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Doctor Warns About Lead Poisoning Risk From Recycling Older Electronic Equipment
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/news/release/2015/lead-poisoning-older-electronics/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Doctor Warns About Lead Poisoning Risk From Recycling Older Electronic Equipment[/font]
Monday, July 27, 2015
[font size=3]The disposal and recycling of electronic devices has increased exposure to lead and other toxicants and created “an emerging health concern,” according to a pediatrician who directs the Environmental Health and Lead Clinic at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Nick Newman reports on two children, ages 1 and 2, whose father worked at an e-scrap recycling company crushing cathode ray tubes (CRTs). CRTs, made from leaded glass, were commonly used in televisions and computer monitors but largely have been replaced by newer technologies.
The children had blood lead levels of 18 micrograms per deciliter and 14 micrograms per deciliter. Although no safe blood lead level in children has been identified, a reference level of 5 micrograms per deciliter is now used to identify children for whom parents, doctors and public health officials should take action to reduce exposure to lead.
The father left his job soon after the elevated blood lead levels were detected, the levels subsequently decreased to 8.7 and 7.9 parts per deciliter over the next three months.
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Monday, July 27, 2015
[font size=3]The disposal and recycling of electronic devices has increased exposure to lead and other toxicants and created “an emerging health concern,” according to a pediatrician who directs the Environmental Health and Lead Clinic at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Nick Newman reports on two children, ages 1 and 2, whose father worked at an e-scrap recycling company crushing cathode ray tubes (CRTs). CRTs, made from leaded glass, were commonly used in televisions and computer monitors but largely have been replaced by newer technologies.
The children had blood lead levels of 18 micrograms per deciliter and 14 micrograms per deciliter. Although no safe blood lead level in children has been identified, a reference level of 5 micrograms per deciliter is now used to identify children for whom parents, doctors and public health officials should take action to reduce exposure to lead.
The father left his job soon after the elevated blood lead levels were detected, the levels subsequently decreased to 8.7 and 7.9 parts per deciliter over the next three months.
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