OSHA（职业安全与健康管理局）发布了新的铅暴露标准，该标准于1979年2月生效。该政策规定，育龄工人应在18个月内获得受保护的收入和福利，同时暂时从正常工作中撤职，而铅接触较少的工作。过量接触铅可以减少性欲，导致男性阳痿和不育，并导致女性生育能力下降和月经失调。暴露父母的孩子可能有出生缺陷，智力迟钝,或者在他们的第一年死去。
The OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) issued new lead exposure standards which were effective February 1979. The policy provides that workers in childbearing years should receive protected earnings and benefits for 18 months while temporarily removed from their regular job to one with less lead exposure. Excessive lead exposure can reduce sex drive, cause impotence and sterility in men, and cause reduced fertility and menstrual disorders in women. Children of exposed parents may have birth defects, mental retardation, or die in their first year.
