Heavy Metals Surveillance in Michigan: Ninth Annual Report (January 2015 – December 2016)

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan. Department of Health & Human Services
• Description:
  Background: In September 2005, The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) promulgated rules requiring clinical laboratories to report all clinical test results of arsenic, cadmium, and mercury in blood and urine, under the statutory authority of the Public Health Code. The reporting requirement was established so that MDHHS could improve the tracking and prevention of the impacts on human health of environmental and occupational exposures to these heavy metals. Individuals with results exceeding action thresholds are interviewed to determine the source of exposure to the metal and assess if public health interventions are warranted. MDHHS and Michigan State University partner to collect, analyze, and respond to reports from the laboratories. Since 2012, statistics have been compiled only on reports with test values that are at or above the action threshold. 2015 and 2016 Results: Laboratory reporting of clinical tests for elevated arsenic, cadmium and mercury: 91 reports in 2015 and 69 reports in 2016, with levels above the action threshold, were received from seven laboratories. 70 individuals in 2015 and 56 individuals in 2016, including three children under the age of 16, had a result that exceeded one of the established action thresholds. Five individuals had elevated levels in both years and one individual had elevated levels of two different types of metals in one calendar year, thus there were 120 different individuals when both years combined. Three children had elevated urine arsenic level. In 2015, 75.7% and in 2016 42.9% were men. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Metals, Heavy Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Environmental Exposure Heavy Metal Poisoning Heavy Metals Occupational Exposure Surveillance Programs
• Publisher:
  Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Annual Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054355
• Citation:
  Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, 2017 Aug; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Heavy metals surveillance in Michigan: ninth annual report (January 2015 - December 2016)
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:990d285d4739c3a6ea76c041d930a980ab3c09728672616b12cfe03a8b2aea980532dfcfe5982fc231195475f4e2e1645c6a13eb2cc784445d77647793ff1b87
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216940/cdc_216940_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 549.86 KB ]