A Report to Congress
DHHS (NIOSH) PUBLICATION NO. 98-112
JANUARY 1997
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 -
Health Effects of Lead Exposure and Occupational Exposure Criteria
- Introduction
- Neurotoxic effects
- Hematologic and renal effects
- Reproductive and developmental effects
- Cardiovascular effects
- Carcinogenic effects
- Occupational exposure Criteria
- Conclusions
- References
Chapter 2 -
NIOSH Surveillance, Interventions, and Evaluations- Introduction
- The Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program (ABLES)
- State intervention capacity
- State-based research -- overview
- State-based research projects -- progress and results to date
- Identifying hazardous lead exposures with other data sources
- Recommendations
- References
Chapter 3 -
Lead Exposure of Workers' Families- Recent NIOSH research
- Review of previous studies
- Summary and recommendations
- References
Chapter 4 -
Methods, Devices, and Work Practices to Control Occupational Lead Exposures during Lead-based Paint Activities- Controls for LBP activities on steel structures
- Alternatives to traditional abrasive blasting
- Controls for abrasive blasting removal of LBP
- Respiratory protection for work on steel structures
- Controls for residential lead abatement and renovation activities
- Occupational exposure assessment
- Alternate abatement processes
- Wet methods
- Vacuum power tools
- General dilution ventilation and containment structures
- Administrative controls
- Summary of Recommendations
- Steel structures maintenance
- Residential lead abatement and renovation activities
- References
Chapter 5 -
Methods to Sample and Analyze Environmental Lead- Introduction
- Sample collection
- Lead in airborne particulate
- Lead is surface dust
- Lead in paint and soil
- Sample preparation
- Analysis
- Screening methods
- Additional Methods
- Recommendations for performance evaluation
- Laboratory testing for lead
- Field-based testing for lead
- Recommendations
- References
Chpater 6 -
Lead Exposures among Janitorial and Custodial Workers- Evaluation design
- Results
- Conclusions and recommendations
- References
Appendix A
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