Mapping the Urban Lead Exposome: A Detailed Analysis of Soil Metal Concentrations at the Household Scale Using Citizen Science

dc.contributor.authorFilippelli, Gabriel M.
dc.contributor.authorAdamic, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorNichols, Deborah
dc.contributor.authorShukle, John
dc.contributor.authorFrix, Emeline
dc.contributor.departmentEarth Sciences, School of Scienceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-25T14:55:36Z
dc.date.available2018-07-25T14:55:36Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-19
dc.description.abstractAn ambitious citizen science effort in the city of Indianapolis (IN, USA) led to the collection and analysis of a large number of samples at the property scale, facilitating the analysis of differences in soil metal concentrations as a function of property location (i.e., dripline, yard, and street) and location within the city. This effort indicated that dripline soils had substantially higher values of lead and zinc than other soil locations on a given property, and this pattern was heightened in properties nearer the urban core. Soil lead values typically exceeded the levels deemed safe for children’s play areas in the United States (<400 ppm), and almost always exceeded safe gardening guidelines (<200 ppm). As a whole, this study identified locations within properties and cities that exhibited the highest exposure risk to children, and also exhibited the power of citizen science to produce data at a spatial scale (i.e., within a property boundary), which is usually impossible to feasibly collect in a typical research study.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationFilippelli, G. M., Adamic, J., Nichols, D., Shukle, J., & Frix, E. (2018). Mapping the Urban Lead Exposome: A Detailed Analysis of Soil Metal Concentrations at the Household Scale Using Citizen Science. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(7), 1531. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071531en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/16793
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.3390/ijerph15071531en_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.sourcePublisheren_US
dc.subjectLead poisoningen_US
dc.subjectCitizen-scienceen_US
dc.subjectExposomeen_US
dc.subjectUrban metalsen_US
dc.titleMapping the Urban Lead Exposome: A Detailed Analysis of Soil Metal Concentrations at the Household Scale Using Citizen Scienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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