title: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century.
abstract: The public health disaster in Flint, Michigan, represents the latest chapter in a long history of lead poisoning in the United States.
authors.affiliation: David Rosner (dr289@columbia.edu) is codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, in New York City.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosner
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000633:toxicity*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008824:Michigan; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency / Q000592:standards; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D007854:Lead
keywords: Children’s Health; history; lead poisoning; water pollution