New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter I - State Sanitary Code
Part 22 - Environmental Diseases
Section 22.7 - Reportable levels of heavy metals in blood and urine
Universal Citation: 10 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 22.7
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
For purposes of section 22.6 of this Part, the following levels of heavy metals in blood and urine samples are reportable to the State Commissioner of Health:
| Metal | Sample | Reportable at or above |
| Lead | Blood | 25 ug/dl |
| Cadmium | Blood | 10 ng/ml |
| Urine | 5 ug/l | |
| Mercury | Blood | 5 ng/ml |
| Urine | 20 ng/ml | |
| Arsenic | Urine | 50 ug/l |
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