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Appendix B: Poster Presentations
Appendix B: Poster Presentations
Pages 157-172
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This is accomplished, in part, by providing outreach both to and through several subcommunities, including the local medical community; local schools (K-121; day care centers; renovators; and targeted neighborhoods based on exterior conditions of homes. Strategies for reaching families include, but are not limited to, educational home visits or phone contact for children with elevated blood lead levels, door-to-door campaigns, informational booths, health fairs, public service announcements, community presentations, informational potIucks, an informational line, and promotional items.
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We looked at the workers most directly affected by lead who had clinical manifestations of lead poisoning, a history of exposure, and a confirmation of exposure from laboratory results. Of the 1,429 workers studied, 348 had blood lead levels that exceeded the acceptable limits set by the World Health Organization (40 Go/.
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The display reviews what we have learned about the effects of lead on various organ systems; the accumulation of lead hazards in the environment; a review of regulatory efforts both nationwide and in California; epidemiology of the disease in California; and California's plan to eliminate childhood lead poisoning based upon pnmary, secondary, and tertiary prevention models. Community Action and the Reduction of Lead Exposure: The Trail Experience.
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Additional measures are needed to further reduce lead exposure arising from backyard battery repair shops (Matte et al., 1989a, 19911. The Development of A Statewide Database on Lead-Safe Housing and Identifying Communities with High Risk of Lead Poisoning.
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The Johnson and Johnson Corporation and the New Jersey Head Start Association are designing educational materials and interventions to educate about the dangers of lead poisoning and are developing ways to better prevent lead poisoning in 2,000 Head Start Children In four New Jersey cities using control and experimental groups. The modes of intervention include outreach workers educating individual families, use of broadcast media and print materials, and small group instruction.
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The study will examine the relationships between maternal calcium intake and lead levels in nursing infants and between maternal lead levels and the following factors: use of glazed ceramics, living in high-density traffic zones in Mexico City, length of time residing in Mexico City, type of water used for drinking, kind of paint used in the home, partner's and mother's job, mother's usual smoking habits, and mother's education and socioeconomic level. Epidemiological Analysis of Lead Exposure in Four Different Occupations.
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Average blood lead levels of the 642 children living within 900 meters of the industry were 59.1 ~g/dl in 1980, decreasing to 36 ,ug/61 in 1985 after abatement measures were taken. About 22 percent of the study population were children of smelter workers.
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These higher lead levels are associated more with fugitive emissions from the smelter than chimney emissions or soil lead content. Lead-free Glazes in Ceramic Production.
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and with support from four federal agencies EPA, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Defense. The National Safety Council/ National Lead Information Center s lead-related activities include cosponsorship, with EPA, of a national education campaign intended to raise public awareness about lead poisoning.
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Maternal blood lead levels (MBL) ranged between 0.5 and 58.3 ~g/~l, with a geometric mean of 10.63.
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To increase consumer recycling of all spent rechargeable batteries, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, has designed a battery recycling campaign and a pre- and postcampaign survey of public knowIedge and behavior. The public information campaign includes public service announcements, posters, flyers, training videos, mailings to all vehicle owners in the state, training manuals for hazardous waste and recycling coordinators, and community-based educational programs in each county.
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Lead levels in the urban soils parallel the density of automotive use, and contaminated soil persists, continuing as a source of lead exposure. In addition, lead stored in bone deposits will take many years to deplete, with 40-70 percent of current blood lead levels derived from bone stores.
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Risk Factors Associated with High Blood Lead Levels in Mexico City SchooIchilclren.
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Factors that can help overcome these problems will include increased awareness of the lead poisoning issue among potters and their families and the economic incentive of a larger market in the United States and elsewhere for leadless ceramicware. United Parents Against Lead: Parents United to Educate A Nation United We Can Save A Rainbow of Children.
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in this way, decisionmakers can take into account both health and nonhealth benefits. Given the uncertainties associated with the valuation of the health benefits of lead poisoning prevention, consideration of nonhealth benefits can help to overcome resistance to pursuing preventive measures.
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