Early childhood lead exposure and the persistence of educational consequences into adolescence

Shadbegian, Ron; Guignet, Dennis; Klemick, Heather; Bui, Linda

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.108643

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“…This difference is consistent with another study that investigated the relationship between children’s lead exposures and test scores in New York counties: in both bi-variate and multiple regression, the association of BLL with math test score had much higher statistical significance than BLL’s association with ELA score [ 13 ]. Other studies have found BLL being associated with both math and ELA test scores with no apparent difference in statistical power [ 12 , 14 , 35 , 37 ]. As illustrated in Fig.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Developing brains of children are particularly vulnerable to the neurotoxic effects of lead. Exposure to even low levels of lead shows evidence of long-term damage to children's cognitive function and IQ [4][5][6][7][8][9][10], and children's academic performance [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], with implications for future academic and career achievements [19,20].…”

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Lead contamination of public drinking water and academic achievements among children in Massachusetts: a panel study

Levin

Schwartz

2022

BMC Public Health

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Background Public drinking water can be an important source exposure to lead, which can affect children’s cognitive development and academic performance. Few studies have looked at the impact of lead exposures from community water supplies or their impact on school achievements. We examined the association between annual community water lead levels (WLLs) and children’s academic performances at the school district level. Methods We matched the 90th percentile WLLs with the grade 3–8 standardized test scores from the Stanford Education Data Archive on Geographic School Districts by geographic location and year. We used multivariate linear regression and adjusted for urbanicity, race, socioeconomic characteristics, school district, grade, and year. We also explored potential effect measure modifications and lag effects. Results After adjusting for potential confounders, a 5 μg/L increase in 90th percentile WLLs in a GSD was associated with a 0.00684 [0.00021, 0.01348] standard deviation decrease in the average math test score in the same year. No association was found for English Language Arts. Conclusions We found an association between the annual fluctuation of WLLs and math test scores in Massachusetts school districts, after adjusting for confounding by urbanicity, race, socioeconomic factors, school district, grade, and year. The implications of a detectable effect of WLLs on academic performance even at the modest levels evident in MA are significant and timely. Persistent efforts should be made to further reduce lead in drinking water.

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Lead contamination of public drinking water and academic achievements among children in Massachusetts: a panel study

Levin

Schwartz

2022

BMC Public Health

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“…Early childhood may get effective education from both parents (Guo & Kilderry, 2018) and school (Izadkhah & Gibbs, 2015). The education that the children received in their early years would give a prolonged effect up to the point of adulthood (Shadbegian, Guignet, Klemick, & Bui, 2019). Given to the role of the school as a place for children to learn and shape themselves into a better behavior (Elangovan & Kasi, 2014;Septiadi, 2012), disaster mitigation should also be implemented in schools (Back, Cameron, & Tanner, 2009).…”

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Disaster Mitigation in Early Childhood Education

Winangsih¹,

Kurniati²

2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Early Childhood Education and Parenting 2019 (ECEP 2019)

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Natural disaster happens quite frequently in Indonesia. The Government has attempted to tackle natural disaster by developing disaster mitigation mainstreaming plan in almost every aspect of the country's development fields, including in education. However, early childhood education remains overlooked in the discussion pertaining the natural disaster. Using a literature review approach, this paper aims to elaborate why early childhood education needs to be included in the nation's disaster mitigation mainstreaming program. The finding of this paper is expected to illuminate how early childhood education program should be designed in order to be responsive with the natural disaster.

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“…Several large-scale retrospective studies linked academic performance for individual children with their corresponding blood Pb data recorded in state or local blood Pb registries (Blackowicz et al 2016;Evens et al 2015;Miranda et al 2009;Shadbegian et al 2019;Zhang et al 2013; (interquartile range 2.9-6.0); 93% of children had PbB <10 µg/dL. Mean difference in covariate adjusted scores in blood strata 5-9 and ≥10 µg/dL compared to <4 µg/dL were in the inverse direction and adjusted prevalence ratios for test failure was significant in both strata.…”

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Toxicological profile for lead

Abadin

Ashizawa²,

Stevens³

et al. 2020

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This toxicological profile is prepared in accordance with guidelines developed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The original guidelines were published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1987. Each profile will be revised and republished as necessary. The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects information for these toxic substances described therein. Each peer-reviewed profile identifies and reviews the key literature that describes a substance's toxicologic properties. Other pertinent literature is also presented, but is described in less detail than the key studies. The profile is not intended to be an exhaustive document; however, more comprehensive sources of specialty information are referenced. CAS# 7439-92-1

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Early childhood lead exposure and the persistence of educational consequences into adolescence

Cited by 27 publications

References 34 publications

Lead contamination of public drinking water and academic achievements among children in Massachusetts: a panel study

Lead contamination of public drinking water and academic achievements among children in Massachusetts: a panel study

Disaster Mitigation in Early Childhood Education

Toxicological profile for lead

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