Lead (Pb) is considered a strong environmental toxin with human health repercussions. Due
to its widespread use and the number of people potentially exposed to different sources of …

Obesity is a complex and multifactorial disease, which likely comprises multiple subtypes.
Emerging data have linked chemical exposures to obesity. As organismal response to …

Background: Some evidence suggests that fluoride may be neurotoxic to children. Few of
the epidemiologic studies have been longitudinal, had individual measures of fluoride …

Purpose The Early Life Exposure in Mexico to ENvironmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) Project
is a mother–child pregnancy and birth cohort originally initiated in the mid-1990s to …

Background Epidemiologic and animal-based studies have raised concern over the
potential impact of fluoride exposure on neurobehavioral development as manifested by …

Lead (Pb) is a neurotoxic metal, and no level of lead exposure is safe for children. China has
still experienced problems on child lead poisoning even though the Chinese government …

Children may be more vulnerable to the combined interactions of chemical and non-
chemical stressors from their built, natural, and social environments when compared to …

Background Early life exposure to lead, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
polybromide diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), organophosphate pesticides (OPPs), and phthalates …

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that air pollution particulate matter (PM) and
adsorbed toxicants (organic compounds and trace metals) may affect child development …

Lead (Pb) is considered a strong environmental toxin with human health repercussions. Due
to its widespread use and the number of people potentially exposed to different sources of …