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Bruce P Lanphear

Bruce P Lanphear is a researcher at Simon Fraser University.[12]He specializes in health science and children 's environmental health.[13]He is a member of Faculty of Health Sciences.[4]

• Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH, is a health sciences professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and a senior scientist at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children's Hospital.[5]Dr. Bruce Lanphear has spent decades researching low-level lead exposure and his work is often cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[6]His primary goal is to help quantify and ultimately prevent disease and disability due to exposures to environmental contaminants and pollutants.[7]He is leading an effort to build an online Atlas of Environmental Health and produce videos to enhance public understanding of how environmental influences impact human health.[8]His research has focused on fetal and early childhood exposure to lead and other environmental neurotoxins.[9]His research has been published in numerous reputable medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine.[10]

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Liberal MPs call on government to tackle ‘national public health crisis’ of lead in drinking water

Experts agree there is no safe level of lead in drinking water. Bruce Lanphear, a leading Canadian drinking water researcher at Simon Fraser University who consulted with Bratina, said the federal lead guideline — which sits at five parts per billion — is undermined by a lack of enforced standards governing how municipalities and provinces test for lead in water. Across Ontario, the investigation found more than a third of schools and daycares that tested for lead in the past three years had at least one exceedance of Health Canada’s lead guideline.[15]

07/15/2020

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The Lingering Legacy of Lead in Cities: Why a Little Lead Is Too Much

The newly organized Colorado Advocates for Toxin Education and Vasquez/I70 Superfund Community Advisory Group will host a special presentation by Dr. Bruce Lanphear, “Little Things Matter: The Impact of Toxic Chemicals on Brain Development.” Dr. Lanphear is leading an effort to produce videos to enhance public understanding of how our health is inextricably linked with the environment and to elevate efforts to prevent disease.[14]

12/18/2019

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Fresh concerns about toxic lead exposure

Previous estimates assumed that low level exposure did not increase the risk of premature death. The study's lead author Professor Bruce Lanphear said there is an increased risk of death at levels between 1 and 5 micrograms per decilitre. "Still, lead represents a leading cause of disease and death, and it is important to continue our efforts to reduce environmental lead exposure," Professor Lanphear said. Professor Taylor said. He said it was not surprising that half of the children living in Mount Isa have blood lead levels above the safe level of five micrograms per decilitre.[111213]

03/14/2018

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