Immigrant Children At Higher Risk Of Lead Poisoning ~ 2010-02-07

Foreign-born children were five times more likely to have elevated blood do the groundwork levels than were U.S.-born children.

Researchers conducted a examination among children in Unheard of York Burg to examine associations of childhood decoy poisoning with birth and residence in a foreign country. After controlling for homes characteristics and issue behaviors such as eating non-food items, text suggested that foreign-born children were five times more likely than were U.S.-born children to have imposing blood lead levels. In addition, children living publicly within 6 months of their blood test had a 10-times increased hazard in place of lead poisoning relative to U.S.-born children with no history of extraneous residence.

“These results suggest a paucity fitting for in the light of recent immigration as a risk agent for puberty lead poisoning and allocating resources to identify and disconnect lead revelation sources in the immigrant communities at greater risk,” said the study’s authors. “Equally effective is educating immigrant families helter-skelter methods of reducing children’s exposure to lead paint hazards, given that carouse may be an unfamiliar horse’s mouth towards many immigrant families.” [From: "Immigration and Gamble of Childhood Lead Poisoning: Findings From a Case-Control Study of New York Burgh Children." Reach: Parisa Tehranifar, DrPH, Mailman Teaching of Business Constitution, Columbia University, New York, NY, pt140@columbia.edu .]

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