Recent events have brought attention to the millions of Americans who struggle to find and
pay for housing. Housing has historically been of interest to sociologists, but it has long been …

Objective Increases in depression among adolescents have been concurrent with increases
in digital media use. In this article, recent trends in mental health among US adolescents …

The present study evaluated the heavy metal contamination in groundwater and associated
ecological and human health risks of a geologically and anthropogenically diverse semi-arid …

Lead is a neurotoxin that produces long-term, perhaps irreversible, effects on health and
well-being. This article summarizes clinical and preclinical studies that have employed a …

Socioeconomic factors influence brain development and structure, but most studies have
overlooked neurotoxic insults that impair development, such as lead exposure. Childhood …

Background After the discovery of fluoride as a caries-preventing agent in the mid-twentieth
century, fluoridation of community water has become a widespread intervention, sometimes …

background: Vegetables are consumed enormously by humans all over the world.
Consumption of contaminated fruits and vegetables is the most likely route of heavy metal …

Background Millions of tons of lead were added to gasoline worldwide beginning in 1922,
and leaded gasoline has been a major source of population lead exposure. In 1960s, lead …

Importance Millions of adults now entering middle age were exposed to high levels of lead,
a developmental neurotoxin, as children. Although childhood lead exposure has been …

This study examines residential indoor dust from 224 homes in Sydney, Australia for trace
element concentrations measured using portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF) and their …