MARK A.S. LAIDLAW- PUBLICATIONS

(November, 2011)

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Laidlaw MAS, Zahran S., Mielke H.W., Taylor M.P., Filippelli G.M.. 2011. Re-suspension of lead contaminated urban soil as a dominant source of atmospheric lead in Birmingham, Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh, USA. Atmospheric Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.030.

Laidlaw MA, Taylor MP. 2011. Potential for childhood lead poisoning in the inner cities of Australia due to exposure to lead in soil dust. Environ Pollut. 2011 Jan;159(1):1-9.

Mielke HW, Laidlaw MAS, Gonzales CR. 2010. Estimation of leaded (Pb) gasoline's continuing material and health impacts on 90 US urbanized areas. Environ Int. 2011 Jan;37(1):248-57.

Mielke HW, Laidlaw MAS, Gonzales CR. Lead (Pb) legacy from vehicle traffic in eight California urbanized areas: continuing influence of lead dust on children's health. Sci Total Environ 2010. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.017.

Filippelli, G.M. and Laidlaw, M.A.S., 2010. The Elephant in the Playground: Confronting lead-contaminated soils as an important source of lead burdens to urban populations. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 53: 31-45.

Filippelli, G.M. and Laidlaw, M.A.S., 2009. Response to Comment by Bogden and Kemp “Soil lead, blood lead, and vitamin D”. Applied Geochemistry, 24: 1041.

Laidlaw, M.A. and Filippelli, G.M., 2008. Resuspension of urban soils as a persistent source of lead poisoning in children: A review and new directions. Applied Geochemistry, 23: 2021-2039.

Laidlaw, M., Mielke, H.W., Gonzales, C.R., Filippelli, G.M., and Johnson, D., 2006. Response to Comment by Brown and Jacobs “Sources of blood lead in children.” Environmental Health Perspectives, 114 (1): A19.

Filippelli, G.M., Laidlaw, M., Raftis, R., and Latimer, J.C., 2005. Urban lead poisoning and medical geology: An unfinished story. GSA Today, 15: 4-11 (doi: 10.1130/1052-5173(2005)015<4:ULPAMG>2.0.CO;2). Highlighted in Science News, 2005; named top Science article of 2005 by GSA Today in 2009.

Laidlaw, M., Mielke, H.W., Filippelli, G.M., Johnson, D., and Gonzales, C.R., 2005. Seasonality and children’s blood lead levels: Developing a predictive model using climatic variables and blood lead data from three US cities. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113 (6): 793-800 (doi:10.1289/ehp.7759)

Conference Papers

Laidlaw, M.A. 2009. Correlation of Atmospheric Soil and Atmospheric Lead in Three North American Cities: Can Re-suspension of Urban Lead Contaminated Soil be a Major Source of Urban Atmospheric Lead and Cause Seasonal Variations in Children’s Blood Lead Levels? 24th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium. New Brunswick, Canada.

Peer-Reviewed Abstracts

Laidlaw, Mark and Filippelli, Gabriel. 2006. Reducing the Lead-load for Urban Youth: the Role of Atmospheric Soil Re-Suspension as a Significant Public Health Threat in the United States. Geological Society of America 2006 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. October, 2006.

Laidlaw, Mark and Filippelli, Gabriel. 2006. Soils and Society: The Human Health Legacy of Urban  Lead Contamination. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. November 12-16, 2006

Laidlaw M.A.S., Lee, Y. P., Cook, A., Thompson, P. Weinstein, P. 2006. Asthma Seasonality and weather in Western Australia. The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. 2006 WATSANZ Scientific Meeting – March.

Filippelli, Gabriel M., Laidlaw, Mark A. S., Mielke, Howard, Johnson, David, Gonzales, Christopher, Latimer, Jennifer, and Raftis, Robyn, Developing Predictive Tools For Optimizing Health Care Using Medical Geology: An Example From Urban Lead Poisoning. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005). (INVITED).

Filippelli, G.M., Laidlaw, M., Raftis, R., and Latimer, J., 2004. Lead poisoning and medical geology: An unfinished story. GSA Abstracts with Programs, 36 (5). (INVITED).

Laidlaw, M. and Fillippelli, G.M. 2004 Seasonal association between child blood lead levels, fine atmospheric particulates, and soil moisture in Indianapolis, IN and Syracuse, NY. American Association of American Geographers (AAG)  2004 Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennslyvania (USA)  (INVITED).

Laidlaw, M., Mielke, H., Fillippelli, G., Johnson, D., and Gonzalez, C. 2004. Multiple linear Regression modeling of the seasonal (temporal) association between soil moisture, atmospheric particulates, climate, and pediatric blood lead levels in Indianapolis Indiana, New Orleans Louisiana and Syracuse New York, USA. First International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research Jackson, Mississipi.

Laidlaw, M. and Fillippelli, G.M., 2003. Regression analysis of the temporal relationship between child blood lead, soil moisture, and pm10. 6th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Science Magazine- Lead’s Lingering Legacy. Science Now, Vol. 2002, Issue 1101, 3 November 1, 2002.

Fillippelli, G.M., Latimer, J.C., LAIDLAW, M., and Raftis, R., 2002. Diffuse lead and children’s blood lead levels in Indianapolis. GSA Abstracts with Programs, 34 (6): 146.

Fillippelli, G.M., LAIDLAW, M., Atkins, R., and Latimer, J., 2000. Lead in surface soils of Marion County, Indiana. GSA Abstracts with Programs, 32 (5): 30.

Filippelli, G.M., L. Tedesco, A. Barth, D. Clark, J. Carnahan, B. Belt, V. Hernly, J. Latimer, M.

Laidlaw, B. Pace, D. Zbieskowski, M. Corbin, S. Belt, 1997. Lake sedimentation and climate in Southern California through the Holocene: Dry Lake, San Bernardino Mountains. Eos (abs.), 78 (17): S171.