Abstract:
:Occupational lead poisoning and environmental contamination were evaluated at a lead scrap smelter. Thirty of 37 employees (81 per cent) has blood lead levels of greater than or equal to 80 mug/100 ml, indicating unacceptable absorption, and 35 had free erythrocyte protoporphyrin (FEP) levels greater than 60mug/100ml rbc, indicating toxicity of lead on heme metabolism in red blood cells; eight current and previous employees had been hospitalized with lead colic, and another with encephalopathy. Levels of lead in surface soil (1,800 ppm) and vegetation (20,000 ppm) at the smelter were high and decreased with distance. Animals on nearby pasture had died, and lead levels in the blood, milk, and hair of large and small animals were elevated. Adults living within 100 meters of the smelter had higher blood and hair lead levels than controls, who lived at greater distances, but there was no evidence in them of lead toxicity.
journal_name
Am J Public Healthjournal_title
American journal of public healthauthors
Levine RJ,Moore RM,McLaren GD,Barthel WF,Landrigan PJdoi
10.2105/ajph.66.6.548subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1976-06-01 00:00:00pages
548-52issue
6eissn
0090-0036issn
1541-0048journal_volume
66pub_type
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