Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response

Hanna‐Attisha, Mona; LaChance, Jenny; C. Sadler, Richard; Champney Schnepp, Allison

doi:10.2105/ajph.2015.303003

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Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response

Published in American Journal of Public Health • Dec 21, 2015

Authors:

Mona Hanna‐Attisha

Jenny LaChance

Richard C. Sadler

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We analyzed differences in pediatric elevated blood lead level incidence before and after Flint, Michigan, introduced a more corrosive water source into an aging water system without adequate corrosion control. METHODS: We reviewed blood lead levels for children younger than 5 years befo...

Subject

Environmental health

Lead (geology)

Medicine

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