Urban agriculture, though often difficult to define, is an emerging sector of local food
economies in the United States. Although urban and agricultural landscapes are often …

The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of
pathogen spillover from wildlife to human hosts, particularly in densely populated urban …

Lead (Pb) exposure has been a serious environmental and public health problem
throughout the world over the years. The major sources of lead in the past were paint and …

There is no safe detectable level of lead (Pb) in the blood of young children. In the United
States, predominantly African-American Black children are exposed to more Pb and present …

(1) Background: Field monitoring data for addressing the disproportional burden of exposure
to soil contamination in communities of minority and low socioeconomic status (SES) are …

This study characterizes potential soil lead (Pb) exposure risk at the household scale in
Greensboro, North Carolina, using an innovative combination of field sampling, statistical …

Accepted: 25 Feb. 2021 COVID-19, the pandemic of highly contagious respiratory disease,
presents a global public health emergency. Racial and ethnic minority groups in the USA …

Gardening provides a wide range of benefits to urban residents but may also increase risks
of exposure to contaminants in soils. Here we evaluate the use of clean excavated glacial …

Although socioeconomic disparities in cognitive ability emerge early in the life course, most
research on the consequences of living in a disadvantaged neighborhood has focused on …

Objective To investigate the prospective associations between early childhood lead
exposure and subsequent risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood …