The Impact of Soil Lead Abatement on Urban Children′s Blood Lead Levels: Phase II Results from the Boston Lead-In-Soil Demonstration Project

1994 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Aschengrau ◽  
A. Beiser ◽  
D. Bellinger ◽  
D. Copenhafer ◽  
M. Weitzman
Keyword(s):  
Phase Ii ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
Urban Children ◽  
Demonstration Project ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Soil Lead ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals American Robin (Turdus Migratorius) Blood Lead Levels May Reflect Elevated Soil Lead Levels: Further Consequences of the Flint Water Crisis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Louise Zahor ◽  
Kenneth Joseph Glynn ◽  
Jamie M. Cornelius
Keyword(s):  
Body Condition ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Turdus Migratorius ◽  
American Robin ◽  
Soil Lead ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
The Impact

Abstract High levels of pollutants often occur in urban environments and can pose a threat to human residents as well as local wildlife. The Flint, Michigan water crisis was caused by the corrosion of pipe infrastructure, resulting in high levels of lead (Pb) leaching into the drinking water. Irrigation with contaminated water may have introduced lead into the soil causing another source of exposure to humans as well as wildlife. A widespread songbird species, the American robin (Turdus migratorius), feeds heavily on earthworms and ingests large amounts of soil during foraging. This study investigated the impact of the Flint water crisis on American robin blood lead levels (BLL) during the breeding season in southeast MI by comparing BLL of birds captured at irrigated sites of Flint to those captured at unirrigated sites in Flint, irrigated sites in a nearby city (Ypsilanti) and rural sites. Robins captured at irrigated Flint sites had nearly double BLL compared to unirrigated Flint sites and all other control sites. Body condition declined with increasing BLL at these irrigated sites of Flint, suggesting a measurable fitness impact of lead at these levels. Because BLL in American robins is known to reflect soil lead levels and soil lead is a known driver of BLL in children, robins may act as a bioindicator for urban communities. Further research should determine the efficacy of using robin BLL as a bioindicator of soil lead and how lead might be impacting body condition and other long-term fitness metrics in urban wildlife.

Lead Levels, Home Dust, and Proximity to Lead Smelters

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-603
Author(s):  
Philip J. Landrigan
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lead ◽  
The United States ◽  
Outdoor Play ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Lead Smelter ◽  
Soil Lead ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels

The article by Kimbrough et al (Pediatrics. 1995;95:550-554) concerning a survey of blood lead levels among children residing near a closed, heavily contaminated lead smelter found that 78 of 490 preschoolers (16%) had blood lead levels at or above the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention action level of 10 µg/dL. By contrast, the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among all preschool children in the United States is 8.9%.1 Kimbrough et al found that blood lead levels were positively correlated with home dust lead levels, soil lead levels, hours of outdoor play, and levels of lead in indoor paint.

scholarly journals Soil lead abatement and children's blood lead levels in an urban setting.

1998 ◽  
Vol 88 (12) ◽  
pp. 1837-1839 ◽  
Author(s):  
K P Farrell ◽  
M C Brophy ◽  
J J Chisolm ◽  
C A Rohde ◽  
W J Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lead ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Soil Lead ◽  
Lead Levels

scholarly journals Relationship Between Soil Lead Levels and Blood Lead Levels Among Children Living Near a Lead Smelter in Jamaica

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 173-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Matte ◽  
J. Peter Figueroa ◽  
Stephanie Ostrowski ◽  
Gregory Burr ◽  
Linnette Jackson-Hunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Lead Smelter ◽  
Soil Lead ◽  
Lead Levels

Long-Term Trends in Blood Lead Levels Among Children in Chicago: Relationship to Air Lead Levels

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
Edward B. Hayes ◽  
Hyman G. Orbach ◽  
Alina M. Fernandez ◽  
Sheila Lyne ◽  
Thomas D. Matte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Lead Exposure ◽  
Blood Lead Level ◽  
Lead Level ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Level Of Concern ◽  
The Impact

Objectives. To evaluate trends in blood lead levels among children in Chicago from 1968 through 1988, and to determine the impact of the changes in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) blood lead level of concern. Methods. We reviewed a systematic sample of blood lead screening records of the Chicago Department of Health Laboratory for high-risk children aged 6 months to 5 years. Median blood lead levels for each quarter of the years 1974 through 1988 were determined and regressed against mean air lead levels recorded at air-monitoring stations in Chicago during the same period. Results. Median blood lead levels declined from 30 µg/dL in 1968 to 12 µg/dL in 1988, and were strongly associated with declining average air lead levels (r = .8, P < .001) from 1974 through 1988. A regression model using log-transformed data predicted a decline of 0.56 µg/dL in the median blood lead level with each 0.1 µg/m3 decline in the mean air lead level when the air lead level was near 1.0 µg/m3; the predicted slope was steeper at lower air lead levels. Despite the nearly 20-fold reduction in air lead levels, the median blood lead level of 12 µg/dL in 1988 indicates substantial continuing lead exposure. The CDC blood lead level of concern was lowered twice from 1968 to 1988, but due to the decline in blood lead levels, fewer than 30% of the children were above the level of concern throughout most of the study. Conclusion. Although substantial lead exposure persists in Chicago, reductions in airborne lead emissions seem to have contributed to a long-term decline in the median blood lead level of high-risk Chicago children.

THE IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL SOURCES OF LEAD ON BLOOD LEAD LEVELS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC (CANADA)

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Levallois ◽  
Julie Saint-Laurent ◽  
Denis Gauvin ◽  
Marilène Courteau ◽  
Michèle Prévost ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
The Impact
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