Occupational Exposure
Learn about lead in the workplace and how occupational
exposure to lead can be prevented. Adults need to be concerned for their
own health, and parents need to prevent exposing their child by bringing
lead home on their clothes or skin.
ABLES
(Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance) - The ABLES program
is a state-based surveillance program of laboratory-reported adult blood
lead levels. The program objective is to build state capacity to initiate,
expand, or improve adult blood lead surveillance programs which can
accurately measure trends in adult blood lead levels and which can
effectively intervene to prevent lead over-exposures.
Occupational Health -
The Wisconsin Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Consultation Program offers onsite occupational health or industrial hygiene consultation to assure occupational health and safety
in the work place.
Toxic Metals:
Lead
(Exit DHS - Federal Occupational Safety and Health
Administration) The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) has established the
reduction of lead exposure to be a high strategic priority. OSHA's five
year strategic plan sets a performance goal of a 15% reduction in the
average severity of lead exposure or employee blood lead levels in
selected industries and workplaces.
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Exit
DHS - The
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) The Institute
provides publications about lead in the work place.
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