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- Title
Lead Concentrations in Inner-City Soils As a Factor in the Child Lead Problem.
- Authors
Mielke, Howard W.; Anderson, Jana C.; Berry, Kenneth J.; Mielke, Paul W.; Chaney, Rufus L.; Leech, Meredith
- Abstract
Abstract: Soil samples were randomly collected from 422 vegetable gardens in a study area centered in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, and having a radius of 48.28 km (30 miles). The levels of lead, four other metals (cadmium, copper, nickel, and zinc, and pH were measured for each location. The application of multi-response permutation procedures, which are compatible with mapping techniques, reveals that lead as well as cadmium, copper, nickel, and zinc is concentrated and ubiquitous within the soils of the inner-city area of Metropolitan Baltimore. The probability values that the concentration of metals occurred by chance alone vary from about 10[sup -15] to 10[sup -21] depending on the metal considered. Our findings pose environmental and public health issues, especially to children living within the inner-city.
- Subjects
MARYLAND; CHILDREN'S health; LEAD in soils; LEAD; PUBLIC health; CADMIUM; ZINC; METALS; HEALTH &; welfare funds
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1983, Vol 73, Issue 12, p1366
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.73.12.1366