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JAMA. 2001;285:2187-2188.

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MMWR. 2001;50:246-248

The Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) of the California Department of Health Services and a county health department investigated cases of lead poisoning in six furniture workers and their families in 1998. The investigation, initiated after a blood test of a worker's child revealed an elevated blood lead level (BLL), found that lead remaining in previously painted or coated stripped wood was carried from the workplace on clothes and shoes and was the source of the child's lead exposure and subsequent poisoning. Employers in industries in which workers restore or build using stripped wood should assess lead exposure and, when necessary, should establish a comprehensive lead safety program.

During a routine medical examination, the 18-month-old child of a worker received a BLL test at his mother's request. The result, 26 µg/dL, met the CDC-recommended criterion for a lead poisoning case requiring clinical management (i.e., BLLs 20 µg/dL).¹ . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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