human exposure
Lead poisoning
Occupational exposure
Recycling centers
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Zusammenfassung:The recycling of lead has increased during the past 20 years, with more workers and their families potentially being exposed to lead from recycling facilities, including facilities that recycle lead-acid batteries. During Nov 2010-May 2011, four voluntary blood lead screening clinics for children of employees of a battery recycling facility in Puerto Rico were conducted. A total of 227 persons from 78 families had blood lead tests. Among 68 children aged
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X