Lead contamination in French children's homes and environment

Lucas, Jean-Paul; Bot, Barbara Le; Glorennec, Philippe; Etchevers, Anne; Bretin, Philippe; Douay, Francis; Sébille, Véronique; Bellanger, Lise; Mandin, Corinne

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.005

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“…Interior floor DPb loadings, lead concentrations in the soil or dust of the exterior play areas, and floor DPb loadings in common areas have been described previously (Lucas et al 2012).…”

Section: Reported Resultsmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…The lead in dust of the apartment landing was the most important contributor to the lead contamination of the interior floor dust. We previously reported (Lucas et al 2012) that lead loadings were 4 times higher in common areas than inside apartments; the prevalence of LBP was also higher: 7.1% (CI 95% = 1.8-12.4%) vs.…”

Section: Sources Related To the Building Indoor Featuresmentioning

confidence: 82%

“…For inclusion, the child had to have lived in the dwelling for at least 6 months prior to enrollment. This home sample was representative of 3,581,991 French housing units in which at least one child aged 6 months to 6 years lived in 2008 (Lucas et al 2012). …”

Section: Surveys and Study Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The details of the sample collection and data quality have been described extensively elsewhere (Lucas et al 2012). …”

Section: Sample Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Table 1 shows the estimated distribution of covariates of the model, which was used to estimate their contribution. Null values for some percentiles of "Ext playground soil" and "Ext playground dust" are explained by the construction of these covariates themselves in the interaction with the frequency of visit of the play area by the child (see appendix A; see also Lucas et al (2012) for the distribution of the lead levels in exterior soil and dust). Table 2 provides the parameter estimates in the fitted MLM with their 95% confidence interval.…”

Section: Softwarementioning

confidence: 99%

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

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Bellanger

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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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“…Interior floor DPb loadings, lead concentrations in the soil or dust of the exterior play areas, and floor DPb loadings in common areas have been described previously (Lucas et al 2012).…”

Section: Reported Resultsmentioning

confidence: 84%

Section: Sources Related To the Building Indoor Featuresmentioning

confidence: 82%

Section: Surveys and Study Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The details of the sample collection and data quality have been described extensively elsewhere (Lucas et al 2012). …”

Section: Sample Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Softwarementioning

confidence: 99%

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