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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2022

Estimating the Effects of Soil Remediation on Children's Blood Lead near a Former Lead Smelter in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Dongni Ye, James S Brown, David M Umbach, John Adams, William Thayer, Mark H Follansbee, Ellen F Kirrane

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dongni YeOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
James S BrownCenter for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2944-6658
David M UmbachBiostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7142-2812
John AdamsSRC, Inc., Syracuse, New York, USA.
William ThayerHTSC, LLC, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Mark H FollansbeeSRC, Inc., Syracuse, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7275-0976
Ellen F KirraneCenter for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0390-6962
SRC · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · USNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USOak Ridge Associated Universities · US

Funding

Statistical techniques applied to environmental health sciencesZIAES103126 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI UMBACH, DAVID M · 2012 to 2025
$1.0M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES103126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLead exposures from legacy sources threaten children's health. Soil in Omaha, Nebraska, was contaminated by emissions from a lead smelter and refinery. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency excavated and replaced contaminated soil at the Omaha Lead Superfund Site between 1999 and 2016.

objectivesThe goal of this study was to assess the association of soil lead level (SLL) and soil remediation status with blood lead levels (BLLs) in children living near or on the site.

methodsWe linked information on SLL at residential properties with children's BLLs and assigned remediation status to children's BLL measurements based on whether their measurements occurred during residence at remediated or unremediated properties. We examined the association of SLL and remediation status with elevated BLL (EBLL). We distinguished the roles of temporal trend and the intervention with time-by-intervention-status interaction contrasts. All analyses estimated odds ratios (ORs) with a generalized estimating equations approach to ensure robustness under the complex correlations among BLL measurements. All analyses controlled for relevant covariates including children's characteristics.

resultsEBLL ( DISCUSSION: Residential and neighborhood SLLs were important predictors of EBLLs in children residing near or on this Superfund site. Neighborhood SLL remained a strong predictor following remediation. Our data analyses showed the benefit of soil remediation. Results from the interaction analyses should be interpreted cautiously due to imperfect correspondence of remediation times between remediation and comparison groups. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP8657.

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LeadLead PoisoningChildEnvironmental ExposureHumansNebraskaSoilUnited StatesLeadSoil

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PMID35319254
PMCPMC8941937
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