:: Jun-Jul 2008

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NGC - Lead exposure in children: prevention, detection, and management. (2005)

NGC - Managing elevated blood lead levels among young children: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. (2002)

NGC - Preventing lead poisoning in young children. (2005)

NGC - Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children. (2001)

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NIH - NIEHS Environmental Contaminants and Their Relation to Learning, Behavioral and Developmental Disorders

FDA - Mercury Concentrations in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program (1990-2004)

FDA - Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish

International Toxicity Estimates for Risk

Mercury in Seafood

NIH - NIEHS Environmental Contaminants and Their Relation to Learning, Behavioral and Developmental Disorders

Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs)

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

Ambient Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis in Los Angeles (Environ Health Perspect 2005) "Associations have been found between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The contribution of air pollution to atherosclerosis that underlies many cardiovascular diseases has not been investigated. Animal data suggest that ambient particulate matter (PM) may contribute to atherogenesis. ? These results represent the first epidemiologic evidence of an association between atherosclerosis and ambient air pollution."

Environmental Health

Do indoor pollutants and thermal conditions in schools influence student performance? A critical review of the literature. (Indoor Air. 2005) "To assess whether school environments can adversely affect academic performance, we review scientific evidence relating indoor pollutants and thermal conditions, in schools or other indoor environments, to human performance or attendance. We critically review evidence for direct associations between these aspects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and performance or attendance. ? Overall, evidence suggests that poor IEQ in schools is common and adversely influences the performance and attendance of students, primarily through health effects from indoor pollutants. ? Immediate actions are warranted in schools to prevent dampness problems, inadequate ventilation, and excess indoor exposures to substances such as NO(2) and formaldehyde. Also, siting of new schools in areas with lower outdoor pollutant levels is preferable."