Children's lead exposure in the U.S.: Application of a national-scale, probabilistic aggregate model with a focus on residential soil and dust lead (Pb) scenarios.

ABSTRACT: Lead (Pb) exposures from soil and dust ingestion contribute to children's blood lead levels (BLLs) in the United States. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities and the Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposure describe multi-pronged collaborative approaches. These include reducing multi-media lead exposures nationally using analytical tools such as EPA's Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation model for lead [SHEDS-Pb; formerly known as SHEDS-IEUBK (Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic model)], which was initially developed and applied with a focus on children's drinking water exposures. In this study we applied SHEDS-Pb to determine what residential soil Pb and dust Pb concentrations (indivi

SUBMITTER: Zartarian VG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11512727 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature