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Lead in the Workplace Symposium - The New Science

Occupational Lead poisoning prevention program

Lead in the Workplace - The New Science

A one-day scientific symposium moderated by John Howard, MD, Director of NIOSH

The CDPH Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) has reviewed available scientific information and made health-based recommendations to Cal/OSHA for revising its General Industry Lead Standard and Lead in Construction Standard. This symposium, held on November 13, 2013, discussed the scientific basis for the CDPH recommendations.

Scientific experts provided detailed presentations on the current literature on health effects of low-level lead exposure and the Cal/EPA report on modeling of the air lead/blood lead relationship. A CDPH representative presented the basis for the CDPH's Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) recommendation (PDF) to Cal/OSHA. In addition, a panel of experts from related disciplines responded to the presentations and participated in a Q & A session with symposium attendees.

Individual speaker presentations

Presenter	Video
Michael J. Kosnett, MD, MPH University of Colorado, Dept. of Medicine, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health	Health Hazards of Low-level Lead Exposure to Adults (58.25 minutes)
Kathleen Vork PhD, MPH Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency Estimating Workplace Air and Worker Blood Lead Concentration using an Updated Physiologically-based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model (PDF) - report produced by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) characterizing the relationship between air lead levels and blood lead levels. (October 2013) Health professional summary (PDF) General public summary (PDF)	Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Air Lead and Blood Level Relationship (48.29 minutes)
Barbara Materna, PhD, CIH Chief of Occupational Health Branch, California Dept. of Public Health (CDPH) CDPH Recommendations for Improving the Cal/OSHA Lead Standards	CDPH Health-based Permissible Exposure Limit Recommendation for Lead (35.08 minutes)
Philip J Landrigan, MD, MSc, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Dale B. Hattis, PhD, Clark University Powerpoint Presentation (PDF) Ken D. Rosenman, MD, Michigan State University Leslie Israel, DO, MPH, University of California at Irvine	Discussant Panel Responses (39.54 minutes)
Closing remarks by Dr. John Howard MD, MPH, JD Director of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)	Q & A Session, Closing Remarks (1:14:22 minutes)