Living Detroit: Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis
Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit
Tainted Tap: Flint's Journey from Crisis to Recovery
Everyday Environmental Toxins: Children's Exposure Risks
Environmental Justice and Resiliency in an Age of Uncertainty
The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy
Fifty Years of Peeling Away the Lead Paint Problem: Saving Our Children's Future with Healthy Housing
Lead: Its Effects on Environment and Health
What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
Unleaded: How Changing Our Gasoline Changed Everything
Flint Fights Back: Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis
Journals
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Professional Safety from the American Society of Safety EngineersEach peer-reviewed issue of Professional Safety offers practical guidance, techniques and solutions to help occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals identify hazards, protect people, prevent injuries, improve work environments and educate management that investing in safety is a sound business strategy.
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Journal of Occupational & Environmental MedicineThe Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is the official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.The Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities reports on the scholarly progress of work to understand, address, and ultimately eliminate health disparities based on race and ethnicity.
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American Journal of Public HealthThe American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is dedicated to publication of original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation in the field of public health. The Journal also regularly publishes editorials and commentaries and serves as a forum for health policy analysis. The mission of the Journal is to advance public health research, policy, practice, and education.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
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Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial Analysis of Risk and Public Health ResponseTakes a look at the blood levels of children younger than 5 years before and after the water source change in Greater Flint, Michigan. The study finds that elevated blood lead levels present in children increased after the water source change, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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Lead Poisoning Prevention Efforts in High-Risk Environments: Follow-up Testing Rates among Preschool Children in Flint, Michigan, 2013–2015Abstract:
As illustrated in this bivariate analysis, subpopulations in Flint most likely to have lead poisoning were least likely to receive follow-up testing. Evidence also demonstrates that the likelihood that children with lead poisoning received follow-up testing was overwhelmingly associated with their blood lead concentration level than other indicators including socioeconomic status in this high-risk environment. -
Linking Source and Effect: Resuspended Soil Lead, Air Lead, and Children’s Blood Lead Levels in Detroit, MichiganAbstract:
This study evaluates atmospheric concentrations of soil and Pb aerosols, and blood lead levels (BLLs) in 367 839 children (ages 0–10) in Detroit, Michigan from 2001 to 2009 to test a hypothesized soil → air dust → child pathway of contemporary Pb risk.