Exposure to Cadmium and Lead Linked to Hearing Loss

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The results of a recent study published in Environmental Health Perspectives suggest that low-level exposure to cadmium and lead found in the general U.S. population may be important risk factors for hearing loss. Their findings support efforts to reduce environmental cadmium and lead exposures.

Click here to  the compete article.

Read more about hearing loss

Workers' Compensation: Passive Noise is Hazardous to Your Health

Jul 20, 2012

The majority of binaural hearing losses are caused by exposure to loud noise over an extended period of time. Such occupational exposures to noisy work environments are compensable and workers' compensation benefits ...

http://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/

Workers' Compensation: Cell Phone Hearing Use Results in $1.2 ...

Mar 27, 2012

Workers suffering from noise-induced hearing loss may also experience continual ringing in the ears, called "tinnitus". In addition, workers who are exposed to noise sometimes complain of nervousness, sleeplessness and ...

http://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/

Workers' Compensation: Can You Repeat That Please?

Mar 25, 2010

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reported that an estimated 72% of all noise induced hearing losses occur in the manufacturing sector which employs 16 million people. Worse than that, most ...

http://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/

OSHA Advances Recording of Musculoskeletal Disorders

Mar 23, 2011

Prior to 2001, OSHA's injury and illness logs contained a column for repetitive trauma disorders that included hearing loss and many kinds of MSDs. In 2001, OSHA proposed separating hearing loss and MSDs into two ...

http://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/

Related articles

• Canada To Study the Health Effects of Wind Turbines
• Asbestos Cement Factories Pose High Risk Mesothelioma
• Mesothelioma Rates Continue to be High