Chronic kidney disease is an important clinical condition beset with racial and ethnic
disparities that are associated with social inequities. Many medical schools and health …

Public health measures necessary to counteract the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic have resulted in dramatic changes in the physical and social environments within …

Children are especially vulnerable to the health and developmental impacts of
environmental hazards and they spend significant portions of their days at school. Yet there …

There is no safe detectable level of lead (Pb) in the blood of young children. In the United
States, predominantly African-American Black children are exposed to more Pb and present …

Blood lead (Pb) poisoning remains a global concern, particularly for children in their early
developmental years. Broken Hill is Australia's oldest operating silver–zinc–lead mine. In …

Importance There is no level of lead in drinking water considered to be safe, yet lead service
lines are still commonly used in water systems across the US. Objective To identify the …

Understanding how housing inequities among families with children are rooted in structural
racism is important for identifying opportunities to engage in ongoing and collective work as …

Developmental exposure to lead (Pb) and prenatal stress (PS) both impair cognition, which
could derive from their joint targeting of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the brain …

Pediatric health inequities are pervasive and reflect the confluence of social and structural
determinants of health including racism in all its forms. Current approaches in graduate …

What are the effects of environmental racism on early childhood development? This paper
argues that this is a largely unanswered question that reflects more than a research gap, but …