Environmental Chemical Exposures and Intellectual Disability in Children

Bellinger, David C.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20843-1_20

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“…In addition, in the last decade, Asbestos contamination has also been detected as a harmful substance to consumers. Many manufacturers have had multiple recalls (Bellinger, 2019;Sushmitha, 2019;Shahzad et al, 2022) but the use of body powder is one activity that most people still prefer to do. When applied, it feels slippery and comfortable as the dough absorbs moisture.…”

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Determining Childhood Learning from Various Kind Formulas of Soft-Prepared Chalk

Sukyos

Santum²

2022

JEI

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This research aimed to find out a baby powder formula made of soft-prepared chalk and to investigate satisfaction with the selected formula baby powder. The research sample was 300 people consisting of parents, students, and general people who were likely to use baby powder. Research instruments were a colorimeter, water activity meter, moisture analyzer, and a questionnaire on consumer satisfaction with six baby powder formulas. Descriptive statistics were mean, percentage, and standard deviation for data analysis. Findings showed that a formula made of 25% soft-prepared chalk mixed with 75% rice flour was the most suitable formula to make baby powder due to its good water absorbability and ease of application. The consumer’s satisfaction with the selected baby powder formula was contact surface, color, ease of application, and overall preference.

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Determining Childhood Learning from Various Kind Formulas of Soft-Prepared Chalk

Sukyos

Santum²

2022

JEI

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“…Evidence on the effects of individual metals to developmental outcomes in previous literature varies substantially across different metals common in NBCS pregnant mothers. For example, exposures to lead, arsenic, manganese, and cadmium are consistently found to have negative effects on children’s verbal and non-verbal cognition, behavior problems, and motor skills, even after adjusting for other environmental and individual risk factors [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ]. Adverse developmental outcomes associated with metals such as lead have been observed at very low concentrations, even lower than those in recommendations previously set forth by agencies such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).…”

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Prenatal Metal Exposures and Infants’ Developmental Outcomes in a Navajo Population

Nozadi

Luo

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Early-life exposure to environmental toxicants can have detrimental effects on children’s neurodevelopment. In the current study, we employed a causal modeling framework to examine the direct effect of specific maternal prenatal exposures on infants’ neurodevelopment in the context of co-occurring metals. Maternal metal exposure and select micronutrients’ concentrations were assessed using samples collected at the time of delivery from mothers living across Navajo Nation with community exposure to metal mixtures originating from abandoned uranium mines. Infants’ development across five domains was measured at ages 10 to 13 months using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire Inventory (ASQ:I), an early developmental screener. After adjusting for effects of other confounding metals and demographic variables, prenatal exposure to lead, arsenic, antimony, barium, copper, and molybdenum predicted deficits in at least one of the ASQ:I domain scores. Strontium, tungsten, and thallium were positively associated with several aspects of infants’ development. Mothers with lower socioeconomic status (SES) had higher lead, cesium, and thallium exposures compared to mothers from high SES backgrounds. These mothers also had infants with lower scores across various developmental domains. The current study has many strengths including its focus on neurodevelopmental outcomes during infancy, an understudied developmental period, and the use of a novel analytical method to control for the effects of co-occurring metals while examining the effect of each metal on neurodevelopmental outcomes. Yet, future examination of how the effects of prenatal exposure on neurodevelopmental outcomes unfold over time while considering all potential interactions among metals and micronutrients is warranted.

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“…Numerous studies have documented statistical associations between such outcomes and concentrations of neurotoxins in the environment. Key neurotoxins investigated have been various particulate matter components of air pollution [24][25][26], lead and heavy metal exposures [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] and pesticides [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42].…”

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Assessing the Impact of Neighborhood Conditions on Neurodevelopmental Disorders during Childhood

Santiago

Berg

Leroux

2021

IJERPH

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Nearly three out of ten neurodevelopmental disabilities in the United States have been linked to environmental conditions, prompting emerging lines of research examining the role of the neighborhood on children’s developmental outcomes. Utilizing data from a natural experiment in Denver, this study quantifies the impact of exposure to varied neighborhood contexts on the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders over the course of childhood. Our analysis is based upon retrospective child, caregiver, household and neighborhood data derived from the Denver Child Study for a sample of approximately 590 Latino and African American children and youth whose families were quasi-randomly assigned to subsidized housing operated by the Denver (CO) Housing Authority during part of their childhood. We employed binary response models with endogenous explanatory variables, estimated using instrumental variables (IV) probit and average marginal effects to identify predictors of a neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis during childhood. We found that multiple dimensions of neighborhood context—especially neighborhood socioeconomic status, older housing stock, residential instability and prevalence of neurological hazards in the ambient air—strongly and robustly predicted the diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder during childhood.

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Environmental Chemical Exposures and Intellectual Disability in Children

Cited by 5 publications

References 86 publications

Determining Childhood Learning from Various Kind Formulas of Soft-Prepared Chalk

Determining Childhood Learning from Various Kind Formulas of Soft-Prepared Chalk

Prenatal Metal Exposures and Infants’ Developmental Outcomes in a Navajo Population

Assessing the Impact of Neighborhood Conditions on Neurodevelopmental Disorders during Childhood

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