Abstract

Elevated lead levels were discovered in blood samples collected from family members where both the father and the mother worked in a radiator repair workshop. The father and mother were found to have blood lead levels of 2.0 and 0.5 μmol/L (41.7 and 10.4 μg/dL), respectively. The father's blood lead level was just below the Canadian occupational health and safety intervention level (2.5 μmol/L or 52.1 μg/dL). The two children had blood lead levels of 1.0 and 0.8 μmol/L (20.8 and 16.7 μg/dL), both of which are in excess of the recommended guideline for intervention in the case of children (0.5 μmol/L or 10.4 μg/dL). The exposure of the two children was possibly due to a combination of pathways including exposure at the workshop itself during visits and also the transportation of lead-containing dust to the home environment.

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