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. 1992 Dec;82(12):1669–1671. doi: 10.2105/ajph.82.12.1669

Lead exposure in the construction industry: results from the California Occupational Lead Registry, 1987 through 1989.

K Waller 1, A M Osorio 1, N Maizlish 1, S Royce 1
PMCID: PMC1694555  PMID: 1456344

Abstract

The construction industry is exempt from the medical monitoring portions of the US Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration General Industry Lead Standard. Of 28 construction workers reported to the California Occupational Lead Registry through March 1989, 11 (39%) had blood lead levels of 2.90 mumol/L (60 micrograms/dL) or greater, the level at which immediate removal from lead exposure is mandated in nonconstruction industries. Many workers had not been warned of possible lead exposure. The exemption of the construction industry from the General Industry Lead Standard should be reconsidered.

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