Diseases Affecting Lead-Workers

Lead and Female Workers

In adults, high-level lead exposure often occurs in the lead-related industries. Acute lead poisoning has become rare, but chronic exposure to low-level lead remains a public health issue. With recent advances in our understanding of lead toxicity at low-levels, researchers have shifted their focus to studying lead at concentrations below those currently recommended as ‘acceptable’ in worker pr...

Plasma Porphyrins in Lead Workers.

Plasma porphyrin levels were determined in a group of 50 workers exposed to lead. The mean value obtained (0 7 ug./100 ml.) was found to be higher than that obtained from a control group (0-2 ,ug./100 ml.). Although urinary porphyrin levels in the lead workers were also higher than in the control group, no correlation was found between plasma porphyrin levels and urinary porphyrin levels. Chrom...

Eryptosis in lead-exposed workers.

Eryptosis is a physiological phenomenon in which old and damaged erythrocytes are removed from circulation. Erythrocytes incubated with lead have exhibited major eryptosis. In the present work we found evidence of high levels of eryptosis in lead exposed workers possibly via oxidation. Blood samples were taken from 40 male workers exposed to lead (mean blood lead concentration 64.8μg/dl) and no...

Diseases Affecting the Vulva

Diseases Affecting the Vulva