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The urban rise and fall of air lead (Pb) and the latent surge and retreat of societal violence by Mielke, Howard W., Zahran, Sammy

“…We evaluate air Pb emissions and latent aggravated assault behavior at the scale of the city. We accomplish this by regressing annual Federal Bureau of…”
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The concurrent decline of soil lead and children’s blood lead in New Orleans by Mielke, Howard W., Gonzales, Christopher R., Powell, Eric T., Laidlaw, Mark A. S., Berry, Kenneth J., Mielke, Paul W., Egendorf, Sara Perl

“…Lead (Pb) is extremely toxic and a major cause of chronic diseases worldwide. Pb is associated with health disparities, particularly within low-income…”
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Lead (Pb) legacy from vehicle traffic in eight California urbanized areas: Continuing influence of lead dust on children's health by Mielke, Howard W., Laidlaw, Mark A.S., Gonzales, Chris

“…This article describes the magnitude of U.S. lead (Pb) additives in gasoline from 1927 to 1994 and estimated quantities of Pb dispersed by vehicle traffic in…”
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Environmental and health disparities in residential communities of New Orleans: The need for soil lead intervention to advance primary prevention by Mielke, Howard W., Gonzales, Christopher R., Powell, Eric T., Mielke, Paul W.

“…Urban environments are the major sites for human habitation and this study evaluates soil lead (Pb) and blood Pb at the community scale of a U.S. city. There…”
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Assessing Unequal Airborne Exposure to Lead Associated With Race in the USA by Laidlaw, Mark A. S., Mielke, Howard W., Filippelli, Gabriel M.

“…Recent research applied the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Chemical Speciation Network and Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual…”
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One in Four US Households Likely Exceed New Soil Lead Guidance Levels by Filippelli, Gabriel M., Dietrich, Matthew, Shukle, John, Wood, Leah, Margenot, Andrew, Egendorf, S. Perl, Mielke, Howard W.

“…Lead exposure has blighted communities across the United States (and the globe), with much of the burden resting on lower income communities, and communities…”
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Seasonality and Children's Blood Lead Levels: Developing a Predictive Model Using Climatic Variables and Blood Lead Data from Indianapolis, Indiana, Syracuse, New York, and New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) by Mark A. S. Laidlaw, Mielke, Howard W., Filippelli, Gabriel M., Johnson, David L., Gonzales, Christopher R.

“…On a community basis, urban soil contains a potentially large reservoir of accumulated lead. This study was undertaken to explore the temporal relationship…”
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In vivo phytotoxicity, uptake, and translocation of PbS nanoparticles in maize (Zea mays L.) plants by Ullah, Hameed, Li, Xiaoping, Peng, Liyuan, Cai, Yue, Mielke, Howard W.

“…PbS nanomaterials are of great concern because of their potential toxicity and unavoidable releases of multiple commercial applications of nanoparticles (NPs)…”
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Snack foods and lead ingestion risks for school aged children: A comparative evaluation of potentially toxic metals and children’s exposure response of blood lead, copper and zinc levels by Gao, Yu, Li, Xiaoping, Dong, Jie, Cao, Yuhan, Li, Tao, Mielke, Howard W.

“…Snack foods are common and highly advertised to children and serve their natural predispositions for sweet and salty tastes. However, the risk issues of…”
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Nature and extent of metal-contaminated soils in urban environments (keynote talk) by Mielke, Howard W.

“…Research on the nature and extent of metal-contaminated soil began with an urban garden study in Baltimore, MD (USA). Largest quantities of soil metals were…”
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Blood lead and preeclampsia: A meta-analysis and review of implications by Poropat, Arthur E., Laidlaw, Mark A.S., Lanphear, Bruce, Ball, Andrew, Mielke, Howard W.

“…Multiple cross-sectional studies suggest that there is an association between blood lead and preeclampsia. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis…”
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Lead in Air, Soil, and Blood: Pb Poisoning in a Changing World by Mielke, Howard W, Gonzales, Christopher R, Powell, Eric T, Egendorf, Sara Perl

“…(1) Background: Leaded petrol became a worldwide vehicle fuel during the 20th century. While leaded petrol was totally banned on 30 August 2021, its lead (Pb)…”
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Comprehensive Urumqi screening for potentially toxic metals in soil-dust-plant total environment and evaluation of children’s (0–6 years) risk-based blood lead levels prediction by Peng, Liyuan, Li, Xiaoping, Sun, Xuemeng, Yang, Tao, Zhang, Yuchao, Gao, Yu, Zhang, Xu, Zhao, Yanan, He, Ana, Zhou, Ming, Cao, Yuhan, Mielke, Howard W.

“…Environmental contaminations by potentially toxic metals (PTMs) are associated with energy exploitation and present a significant problem in urban areas due to…”
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COVID-19 and children's health in the United States: Consideration of physical and social environments during the pandemic by Suarez-Lopez, Jose R., Cairns, Maryann R., Sripada, Kam, Quiros-Alcala, Lesliam, Mielke, Howard W., Eskenazi, Brenda, Etzel, Ruth A., Kordas, Katarzyna

“…Public health measures necessary to counteract the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have resulted in dramatic changes in the physical and social…”
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Dynamic Geochemistry of Tetraethyl Lead Dust during the 20th Century: Getting the Lead In, Out, and Translational Beyond by Mielke, Howard W

“…This commentary provides a brief overview of policy decisions that permitted getting tetraethyl lead (TEL) into petrol; global geochemical lead-dust deposition…”
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Re-suspension of lead contaminated urban soil as a dominant source of atmospheric lead in Birmingham, Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh, USA by Laidlaw, Mark A.S., Zahran, Sammy, Mielke, Howard W., Taylor, Mark P., Filippelli, Gabriel M.

“…Soils in older areas of cities are highly contaminated by lead, due largely to past use of lead additives in gasoline, the use of lead in exterior paints, and…”
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Constructed soils for mitigating lead (Pb) exposure and promoting urban community gardening: The New York City Clean Soil Bank pilot study by Egendorf, Sara Perl, Cheng, Zhongqi, Deeb, Maha, Flores, Victor, Paltseva, Anna, Walsh, Daniel, Groffman, Peter, Mielke, Howard W.

“…•Excavated glacial sediments mixed with compost function as productive topsoil.•Constructed topsoils had significantly lower contaminant levels than background…”
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Spatiotemporal dynamic transformations of soil lead and children's blood lead ten years after Hurricane Katrina: New grounds for primary prevention by Mielke, Howard W., Gonzales, Christopher R., Powell, Eric T., Mielke, Paul W.

“…The contribution of lead contaminated soil to blood lead, especially as it is a large reservoir of lead dust, has been underestimated relative to lead-based…”
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Sub-lethal exposure to lead is associated with heightened aggression in an urban songbird by McClelland, Stephanie C., Durães Ribeiro, Renata, Mielke, Howard W., Finkelstein, Myra E., Gonzales, Christopher R., Jones, John Anthony, Komdeur, Jan, Derryberry, Elizabeth, Saltzberg, Emma B., Karubian, Jordan

“…Many urban areas have elevated soil lead concentrations due to prior large-scale use of lead in products such as paint and automobile gasoline. This presents a…”
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Spatial-temporal association of soil Pb and children's blood Pb in the Detroit Tri-County Area of Michigan (USA) by Mielke, Howard W., Gonzales, Christopher R., Powell, Eric T., Shah, Aila, Berry, Kenneth J., Richter, Daniel D.

“…Lead is a well-known toxicant associated with numerous chronic diseases. Curtailing industrial emissions, leaded paint, lead in food, and banning highway use…”
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