Sentences with phrase «lead dust levels»

Health Department, NYU to Collaborate On Study «NIH Grant Will Fund Window Replacement / Lead Reduction Impact Investigation» The Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program has been asked to participate in a study funded through a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) that will determine the impact of window replacement on lead dust levels, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced today.

The program also provides property owners free lead safe work practice training and clearance testing once repairs and cleaning have been completed to insure safe lead dust levels in the home.

Not exact matches

Also, the National Institutes of Health estimates that roughly 20 million artificial trees in U.S. homes are at least nine years old — that's when they typically start to deteriorate and give off possibly dangerous levels of lead dust.

Young children, when exposed to high levels of lead in house dust, are particularly vulnerable.

Buffalo and Erie County's North Park Branch was closed in late April 2008 when routine site preparation test results indicated elevated levels of lead dust in public areas of the building.

Glaser et al. show that dust deposition mediated by frequent tropical storms was an important source of nutrients for the Everglades until about 2800 years ago, when a climatic shift in the tropical Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico led to weather patterns that sharply decreased the level of dust inputs and led to a drier climate and a gradual loss of soil phosphorus, carbon, and nitrogen.

Dr. Julie Deckers (VIB - UGent): «As predicted, our test showed that house dust mite - induced skin inflammation leads to aggravated levels of allergic airway inflammation.

Lead concentrations in the air and soil are 8.5 to 10 times above national health standards and lead dusts local crops at levels 24 times higher than such health standaLead concentrations in the air and soil are 8.5 to 10 times above national health standards and lead dusts local crops at levels 24 times higher than such health standalead dusts local crops at levels 24 times higher than such health standards.

High levels of exposure can have neurotoxic effects, however, leading to a condition called «manganism» in adults exposed to manganese dust or fumes in mining, welding, and other industrial occupations.

When we are concerned about low levels of lead in dust or mercury and cadmium in fish — it seems that a proliferation of ingestible or inhalable nuclear products is perfectly OK.

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The study may give scientists a better understanding of how changing dust levels relate to climate by providing inputs for climate models, David McGee, an MIT paleoclimatologist and lead study author, said in a statement.

Please keep an eye on any dust that might be created where areas rub - we renovated an old home and after discovering lead paint took both our children to the Dr. - they both had elevated levels of lead in their systems - fortunately we were able to do the chelation with diet instead of meds.