Revisiting Nonresidential Environmental Exposures and Childhood Lead Poisoning in the US: Findings from Kansas, 2000–2005

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• Alternative Title:
  J Environ Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Brink, Lu Ann ; Talbott, Evelyn O. ; Marsh, Gary M. ; Sharma, Ravi ; Benson, Stacey ; Wu, Wen Chi ; Duan, Chunzhe
• Description:
  Although blood lead levels (BLLs) in US children have dramatically declined over the past 40 years, there remain pockets of children living in areas with elevated BLLs. While some increases (≥ 10 μg/dL) may be associated with legacy lead paint, ambient air lead may be contributing to the problem. A deidentified dataset of information on over 60,000 Kansas children under 3 years of age who were tested for BLL was provided through the Kansas Environmental Public Health Tracking Network for the period 2000-2005. Using ArcGIS, we calculated distance (in miles) from a lead-emitting industry referred to as a toxic release inventory (TRI) site. The USEPA TRI database tracks the management of certain toxic chemicals that may pose a threat to human health. US facilities in different industry sectors must report annually amount of substances like lead into the environment including their exact location. Distance from a TRI site was inversely related to BLL after controlling for area-level poverty and pre-1950 housing. The results of our evaluation indicate there is a significant relationship between proximity to lead industry and childhood BLLs. Proximity to sources of lead emissions should be evaluated as a possible factor when identifying children for targeted BLL testing.
• Subjects:
  Child, Preschool Environmental Exposure Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Lead Poisoning Male
• Source:
  J Environ Public Health. 2016; 2016.
• Pubmed ID:
  27042184
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4793145
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CDC-EPHT-200-2010-37443-00004/PHS HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Kansas
• Volume:
  2016
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3f115604481e7b56637643306a8c186fefaa0fcfec15c53d71a46c45f1d8ae58
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41032/cdc_41032_DS1.pdf
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