Special problems of lead in women workers.

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• Personal Author:
  Boulos BM
• Description:
  Data from several previously published studies are assembled to show the effects of lead (7439921) exposure in women. Women workers may be more susceptible to lead toxicity than men, and they develop more central nervous system manifestations than men. The incidence percentage for convulsions and blindness is greater among women than men. Also, lead may affect the reproductive capacities in women since incidence of miscarriage is greater among occupationally exposed women workers. Lead is found to cross the placenta in experimental animals and may affect developmental growth and behavior of newborns. Compounds used in therapy may have potentiating toxic effects. In experimental studies, lead is found to potentiate the toxic effects of lithium (7439932) on the fetal liver, as well as Chang human liver cell cultures. It is considered important to establish a low safe level for lead in the industrial environment which will protect both men and women in the work place during their reproductive years.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-75-0026 Developmental-disorders Drugs Drugs-interaction Exposure-limits Eye-disorders Growth-disorders Growth-inhibition Hazards Heavy-metals Lead-poisoning Liver-disorders Neonatal-growth Nervous-system-disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Contract Reproductive-system-disorders Sex-factors Toxic-substances Vision-disorders

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  39-49
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056285
• 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; :39-49
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Lithium (CAS RN 7439-93-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0661f76e558ffe32d0bb14e631cae09800d7d4161340001397f1693cbf67b057f074b3967eea5f59d4dfc55381f125e7efc92610fc1403d3e82302430a453e7a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178768/cdc_178768_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.38 MB ]