Community exposure studies and smelter worker mortality studies as related to a copper smelter.

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• Personal Author:
  Milham S Jr.
• Description:
  Studies in Tacoma, Washington, were conducted to investigate arsenic (7440382) exposure in children living near a copper smelter and to test the Lee-Fraumeni hypothesis that copper smelter workers have increased incidence of respiratory cancer. Community exposure studies showed increased arsenic levels in hair and urine of children residing near the smelter. Urinary arsenic levels decreased as residential distance from the smelter increased. Younger children were found to have higher levels of urinary arsenic than older children. Worker mortality studies showed that smelter workers have increased mortality from respiratory cancer. No other causes of death showed a statistically significant excess mortality.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Mining
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • NIOSH-Author
  • NIOSH-Contract
  • Contract-210-75-0026
  • Toxicology
  • Primary-industrial-processes
  • Industrial-emission-sources
  • Arsenic-poisoning
  • Metal-poisoning
  • Heavy-metals
  • Lung-cancer
  More +
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  300-305
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056242
• Citation:
  Health effects of occupational lead and arsenic exposure, a symposium, Carnow BW, ed. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-134, 1976 Feb; :300-305
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178738/cdc_178738_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 981.49 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ecf2ee9a28240e5ccecd6e386cd13c7b2db4d73f60cf2383bfb18bc167b3659f232477fcb1f1964b7f06a32c1c80bdd7070201d6a24a26ccfd651a926c85e17f