What's in Your Soil? A Citywide Investigation of the Importance of Soil Lead for Predicting Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Chicago Soil lead is a persistent predictor of elevated blood lead among children, even controlling for socioeconomic and environment covariates Pairing soil testing with the EPA's IEUBK model enables pr...

🛡️🌱 Chicago study mapped soil lead citywide & linked it to child blood lead data.

💰 Income was the strongest elevated blood lead level predictor, but soil lead still added independent predictive power.

DOI: doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Thorstenson, Rome et al.

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