Version July 2025
| Lead mining |
| Primary or secondary lead smelting or refining |
| Scrap metal processing or recycling |
| Radiator manufacturing or repair |
| Lead glaze or frit manufacture or use, such as in pottery making |
| Battery manufacture, recycling, or repair |
Construction work on pre-1978 residential structures* or on exterior structures such as bridges, ships, or water towers regardless of age:
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| Paint removal on pre-1978 residential structures* or on exterior structures of any age |
| Lead abatement |
| Rubber products and plastics industries using lead stabilizers |
| Cable making, splicing, or stripping |
| Burning lead-painted wood |
| Auto body repair shops |
| Automotive repair shop or junkyard work involving welding or other operations, such as power sanding or cutting, on lead painted surfaces or lead batteries |
| Furniture refinishing if paint removal creates inhalable lead (eg, power sanding) |
| Making lead fishing weights (sinkers), soldiers or bullets |
| Indoor firing range instructors, custodial staff, inspectors in firearms manufacturing |
| Lead bullet manufacturing |
| Leaded solder use (welding, stained glass production, plumbing, valve and pipe fittings, jewelry making, electronics) |
| Retained lead bullet |
| Metal casting or other foundry work |
| Lead grinding, polishing or buffing |
| Potential for lead exposure from eating, drinking, or using any of the following: |
| Home-distilled alcoholic beverages (moonshine; liquor from homemade still) |
| Pica (ingestion of lead-containing nonfood items, eg, ceramic, plaster or paint chips; soil; primarily considered in children, but sometimes occurs in pregnant persons) |
Specific products produced in resource-limited countries:
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| Ayurvedic herbal medicine products |
Mexican folk remedies such as those used to treat the colic-like illness "empacho":
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Nutritional pills other than vitamins:
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Lead-containing remedies used in Asian communities including:
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Middle Eastern remedies and cosmetics include:
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