LEAD
Workplace Lead Publications
At NIOSH, we have studied lead exposure in many different industries. Below are links to study publications and NIOSH-numbered publications meant to inform and reduce workplace lead exposure.
NIOSHTIC-2 is a searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by NIOSH. Use this database to search for lead-related journal articles published by NIOSH.
General Publications About Lead
Handwipe Method for Removing Lead from Skin (2011)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): ToxFAQs: Lead (PDF 74 KB, 2 pages)
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance --- United States, 2005--2007
Worker Health Chartbook 2004 DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-146 (PDF 8.5 MB, 382 pages)
Health Hazard Evaluations: Occupational Exposure to Lead 1994 to 1999 DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-113 (2001) (PDF 857 KB, 25 pages)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Lead Hazard Fact Sheet (PDF 21 KB, 2 pages)
Lead Exposure: Family Risks
Blood Lead Levels among the Children of Lead-Exposed Workers: A Meta-Analysis
Elevated Lead Contamination in Homes of Construction Workers
Lead Contamination in Automobiles of Lead Exposed Bridge Workers
Protecting Workers' Families: A Research Agenda DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2002-113 (2002)
Report to Congress on Workers' Home Contamination Study Conducted Under The Workers' Family Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 671a) DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 95-123 (1995)
US children's lead exposures, 2008: implications for prevention
Lead Exposure: Construction
Protecting workers exposed to lead-based paint hazards – A report to Congress (NIOSH) Publication No. 98-112 (1998)
NIOSH Alert - Preventing Lead Poisoning in Construction Workers DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 91-116a (1991)
Lead Toxicity among Bridge Workers, 1994
Current Trends Controlling Lead Toxicity among Bridge Workers – Connecticut, 1991-1994
Lead Poisoning in Bridge Demolition Workers -- Georgia, 1992
Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Lead Poisoning among Bricklayers -- Washington State
Lead Exposure: Other Industries
Evaluation of employee exposures at a PCB plant (2011)
Lead Exposures among Lead Burners -- Utah, 1991
Lead Poisoning among Battery Reclamation Workers -- Alabama, 1991
- Page last reviewed: April 19, 2017
- Page last updated: April 19, 2017
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health