Tackling the Lead Gremlins: A Response to Take-Home Lead Exposure in a Minnesota Industrial Facility, 2019

Lead exposure that occurs from contamination inadvertently brought home from a workplace is known as take-home exposure. Take-home exposures are a public health hazard that adversely affects health equity for families and communities. This article describes coordinated action by agencies in Minnesota to curb lead exposure among children of workers at a facility that produces fishing sinkers and battery terminals. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(S7):S655–S657. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306982 )