Considering Some Negative Implications of an Ever-Decreasing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Blood Lead Threshold and “no Safe Level” Health Messaging

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTConsidering Some Negative Implications of an Ever-Decreasing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Blood Lead Threshold and "No Safe Level" Health MessagingSiddhartha Roy*Siddhartha RoyThe Water Institute, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, 4114 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, United States*[email protected]More by Siddhartha RoyView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6443-1393, Kim N. DietrichKim N. DietrichDepartment of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, United StatesMore by Kim N. DietrichView Biography, Hernan F. GomezHernan F. GomezDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United StatesDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Hurley Medical Center, One Hurley Plaza, Flint, Michigan 48503, United StatesMore by Hernan F. GomezView Biography, and Marc A. EdwardsMarc A. EdwardsDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 418 Durham Hall, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United StatesMore by Marc A. EdwardsView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1889-1193Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 35, 12935–12939Publication Date (Web):August 23, 2023Publication History Received19 June 2023Published online23 August 2023Published inissue 5 September 2023https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c04766https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c04766article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2023 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views2315Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (4 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSupporting Info (1)»Supporting Information Supporting Information SUBJECTS:Anatomy,Food,Impurities,Redox reactions,Toxicology Get e-Alerts