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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2014

Evolving from reactive to proactive medicine: community lead (Pb) and clinical disparities in pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans.

Howard W Mielke, Christopher Gonzales, Eric Powell, Paul W Mielke

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Lead in Air, Soil, and Blood: Pb Poisoning in a Changing World.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  3. Soil Lead and Children's Blood Lead Disparities in Pre- and Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans (USA).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017
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  4. Editorial: Lead Risk Assessment and Health Effects.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016
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  5. Children's Blood Lead Seasonality in Flint, Michigan (USA), and Soil-Sourced Lead Hazard Risks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Howard W MielkeDepartment of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. hmielke@tulane.edu.
Christopher GonzalesLead Lab, Inc., New Orleans, LA 70119, USA. powellet2@gmail.com.
Eric PowellLead Lab, Inc., New Orleans, LA 70119, USA. chrisgc99@gmail.com.
Paul W MielkeDepartment of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. rrmielke@aol.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2012 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) set the blood Pb reference value at ≥5 µg/dL. Clinical analysis of children's blood Pb levels is the common way to diagnose environmental Pb contamination, and intervention ensues with education and household dust cleanup. Recent review indicates that education and household dust cleanup are not effective at reducing children's Pb exposure. Here we review mapping environmental Pb and children's blood Pb response as an alternative approach for proactive Pb dust intervention. New Orleans was divided into a high (≥100 mg/kg) and low (<100 mg/kg) soil Pb communities. The children's blood Pb prevalence ≥5 µg/dL for the high and low Pb domains were 58.5% and 24.8% respectively pre-Katrina vs. 29.6% and 7.5% post-Katrina. Elevated soil Pb (mg/kg) and consequently Pb loading (µg/square area) permeates the high Pb domain and outdoor locations lack Pb dust safe play areas. The U.S. EPA 400 mg/kg soil Pb standard poses an outside Pb dust loading burden >37 times larger than allowed on interior residential floor environments. Environmental Pb dust is decreasing because of the transfer of large quantities of low Pb soil into selected communities. City-scale soil Pb mapping is an alternative diagnostic tool that provides information for planning proactive medicine to prevent clinical Pb exposure in the first place.

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DisastersFloodsChildEnvironmental ExposureGasolineHumansLeadNew OrleansPaintSoil PollutantsGasolineLeadSoil Pollutants

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PMID25050655
PMCPMC4113889

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