Heavy Metals Surveillance in Michigan: Seventh Annual Report (January 2012 – December 2013)

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan. Department of Health & Human Services
• Description:
  Background: In September 2005, The Michigan Department of Community Health 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 MDCH 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. MDCH and Michigan State University partner to collect, analyze, and respond to reports from the laboratories. Since 2012 statistics have been compiled on only reports with test values that are at or above the action threshold. 2012 and 2013 Results: Laboratory reporting of clinical tests for elevated arsenic, cadmium and mercury: 79 reports in 2012 and 81 in 2013 with levels above the action threshold were received from seven laboratories. 57 individuals in 2012 and 64 in 2013, including 3 children under the age of 16, had a result that exceeded one of the established action thresholds. Four individuals had elevated levels in both years, thus there were 117 different individuals when both years are combined. In 2012, 72% of these individuals were male, and in 2013, 63% were male. [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:20054357
• Citation:
  Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, 2014 Apr; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Heavy metals surveillance in Michigan: seventh annual report (January 2012 - December 2013)
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3f9c3388e56ade34f50b529090fcfc3783132ab3dfd374542c250a5b4c90f5b74fc2a1af146362fecf1385828bc64f9aed4b78f230d2b0b3ebaf7894c8b2dabf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216942/cdc_216942_DS1.pdf
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