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American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, Issue 6 753-755, Copyright © 1991 by American Public Health Association

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Lead exposure in outdoor firearm instructors.

R K Tripathi, P C Sherertz, G C Llewellyn and C W Armstrong

Division of Health Hazards Control, Virginia State Department of Health, Richmond 23218.

This study was conducted to determine lead exposure of firearm instructors at an outdoor firing range, while cadets were firing nonjacketed and jacketed lead ammunitions. The breathing zone air for lead exceeded the Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard of 50 micrograms/m3 for two instructors during firing exercises using nonjacketed bullets. The use of totally copper-jacketed bullets reduced the breathing zone lead levels by 92 percent for instructor #1 and by 96 percent for instructor #2; subsequent blood lead levels showed a significant decline in both instructors.






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