This article reviews the quasi-experimental literature on lead and fertility, lead and infant
mortality, and lead and infant birth outcomes. It then discusses the relevance of these …

Background Public drinking water can be an important source exposure to lead, which can
affect children's cognitive development and academic performance. Few studies have …

Background Drinking water is a lingering hazard in the effort to eliminate childhood
exposure to lead (Pb), a neurotoxin that affects cognitive and behavioral development. This …

Preventing childhood lead exposure has been at the forefront of environmental and public
health policy in the United States for decades. When prevention fails and children are …

Around half of children in low-income countries have elevated blood-lead levels. What role
does lead play in explaining low educational outcomes in these settings? We conduct a new …

Highlights•Juvenile developmental Pb exposure impaired rat cognitive ability and induced
apoptotic cell death in hippocampal neurons.•Pb-induced apoptosis in hippocampal …

Background There is evidence of a weak placental-fetal barrier to lead, suggesting that
maternal lead exposure could affect the fetus. The health consequences for newborns from …

There is no safe detectable level of lead (Pb) in the blood of children. Blood lead levels
(BLLs) at ages 6–24 months≥ 2 μg/dL result in lost grade school intelligence quotient (IQ) …

Lead is a well-known neurotoxicant that continues to affect children's cognition and
behavior. With the aim to examine the associations of lead exposure with math performance …

Lead based paint is a predominate source of lead exposure in children, which has a
documented negative effect on their health and development. Despite public health efforts …