Just make sure your roofers are not indulging in the odd joint at weekends. Interesting article in N eng J Med 358;15:1641-1642 April 10th "Lead poisoning due to adulterated marijuana" , it never occurred to me that dealers would pack out the street size bags of the stuff with lead to bolster up the weight.
BW John
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From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Sampson, Barry
Sent: 01 May 2008 08:48
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Subject: Re: Occupational exposure to lead
All workers exposed to lead should have an annual check. If they do a risk assessment then this should include a blood test. This is fine in theory, but of course in small firms, or with the self employed this rarely happens, and it is often people in this group who get picked up with toxicity problems: they can present with a large variety of symptoms including anaemia, abdo pains and just general aches.
Barry
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Kay [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 May 2008 08:43
To: Sampson, Barry
Cc: Jonathan Kay; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Occupational exposure to lead
Thanks.
I found:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg305.pdf
This includes:
> When you work in industrial processes which create
> lead dust, fume or vapour. These include:
> lead smelting, refining, alloying and casting;
> lead-acid battery manufacture and breaking;
> manufacturing lead compounds;
> manufacturing leaded-glass;
> manufacturing and using pigments, colours and
> ceramic glazes;
> working with metallic lead and alloys containing
> lead, for example soldering;
> some painting of buildings; some spray-painting
> of vehicles;
> blast removal and burning of old lead paint;
> stripping of old lead paint from doors, windows
> etc;
> hot cutting in demolition and dismantling operations
> and recovering lead from scrap and waste.
In practice do most roofers who do any soldering at all end up with
biochemical monitoring, or does the risk assessment find that they
don't need it?
Best wishes
Jonathan
On 1 May 2008, at 08:00, Sampson, Barry wrote:
> Jonathan,
>
> The Control of Lead at Work regulations are on the HSE website and
> give
> clear guidance on monitoring and acceptable lead concentrations. The
> Employment Medical Advisory Service should be notified of raised
> levels,
> either by the patient, the employer or referring doctors. If one
> employee in a workplace is exposed, then all others working in the
> sane
> environment should also be tested.
>
> Barry Sampson
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Kay
> Sent: 01 May 2008 07:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Occupational exposure to lead
>
> I've been asked by a GP whether a roofer who works with lead needs
> biochemical monitoring.
>
> Does anyone have guidelines or anything else they could let me see?
> What does HSE say?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan
>
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