Edouard Bastarache on mon 6 jan 03
Hello Ron,
I met today with the occupational hygienist/toxicologist I spoke of
in a recent post.
She told me ACGIH , Quebec's CSST and other regulatory bodies
do not have a special designation concerning inorganic lead skin absorption/
contact.
It means not to worry about this situation.
We all should abide by our own state regulations.
She and I work for the world's second largest steel producer,
just after Nippon Steels.
Ispat Co. operates 4 plants in Quebec, one of which being a
wiremill in whose process 140 tons of lead are used yearly;
she works full time and I work part-time as a consultant.
In Quebec, health care delivery in Occupational Medicine and
Hygiene is the responsabilty of Community Health Departments
financed by the CSST, our own "OSHA" via the provincial
govertnement.
They are not the kind of people to fool around with, they hold
power in their hands. I am the one who did pilot projects so
we could have this type of laws with teeth, in my younger years.
In the program they have recently defined for the empoyees
working at the facility using so much lead, they have not mention
inorganic skin absorption at all.
"While in Rome, do like the Romans,
While in Quebec, I shall do like the Kebekers"
Anyway, during this last weekend, I have dug up more abstracts
pertaining to organic and inorganic lead skin exposure and my
friend will be kind enough to comment on these and I will report
again to the list in due time.
Later,
"Ils sont fous ces Quebecois"
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Indomitable Quebeker
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
http://sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm
Anyway, I dug up
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