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Casey Bartrem

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Articles 7
Citations 83
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Environmental Health
General Medicine
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Margrit von Braun
Ian von Lindern
Simba Tirima
Aishat Abdullahi
Douglas Lind
Gregory Moller
Donna Mergler
Philip Landrigan
Dingani Moyo
Gunnar Nordberg
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Environ Health Perspect
Int J Environ Health Res
J Environ Sci (China)
Ann Glob Health
Chemosphere
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Recent Articles
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Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - the urgent need for responsible mining in the context of growing global demand for minerals and metals for climate change mitigation
Landrigan P, Bose-OReilly S, Elbel J, Nordberg G, Lucchini R, Bartrem C, et al.
Environ Health . 2022 Aug; 21(1):78. PMID: 36028832
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place under extreme conditions with a lack of occupational health and safety. As the demand for metals is increasing due in part to their...
2.
Climate Change, Conflict, and Resource Extraction: Analyses of Nigerian Artisanal Mining Communities and Ominous Global Trends
Bartrem C, von Lindern I, von Braun M, Tirima S
Ann Glob Health . 2022 Apr; 88(1):17. PMID: 35433284
Background: The 2010 lead poisoning outbreak that claimed the lives of more than 400 children in artisanal gold mining villages in Zamfara, Nigeria is the tragic result of high gold...
3.
Food contamination as a pathway for lead exposure in children during the 2010-2013 lead poisoning epidemic in Zamfara, Nigeria
Tirima S, Bartrem C, von Lindern I, von Braun M, Lind D, Anka S, et al.
J Environ Sci (China) . 2018 May; 67:260-272. PMID: 29778160
In 2010, an estimated 400 to 500 children died of acute lead poisoning associated with artisanal gold mining in Zamfara, Nigeria. Processing of gold ores containing up to 10% lead...
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Legacy lead arsenate soil contamination at childcare centers in the Yakima Valley, Central Washington, USA
Durkee J, Bartrem C, Moller G
Chemosphere . 2016 Nov; 168:1126-1135. PMID: 27823776
Background: From the early 1900s to the 1950s, Yakima Valley orchards were commonly treated with lead arsenate (LA) insecticides. Lead (Pb) and arsenic (As) soil contamination has been identified on...
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Environmental Remediation to Address Childhood Lead Poisoning Epidemic due to Artisanal Gold Mining in Zamfara, Nigeria
Tirima S, Bartrem C, von Lindern I, von Braun M, Lind D, Anka S, et al.
Environ Health Perspect . 2016 Jan; 124(9):1471-8. PMID: 26745642
Background: From 2010 through 2013, integrated health and environmental responses addressed an unprecedented epidemic lead poisoning in Zamfara State, northern Nigeria. Artisanal gold mining caused widespread contamination resulting in the...
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Estimating Children's Soil/Dust Ingestion Rates through Retrospective Analyses of Blood Lead Biomonitoring from the Bunker Hill Superfund Site in Idaho
von Lindern I, Spalinger S, Stifelman M, Stanek L, Bartrem C
Environ Health Perspect . 2016 Jan; 124(9):1462-70. PMID: 26745545
Background: Soil/dust ingestion rates are important variables in assessing children's health risks in contaminated environments. Current estimates are based largely on soil tracer methodology, which is limited by analytical uncertainty,...
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Unknown risk: co-exposure to lead and other heavy metals among children living in small-scale mining communities in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Bartrem C, Tirima S, von Lindern I, von Braun M, Worrell M, Mohammad Anka S, et al.
Int J Environ Health Res . 2013 Sep; 24(4):304-19. PMID: 24044870
The lead poisoning crisis in Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria has been called the worst such case in modern history and it presents unique challenges for risk assessment and management of...