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Main Title Air quality criteria for lead.
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA-600/8-77-017
Stock Number PB-280 411
OCLC Number 04664668
Subjects Lead--Environmental aspects ; Lead--Physiological effect ; Air--Pollution
Additional Subjects Lead(Metal) ; Toxicology ; Evaluation ; Metabolism ; Erythrocytes ; Tissues(Biology) ; Criteria ; Air pollution ; Exposure ; Sampling ; Measurement ; Kidney ; Assessments ; Tables(Data) ; Bones ; Humans ; Absorption(Biology) ; Sources ; Emission ; Chemical properties ; Concentration(Composition) ; Environments ; Physiological effects ; Hematopoietic system ; Nervous system ; Physical properties ; Toxicity ; Environmental health ; Air quality ; Air pollution effects(Humans) ; Toxic substances ; Biological effects ; Analytical methods ; Health risks
Internet Access
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EHAM  TD887.L4U49 1977 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EIAD  EPA-600/8-77-017 Region 2 Library/New York,NY 09/27/1997
EJED  EPA 600/8-77-017 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 01/23/2004
EKBD  EPA-600/8-77-017 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 02/20/2004
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-8-77-017 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023 DISPERSAL
ERAD  EPA 600/8-77-017 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 02/19/2013
ESAD  EPA 600-8-77-017 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 04/12/2017
NTIS  PB-280 411 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation approximately 300 pages in various pagings : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The document summarizes current knowledge about the relationships between airborne lead and consequent effects on man and his environment. The effects that have been observed to occur when airborne lead has reached or exceeded specific levels for time periods constitute the central criteria on which EPA will base a national ambient air quality standard for lead. Although this document deals mainly with airborne lead, it also outlines other environmental routes of exposure to lead and gives approximations of the relative contributions to human exposure of the respective routes. In man, lead primarily affects red blood cells, the central and peripheral nervous systems, soft tissues, such as liver and kidney, and bone; the latter ultimately sequesters 95% of the body's lead burden. Significant biological indices of exposure to lead include microgram quantities of lead and of erythrocyte protoporphyrin (EP) per deciliter of blood (micrograms/dl). Adverse effects range from elevated EP and mild anemia at 20 to 40 micrograms/dl--through gastrointestinal, renal, and hepatic pathologies--to severe neurobehavioral impairment at > 80 to 120 micrograms/dl, sometimes culminating at those levels in convulsions and abrupt death. Preschool children and developing fetuses are the populations at greatest risk.
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Includes bibliographical references.