Safeguarding Children's Health: Time to Enact a Health-Based Standard and Comprehensive Testing, Mitigation, and Communication Protocol for Lead in Drinking Water

Autor:	Anna M. Aceituno, Keith E. Levine, Katherine Woodward, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Jennifer Hoponick Redmon
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Safeguarding 01 natural sciences Lead (geology) Environmental health medicine Water Pollution Chemical Humans Child 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Public health Communication Drinking Water Clean water Child Health General Medicine 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology humanities Roman Empire Lead Lead exposure Business 0210 nano-technology Communications protocol
Zdroj:	North Carolina medical journal. 79(5)
ISSN:	0029-2559
Popis:	Lead was a known toxin before the Roman Empire, yet exposure remains a public health concern today. Although there is no safe lead exposure level, a health-based drinking water standard has not been established. The Clean Water for Carolina Kids Study highlights the need for a health-based standard.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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