Select References About Lead

(from Environmental Concepts Made Easy, Lead's Urban Legacy web site at

http://www.tmc.tulane.edu/ecme/leadhome)

Al-Saleh, I.A., and L. Coate. 1995. Lead exposure in Saudi Arabia from the use of traditional cosmetics and medical remedies. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 17:29-31.

Blood levels keep dropping: New guidelines proposed for those most vulnerable. 1997. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Environmental Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. (February 21, 1997 press release).

Brody, D.J., J.L. Pirkle, R.A. Kramer, K.M. Flegal, T.D. Matte, E.W. Gunter, D.C. Paschal. 1994. Blood-lead levels in the US Population: Phase I of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988-1991). Journal of American Medical Association, 272(July 27):277-283.

Centers for Disease Control. 1991. Preventing lead poisoning in young children: A statement by the Centers of Disease Control. Atlanta, GA:Department of Health and Human Services.

Cleanup and lawsuits proceed in an old Idaho mining valley. Washington Post. May 5, 1997: A1,A13.

Fleming, D.E.B, D. Boulay, N.S. Richard, J. Robin, C.L. Gordon C.E. Webber and D.R. Chettle. 1997. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105(February):224-233.

Goldman, L.R. and J. Carra. 1994. Childhood lead poisoning in 1994 (Editorial). Journal of the American Medical Association. 272(July 27):315-316.

High lead exposure sickens children of industrialized Russia. 1997. Washington Post. (May 5):A1, A13.

House poisons. 1997. Wall Street Journal. (May 12):A14.

Jirles, B., J. Thigpen, D. Forsythe. 1997. Lead in drinking water: A preventive solution. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105(January):15.

Kessel, I. and J. O'Connor. 1997. Getting the lead out. New York:Plenum Publishing.

Lead-based paint hazards identification dialogue group. 1995. Federal Register, 60(September 11):47248-47257.

Lead poisoning and your children. 1995. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 800-B-92-002.

Lead pollution linked to cavities. 1997. Washington Times. (September 2):A8.

Lead Toxicity: Case Studies in Environmental Medicine. 1992. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Publication 099-3380. 30 pp.

Mahaffey, K.R., J.L. Annest, J. Roberts, and R.S. Murphy. 1982. National estimates of blood lead levels: United States, 1976-1980; Association with selected demographic and socioeconomic factors. N. Engl. J. Med. 307:537-579.

Meadows, R. 1996. Growing pains. Environmental Health Perspectives. 104(February):146-149.

Menkes, D.B. and J.P. Fawcett. 1997. Too easily lead? Health effects of gasoline additives. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105:270-273.

Mielke, H.W., L. Viverette, M. Brisco, L. Scott, C. Gonzales and J. Schaefer. 1997. Surface dust on hands as a method for assessing and preventing childhood lead exposure in Hazardous Waste: Impacts on Human and Ecological Health. Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Hazardous Waste: Impact on Human and Ecological Health. B.L. Johnson, C. Xintaras and J.S. Andres, Jr. Eds. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Princeton, New Jersey:Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., Inc. 151-155.

Mielke, H.W. 1997. Leaded dust in urban soil shown to be greater source of childhood lead poisoning than leaded paint. Lead Perspectives, (March/April):28-31.

Mielke, H. 1997. Urbane Geochemie: Prozesse, Muster und Auswirkungen auf die menschliche Gesundheit in Geochemie und Umwelt: Relevane Prozesse in Atmo-, Pedo- und Hydrosphäre. Eds. J. Matschullat, H.J. Tobschall und J.J. Voigt. Berlin:Springer-Verlag.

Mielke, H. W., M.D. Taylor, C.R. Gonzales, M.K. Smith, P.V. Daniels and A.V. Buckner. 1997. Lead-based hair products: Too hazardous for household use. Journal of American Pharmaceutical Association. NS37(Jan/Feb):85-89.

Mielke, H.W. 1994. Lead in New Orleans soils: New images of an urban environment. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 16:123-128.

Mielke, H.W. 1993. Lead dust contaminated U.S.A. communities: Comparison of Louisiana and Minnesota. Applied Geochemistry, Suppl Issue No. 2:257-261.

Mielke, H.W., J.E. Adams, B. Huff, J. Pepersack, P.L. Reagan, D. Stoppel and P.W. Mielke, Jr. 1992. Dust control as a means of reducing-city childhood Pb exposure. Trace Substances in Environmental Health XXV. vol. 25, 121-128.

Mielke, H.W. 1990. Lead dust-contaminated communities and minority health: A new paradigm in The National Minority Health Conference: Focus on Environmental Contamination, B.L. Johnson, R.C. Williams and C.M. Harris Eds. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., Inc. 101-112.

Mielke, H.W. and J.L. Adams. 1989. Environmental lead risk in the Twin Cities. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. Publication CURA 89-4.22 pp.

Mielke, H.W., S. Barroughs, R. Wade, T. Yarrow and P.W. Mielke. 1984/85. Urban lead in Minnesota: Soil transect results of four cities. Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, 50:19-24.

Mielke, H.W., J.C. Anderson, K.J. Berry, P.W. Mielke, R.L. Chaney and M. Leech. 1983. Lead concentrations in inner-city soils as a factor in the child lead problem. American Journal of Public Health, 73:1366-1369.

Montaque, P. 1997. Bad decisions again and again. Rachel's Environmental Health Weekly. #541(April 10). (Online: http://www.monitor.net.rachel).

Moving toward a lead-safe America. 1997. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Nriagu, J.O. 1990. The rise and fall of leaded gasoline. The Science of the Total Environment. 92:13-28.

Pirkle, J.L., D.J. Brody, E.W. Gunter, R.A. Kramer, D.C. Paschal, K.M. Flegal, T.D. Matte. 1994. The decline in blood-lead levels in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association. 272(July 27):284-291.

Protect your family from lead in your home. 1995. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 47-K-94-001. Washington, D.C. 14 pps.

Raloff, Janet. 1997. Caries: Legacy of mom's lead exposure? Science News. 152:149.

Simple things you can do to prevent childhood lead poisoning, The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, California Department of Health Services.

Testing calcium supplements for lead. 1997. New York Times. (June 4):C5.

Toxic legacy threatens areas a world apart. 1997. Washington Post. (May 5): A1, A13.

Umbrella recall. 1997. Washington Post. (August 13):C5.

Update: blood-lead levels, United States, 1991-1994. 1997. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 46(February 21):141-146.

US Environmental Protection Agency. 1997. Ten tips to protect children from pesticides and lead poisonings around the home. Item number 735-F-97-001. Cincinnati, Ohio: US EPA National Center for Environmental Publications and Information.

US Environmental Protection Agency. 1992. EPA approved model curriculum: Lead abatement training for supervisors and contractors. Washington DC: Environmental Protection Agency.

Viverette, L. H.W. Mielke, M. Brisco, A. Dixon and J. Schaefer and K. Pierre. 1996. Environmental health in minority and other underserved populations: Benign methods for identifying lead hazards at day care centers of New Orleans. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 18:41-45.