Lead Exposure Associated

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000146800
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 7.2 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Lead Exposure Associated
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Agency, E. P. (n.d.). Lead Exposure Associated. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency was responsible for oversight in the developing the study plan, managing and coordinating the overall study, and reviewing and editing this report. EPA Project Managers included Dan Reinhart, Darlene Watford, Susan Dillman, and Betsy Dutrow. Cindy Stroup was the Branch Chief of the Technical Programs Branch under whose direction the study was conducted.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO THE OVERALL RENOVATION AND REMODELING (R&R) STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 Objectives of the R&R Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 Scope of the R&R Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.2.1 Definition of Renovation and Remodeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.2.2 Components of the Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.2.3 Specification of R&R Target Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1.3 Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1.3.1 Blood-Lead Measurements Versus Environmental Measurements . . . . . . . 1-4 1.3.2 Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 1.4 Peer Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 2.0 LITERATURE SEARCH AND INFORMATION GATHERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1 Relevance of Information on Abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.2 Characterization of Renovation and Remodeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2.3 Review of the Available Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2.4 Review of Available Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 2.5 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 3.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 4.0 STUDY DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD SAMPLING STUDY (EFSS) . . . . . . . 4-1 4.1 Objectives of the EFSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 4.2 Environmental Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 4.3 Evaluation of Sampling Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 4.4 Human Subjects Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 4.5 Data Gaps and Limitations of the R&R Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 4.6 Sampling and Analytical Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 4.6.1 Sampling Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 4.6.2 Analytical Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 5.0 OVERVIEW OF RECRUITMENT IN THE EFSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 5.1 Details and Results of the Recruitment Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 5.1.1 Carpet Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 5.1.2 Window Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 5.1.3 Large Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 5.1.4 CED Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 5.2 General Characteristics of the Workers and Units Recruited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 5.2.1 Worker Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 5.2.2 Unit Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .