A federal study found most Chester children carry unsafe blood lead levels.

Evidence

The EPA also concluded that (1) blood lead levels in Chester’s children are unacceptably high, with the level in more than 60 percent of the children’s blood samples above the maximum level recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and (2) air emissions from facilities in and around Chester account for a large component of the cancer and noncancer risk to the citizens of Chester. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 208

Categorization

• XREF: Blood-lead over 60 percent of children is a concrete, citable environmental-racism data point usable across Eco-Justice and Legal Systems courses. — connects to: The neutral-cost logic of siting firms mirrors the legal regime that permits the harm. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 225; Childhood lead exposure impairs cognition and raises aggression and dropout — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1239
• SHARE: Specific enough and striking enough (60% of children above CDC max) to send to someone working on lead exposure or EJ policy.

Broader Connections

• Childhood lead exposure impairs cognition and raises aggression and dropout #expands (0.78) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1239