Heavy Metals Surveillance in Michigan: Eighth Annual Report (January – December 2014)

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan. Department of Health & Human Services ; Michigan. Department of Health & Human Services
• Description:
  Background: In September 2005, The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services 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. 2014 Results: Laboratory reporting of clinical tests for elevated arsenic, cadmium and mercury: 126 reports with levels above the action threshold were received from five laboratories. 84 individuals, including 10 children under the age of 16, had a result that exceeded one of the established action thresholds. One individual had elevated levels of two different types of metals. Eight children had elevated blood or urine mercury levels, and two children had elevated blood or urine cadmium levels. Sixty-four percent of these individuals were males. [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 ; Annual Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054356
• Citation:
  Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, 2015 Jul; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Heavy metals surveillance in Michigan: eighth annual report (January - December 2014)
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5ae7c2167588dd4247b8b65d5a5ead0010fa62f0c18df19281f35be82af4a39ad650b131bbd599b5640a379b9354d83460aa6e2552d695875cd6736a029bc72f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216941/cdc_216941_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 281.40 KB ]