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Low-Level Environmental Lead Exposure and Children’s Intellectual Function: An International Pooled Analysis

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Lanphear, Bruce P., Hornung, Richard, Khoury, Jane, Yolton, Kimberly, Baghurst, Peter, Bellinger, David C., Canfield, Richard L., Dietrich, Kim N., Bornschein, Robert, Greene, Tom, Rothenberg, Stephen J., Needleman, Herbert L., Schnaas, Lourdes, Wasserman, Gail, Graziano, Joseph, Roberts, Russell·2005·Environmental Health Perspectives

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Lead is a confirmed neurotoxin, but questions remain about lead-associated intellectual deficits at blood lead levels < 10 μg/dL and whether lower exposures are, for a given change in exposure, associated with greater deficits. The objective of this study was to examine the association of intelligence test scores and blood lead concentration, especially for children who had maximal measured blood lead levels < 10 μg/dL. We examined data collected from 1,333 children who participated in seven international population-based longitudinal cohort studies, followed from birth or infancy until 5–10 years of age. The full-scale IQ score was the primary outcome measure. The geometric mean blood lead concentration of the children peaked at 17.8 μg/dL and declined to 9.4 μg/dL by 5–7 years of age; 244 (18%) children had a maximal blood lead concentration < 10 μg/dL, and 103 (8%) had a maximal blood lead concentration < 7.5 μg/dL. After adjustment for covariates, we found an inverse relationship between blood lead concentration and IQ score. Using a log-linear model, we found a 6.9 IQ point decrement [95% confidence interval (CI), 4.2–9.4] associated with an increase in concurrent blood lead levels from 2.4 to 30 μg/dL. The estimated IQ point decrements associated with an increase in blood lead from 2.4 to 10 μg/dL, 10 to 20 μg/dL, and 20 to 30 μg/dL were 3.9 (95% CI, 2.4–5.3), 1.9 (95% CI, 1.2–2.6), and 1.1 (95% CI, 0.7–1.5), respectively. For a given increase in blood lead, the lead-associated intellectual decrement for children with a maximal blood lead level < 7.5 μg/dL was significantly greater than that observed for those with a maximal blood lead level ≥7.5 μg/dL (p = 0.015). We conclude that environmental lead exposure in children who have maximal blood lead levels < 7.5 μg/dL is associated with intellectual deficits.

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Authors: Lanphear, B. P., Hornung, R., Khoury, J., Yolton, K., Baghurst, P., Bellinger, D. C., Canfield, R. L., Dietrich, K. N., Bornschein, R., Greene, T., Rothenberg, S. J., Needleman, H. L., Schnaas, L., Wasserman, G., Graziano, J., & Roberts, R.
Affiliations: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
Women's and Children's Hospital (AU)
Boston Children's Hospital (US)
Cornell University (US)
University of Cincinnati (US)
Cleveland Clinic (US)
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (MX)
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Instituto Nacional de Perinatología (MX)
Columbia University (US)
Griffith University (AU)
ORCID: Lanphear, Bruce P.
Khoury, Jane
Yolton, Kimberly
Canfield, Richard L.
Greene, Tom
Rothenberg, Stephen J.
Schnaas, Lourdes
Roberts, Russell
Venue: Environmental Health Perspectives
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Published: 2005-03-18
Volume: 113
Issue: 7
Pages: 894-899
ISSN: 0091-6765 (ISSN-L)
1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7688
PMC: PMC1257652
OpenAlex: W2126489758
Cited by: 2,205
References: 54
Citations by year: 2026: 112 · 2025: 83 · 2024: 95 · 2023: 77 · 2022: 131 · 2021: 112 · 2020: 125 · 2019: 132 · 2018: 114 · 2017: 128 · 2016: 108 · 2015: 110 · 2014: 131 · 2013: 133 · 2012: 111
FWCI: 49.30
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: cc-by
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Locations: Environmental Health Perspectives (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Mercury impact and mitigation studies
Keywords: lead exposure, blood lead levels, child intelligence, IQ, neurotoxicity, low-level lead exposure, dose-response relationship, children, environmental lead
MeSH terms: Child, Child, Preschool, Environmental Exposure, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Lead, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Cohort Studies

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