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From the study: >examined risk factors; survey years; binary gender; bodyweight; low birthweight; anemia; health insurance coverage; Medicaid/CHIP enrollment;
by hammock 5y ago
From the study:
>examined risk factors; survey years; binary gender; bodyweight; low birthweight; anemia; health insurance coverage; Medicaid/CHIP enrollment; federal Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplemental food program enrollment; use of water treatment devices; b age in months; c educational attainment less than 9th grade education; d housing built before 1960 or 1940; e number of cigarettes smoked inside the home per day (1 to 40 or more); f poverty-to-income ratios
I don't see traffic proximity aka urbanicity aka leaded gasoline particulate pollution in there.
Lead plumbing and lead paint are two factors. But there is lead all through the soil and air as well.
- cmrdporcupine 5y agoYeah don't even start to read up on lead arsenate sprays in apple orchards through most of the 20th century. That will keep you at night up for a long time when you start to think about it.
- rightbyte 5y agoMy great grandfather used mercury to protect seeds from mold for sowing. The running joke was that it made the hen crazy ...
- hammock 5y agoMercury is still used today in Australia. https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article/9/1/053/116413/When-toxic-chemicals-refuse-to-die-An-examination https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article/9/1/053/116413/W...
- hammock 5y agoI came across "Poisons in your food" by Ruth Winter in my high school library one day and haven't slept since.