An exterior and interior leaded dust deposition survey in New York City: Results of a 2-year study

Caravanos, Jack; Weiss, Arlene L.; Jaeger, Rudolph J.

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2005.08.005

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“…It Table 6 Summary of information on a number of available sampling devices for household surface lead loading rates Condition Gulson et al 1995Trepka et al 1997, Caravanos et al 2006Hogervorst et al 2007Spalinger et al 2007 Current study (Australia) Meyer et al 1999a, b had sufficient low-end sensitivity to detect surface lead loading rates in low contamination settings, could distinguish well between high lead and low lead contamination households, manifest little variation between two locations within the same room, and appeared to be an acceptable proxy for lead loading rate at floor level. In addition, the small size of each deposition plate and the lightness of the plastic protective trays rendered the method convenient for the field investigator.…”

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“…The method in this study was adapted from that of Caravanos (Caravanos et al 2006), in which a large glass sheet of area 9 ft 2 (8,361 cm 2 ) was placed in position and the accumulated lead in settled dust determined after varying periods. A similar principle was used in the current study, but modifying the method by using smaller dust deposition plates and a fixed duration of placement.…”

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“…Devices reported in the literature to measure the rate of lead dust deposition are often too small, such as the Petri dish (Gulson et al 1995;Hogervorst et al 2007) requiring long retention of the device in the home, or too large, such as the 8,361 cm 2 (9 ft 2 ) glass sheet used by Caravanos (Caravanos et al 2006), requiring a large space in the household.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Development and field trial of a household surface lead loading rate sampling device in a lead-contaminated community of southern Thailand

Untimanon

Geater

Chongsuvivatwong

et al. 2009

Environ Monit Assess

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A new dust-collecting device was developed to assess surface lead loading rates in houses in communities contaminated with lead oxide dust used for caulking in nearby boat-repair yards. The device consists of two small glass sheets with total area of 1,200 cm(2) placed in two plastic trays suspended from the ceiling in the house for 3 months before wiping and sending the dust specimen for determination of lead content using flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. After a pilot trial in four households, further data were collected from 43 matched pairs of boat-caulkers' and neighboring control households. All devices were retained in the house for 3 months without any complaint. Static measurements of lead dust levels were also assessed in all households. The values significantly discriminated high from low lead exposure households (p = 0.015) and provided good correlations with floor lead loading (Spearman rank correlation coefficient, r = 0.39 to 0.62) and dust lead content (r = 0.53 to 0.64). This sampling method is an alternative to others which consume more household space or require a longer collection period.

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Development and field trial of a household surface lead loading rate sampling device in a lead-contaminated community of southern Thailand

Untimanon

Geater

Chongsuvivatwong

et al. 2009

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Floor entrance (Tong and Lam, 2000) Season (Laxen et al, 1988), (Yiin et al, 2000), (Laidlaw et al, 2005), (Laidlaw and Filippelli, 2008), (Mielke et al, 2010), (Clark et al, 2011), (Dixon et al, 2012) Wet cleaning landing floor (Gaitens et al, 2009) Type of room (Wilson et al, 2007) Wet cleaning freq-room (Yiin et al, 2003), (Bretin, 2006), (Gaitens et al, 2009) Dry cleaning freq-room Dust sample location (U.S. HUD, 2003), (Bretin, 2006), (Wilson et al, 2007) Number of activities at risk (Sanborn et al, 2002), (Schapiro and Bretin, 2006) XRF ext railings (Gibson, 2005) Ext playground soil (Fergusson et al, 1986), (Thornton et al, 1990), (Succop et al, 1998), (Clark et al, 2004), (Dixon et al, 2005b), (Caravanos et al, 2006), (Dixon et al, 2008), (Hunt et al, 2006), (Hunt et al, 2012) Ext playground dust…”

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Source contributions of lead in residential floor dust and within-home variability of dust lead loading

Lucas

Bellanger

Strat

et al. 2014

Science of The Total Environment

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Evidence of the impact of exposure to low levels of lead on children's health is increasing.Residential floor dust is the assumed origin of lead exposure by young children. In this study, we estimate the contribution of different lead sources to household interior floor dust contamination. We also estimate the within-home variability of interior floor dust lead loadings. A multilevel model was developed based on data collected in a French survey in 2008-2009 (484 housing units, 1834 rooms). Missing data were handled by multiple imputation using chained equations. The intra-home correlation between interior floor Log dust lead loadings was approximately 0.6. Dust lead from the landing of an apartment, mostly originating outside the building, was the major contributor to interior floor dust lead.Secondary contributors included the lead-based paint on exterior railings, track-in of the exterior soil of the children's play area into the dwelling, smoking inside the home, demolition of nearby old buildings and sites of pollution in the vicinity. Interior lead-based paint contaminated interior floor dust only in old and non-renovated dwellings. To reduce interior floor dust lead levels in the general population of dwellings, common areas should be maintained, and track-in from the outside should be limited as much as possible.

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“…The method for collecting specimens for determination of SLLR was modified from a study conducted in an urban setting in the United States 10) and previously tested in a boatyard community setting 6) . Two glass plates with a deleaded surface for lead deposition, each 20 × 30 cm, were suspended at a position approximately 50 cm from the ceiling in each house.…”

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Relative Contribution of Potential Modes of Surface Dust Lead Contamination in the Homes of Boatyard Caulkers

Untimanon¹,

Geater

Chongsuvivatwong

et al. 2012

Journal of Occupational Health

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Relative Contribution of Potential Modes of Surface Dust Lead Contamination in the Homes of Boatyard Caulkers: Orrapan UNTIMANON, et al. Bureau of Occupational and EnvironmentalDiseases, Ministry of Public Health, ThailandObjectives: The aim of this study was to quantify the relative contributions to surface lead contamination of boat-caulkers' houses of three contamination modes, namely "take-home" lead from the caulker, "natural" spatial dispersal from boatyard to household and "redistribution" of accumulated lead-laden dust within the house. Methods: Boat-caulkers' houses situated in areas surrounding boat repair yards were recruited. Caulkers' houses that were located close together were divided into location-matched pairs, within which one was randomly assigned to be given a cleaning and designated a CL house, and the other was to be left uncleaned and designated a NCL house. Geographically isolated caulker's houses were randomly assigned to one of the two categories. The nearest non-boatyard worker's house (NB) was additionally recruited for each set. The surface lead loading rate (SLLR), defined as the mass of lead deposited in dust per unit area of surface per unit time, was measured over a period of 3 mo in all houses, and the data were modeled using linear mixed effects regression. Results: Adjusted values of SLLR differed only slightly between CL and NCL houses (0.96 to 1.02 times) but were between 1.65 and 2.03 times higher in CL and NCL houses than in NB houses depending on proximity to the boatyard and between 2.12 and 2.61 times higher in houses within one km of a boatyard than in more distant houses depending on category of house. Conclusions: Newly deposited dust lead likely resulted from the take-home and spatial dispersion modes. The contribution of

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An exterior and interior leaded dust deposition survey in New York City: Results of a 2-year study

Cited by 31 publications

References 25 publications

Development and field trial of a household surface lead loading rate sampling device in a lead-contaminated community of southern Thailand

Development and field trial of a household surface lead loading rate sampling device in a lead-contaminated community of southern Thailand

Source contributions of lead in residential floor dust and within-home variability of dust lead loading

Relative Contribution of Potential Modes of Surface Dust Lead Contamination in the Homes of Boatyard Caulkers

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