期刊
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE
卷 8, 期 9, 页码 520-532出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.601710
关键词
battery; blood lead level; developing countries; lead; recycling; third-party certification
资金
- Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
The battery industry is the largest consumer of lead, using an estimated 80% of the global lead production. The industry is also rapidly expanding in emerging market countries. A review of published literature on exposures from lead-acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants in developing countries was conducted. The review included studies from 37 countries published from 1993 to 2010 and excluded facilities in developed countries, such as the United States and those in Western Europe, except for providing comparisons to reported findings. The average worker blood lead level (BLL) in developing countries was 47 mu g/dL in battery manufacturing plants and 64 mu g/dL in recycling facilities. Airborne lead concentrations reported in battery plants in developing countries averaged 367 mu g/m(3), which is 7-fold greater than the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's 50 mu g/m(3) permissible exposure limit. The geometric mean BLL of children residing near battery plants in developing countries was 19 mu g/dL, which is about 13-fold greater than the levels observed among children in the United States. The blood lead and airborne lead exposure concentrations for battery workers were substantially higher in developing countries than in the United States. This disparity may worsen due to rapid growth in lead-acid battery manufacturing and recycling operations worldwide. Given the lack of regulatory and enforcement capacity in most developing countries, third-party certification programs may be the only viable option to improve conditions.
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