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LEAD AND LEAD COMPOUNDS (INORGANIC)<br />

CAS No.: 7439-92-1<br />

I. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES<br />

Molecular weight 207.2 (Budavari, 1989)<br />

Boiling point 1740 o C (Budavari, 1989)<br />

Melting point 327.4 o C (Budavari, 1989)<br />

Vapor pressure 1.77 mm Hg at 1000 o C (Budavari, 1989)<br />

Air concentration conversion not available<br />

II.<br />

HEALTH ASSESSMENT VALUES<br />

Unit Risk Factor: 1.2 E-5 (µg/m 3 ) -1<br />

Slope Factor: (inhalation) 4.2 E-2 (mg/kg-day) -1<br />

(oral) 8.5 E-3 (mg/kg-day) -1<br />

[Calculated by <strong>OEHHA</strong> (1997) from rat kidney tumor incidence data (Azar et al., 1973) using<br />

a linearized multistage procedure.]<br />

III.<br />

CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS<br />

Human Studies<br />

Epidemiological studies and case reports of people occupationally exposed to lead provide some<br />

evidence of carcinogenicity but are not convincing due to lack of controlling for confounders such as<br />

smoking and to the simultaneous exposure of some workers to known human carcinogens including<br />

arsenic and cadmium. These studies have been reviewed by several agencies (IARC, 1980; U.S. EPA,<br />

1986; 1989a; 1989b; A<strong>TSD</strong>R, 1990).<br />

The epidemiologic study by Selevan et al. (1985) suggested that human cancer may be induced in the<br />

same organ in which cancer is induced in animals. A cohort of 1,987 lead smelter workers was studied.<br />

The study confirmed previous reports of occupationally-induced, chronic, fatal renal disease after long<br />

term exposure to lead and yielded a Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) of 204 for kidney cancer, but<br />

the numbers were small (6 cases observed) and the SMR for kidney cancer was not statistically<br />

significant.<br />

Recently the study has been updated to include 11 years of follow-up and 363 additional deaths<br />

(Steenland et al., 1992). No additional deaths from nonmalignant kidney disease had occurred but 3<br />

additional deaths from kidney cancer had occurred. The updated SMR from kidney cancer was 193 (9<br />

total kidney cancer deaths, 95% confidence interval (CI = 0.88, 3.67), i.e., not statistically significant at<br />

the 5% level). The SMR for kidney cancer for those with the highest lead exposure was statistically<br />

significant (SMR = 239 based on 8 cancers, 95% CI = 1.03, 4.71). The study suffers from lack of<br />

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