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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1982
These hearings examine the problem of lead poisoning in children and explore the consequences of the transfer of funds for lead-screening efforts to the maternal child health block grant. Lead toxicity is described as probably the most significant and pervasive environmental illness in the United States. Testimony asserts that the effect of the…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Environmental Influences, Financial Needs, Health Needs
Peer reviewedMarlowe, Mike – Journal of Special Education, 1986
The article summarizes research on relationships between low (below metal poisoning) metal exposure and childhood behavior disorders. Symptoms, assessment techniques (hair analysis), and environmental and dietary factors that may increase the risk of metal pollutant exposure are described. School programs emphasizing education and the role of…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Behavior Disorders, Dietetics, Health Education
Hickman, Ray – SASTA Journal, 1979
Focuses on the serious side effects produced by chemical pollutants from industry throughout the industrialized world. The author does not simply put the chemical and related industries in a bad light but suggests that the tragedies of pollution could have been avoided. (SA)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Diseases, Environment, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedKessler, Daniel B.; Newberger, Eli H. – Children Today, 1981
Describes certain elements which can affect the fetus and the developing infant. These elements include toxins, lead poisoning, alcohol, smoking, and drugs (both legal and illegal). (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Drug Abuse, Infants, Lead Poisoning
Peer reviewedRatcliffe, Stephen D.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1989
Determines the frequency of presumptive iron deficiency and lead toxicity in 198 Utah migrant children, aged 9-72 months. There were no confirmed cases of lead toxicity. Thirteen percent of all children tested, and 30 percent of those aged 9-23 months, were iron deficient. Hematocrit determination is an insensitive screen for iron deficiency.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anemia, Health Conditions, Lead Poisoning
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1991
On April 25, 1991, a hearing examined the problem of lead poisoning and reviewed the actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies to address the problem. Many of those who gave testimony considered the actions to be inadequate. The detrimental effects of lead on human health, and especially children's health and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Drinking Water, Environmental Standards
Norwood, Glenda R. – 1984
In addition to identifying the causes and physical effects of various nutritional deficiencies, this discussion describes the effects of each deficiency on the learning process. The recommended daily food intake for children and teenagers is also noted. Eight types of nutritional deficiency are discussed in detail: (1) malnutrition (both…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anemia, Children, Diabetes
Peer reviewedErenberg, Gerald; And Others – Pediatrics, 1974
Descriptors: Blacks, Diseases, Exceptional Child Research, Lead Poisoning
PDF pending restorationLin-Fu, J. S. – 1975
The toxic effects of lead, a useful metal ubiquitous in the human environment, have long been known. The occupational hazards of lead poisoning were well established by the early 19th century, but plumbism in children caused by paint ingestion was not reported until the turn of the century. Even in 1924, the child was said to live in a "lead…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Environmental Influences, Lead Poisoning
Lin-Fu, Jane S. – 1970
Designed as a public information pamphlet, the text discusses the problem of lead poisoning in children. The preventable nature of the problem is stressed as well as needed action on the part of the public, physicians and other health workers, and the legislators. The pamphlet emphasizes that each of these areas is essential in preventing death or…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Community Role, Death, Disadvantaged
Snowdon, Charles T. – 1973
Described was research on the behavioral and learning effects of lead poisoning or malnutrition in rats. It is explained that approximately 200 rats (either weanling, adult, pregnant, or nursing) were injected with various amounts of lead. It was found that symtomatic levels of lead in weanling or adult rats produced no obvious behavioral or…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Biological Influences, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
Lin-Fu, Jane S. – 1970
This publication is a guide to help social and health workers plan a preventive campaign against lead poisoning, a cause of mental retardation other neurological handicaps, and death among children. The main victims are 1- to 6-year-olds living in areas where deteriorating housing prevails. Among the causes of lead poisoning are: ingestion of…
Descriptors: Housing Deficiencies, Lead Poisoning, Legislation, Physical Health
Peer reviewedShaheen, Sandra J. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Studies the language and visuo-spatial skills of preschool children with past histories of lead poisoning. Suggests that specific behavioral sequelae exhibited by such children may be predicted by the factor of their age at the time of lead ingestion. (AS)
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Development, Language Handicaps, Lead Poisoning
McCauley, Colleen; Yanoff, Shelly D.; Fynes, Steven E. – 2002
As part of its work in improving the lives and life changes of children in the Philadelphia region, the Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth examined the problem of local childhood lead paint poisoning. This report describes their efforts, beginning with a description of the impact of lead poisoning on children's health and a discussion of…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Children, Lead Poisoning
Rochow, K. W. James; Rapuano, Maria – 1993
Current programs to deal with childhood lead poisoning, the primary environmental disease of U.S. children, screen individual children, treat those with serious cases of lead poisoning, and subsequently return children to hazardous environments. This approach has led to repeated diagnoses of lead poisoning. This handbook is designed to convince…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Children, Lead Poisoning
