Urban Lead Mining: Lead Intoxication among Deleaders

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A new industrial hazard has developed in the attempt to delead old houses. Although qualified contractors are available, serious problems may result from careless or inexperienced deleading practices. Many unsafe methods are being used that put in jeopardy the occupants of the houses as well as the workers who remove the paint. Standard operating procedures have been defined and distributed by the Division of Occupational Hygiene, Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries.1 Through a series of public-service announcements over television, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has been telling the public what safety . . .

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