PEDIATRICS Vol. 68 No. 2 August 1981, pp. 225-230
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Hazard of Lead Exposure in the Home from Recycled Automobile Storage Batteries

Jack L. Dolcourt MD1, Charles Finch MD1, Gordon D. Coleman MD1, Albert J. Klimas MSPH1, and Christopher R. Milar PhD1

1 Department of Pediatrics and Division of Disorders of Development and Learning, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Center for Disease Control, Communicable Disease Section, Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Raleigh; Department of Pediatrics, New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, North Carolina; and Cabarrus County Health Department, Concord, North Carolina

Two families from rural areas of North Carolina had excessive lead exposure which resulted from either recycling exhausted automobile storage batteries in the home or burning the discarded battery casings for home heating. One child developed encephalopathy resulting in permanent brain damage. Decontamination efforts reduced the quantity of lead in the home environment by >50%. Rural children, previously considered to be at low risk, may in fact receive profound exposures which may go unrecognized until encephalopathy occurs. Occupational histories should be obtained from parents in order to detect children at risk from environmental toxins brought into the home on workmen's bodies and clothing.

Submitted on September 22, 1980
Accepted on December 18, 1980




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