MCC-UE 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Maximum Contaminant Level, Lake Huron, Somerville, Massachusetts
14 Dec 2016
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Children"s health & the environment - guest lecturer: akhgar ghassabian md phd. Preconception, prenatal and early life exposure and long-term health consequences. Growth: preterm birth, low birth weight, birth defects and infant mortality. Development: learning abilities, iq, school performance, and behavior. Trend: increase in prevalence of autism from 1992-2004. Trend: increase in obesity & extreme obesity in children & adolescents aged 2-19 from. Asthma (affects 4-10% children in the u. s. ) Cancer (annual percentage change 0. 8 for all cancers in children between 1992 and 2012) Increasing evidence for the role of the environment. Air pollution birth outcomes and respiratory symptoms. Council on environmental health/american academy of pediatrics. Lead exposure & children"s health: a case study. Switch of water source from lake huron to flint river 2 years ago. Color, smell, and taste of water iron. Lead particles released from the interior of water pipes. In-home testing of lead levels after two years.
