Tackling the Lead Gremlins: A Response to Take-Home Lead Exposure in a Minnesota Industrial Facility, 2019.

Am J Public Health

Stephanie J. Yendell, Zaynab Rezania, Kathryn M. B. Haugen, Duzong Yang, James Kelly, and Daniel Huff are with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), St Paul. Dana Janowiak and Jim Yannarelly are with St Paul‒Ramsey County Public Health (SPRCPH), St Paul. Peter Surdo is with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, St Paul.

Published: September 2022

Lead exposure that occurs from contamination inadvertently brought home from a workplace is known as take-home exposure. Take-home exposures are a public health hazard that adversely affects health equity for families and communities. This article describes coordinated action by agencies in Minnesota to curb lead exposure among children of workers at a facility that produces fishing sinkers and battery terminals. (. 2022;112(S7):S655-S657. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306982).

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