Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735-5123
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2008-04-11T04:00Z

"Mara Tellez Rojo" <mmtellez@correo.insp.mx> 

02/11/2008 03:36 PM

	

To

Jee-Young Kim/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

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<david.bellinger@childrens.harvard.edu>, Deirdre
Murphy/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Karen Martin/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Mary
Ross/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Zachary Pekar/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA,
<hlamadrid@insp.mx>

Subject

RE: Questions on the Tellez-Rojo et al. (2006) paper

 

Kim, don't worry! On the contrary, sorry for the delay!

 

Here is the information you requested, I hope they may be helpful.

Best regards,

 

 

 	n	Min	Max	p25	Median	p75	Mean	SD

Below 5 g/dL	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Blood Pb 12 mo (g/dL)	195	0.5	4.9	2.2	3.1	4.0	3.0	1.1

Blood Pb 24 mo (g/dL)	193	0.8	4.9	2.1	2.9	3.7	2.9	1.1

5-10 g/dL	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Blood Pb 12 mo (g/dL)	99	5	9.7	5.6	6.5	7.8	6.7	1.4

Blood Pb 24 mo (g/dL)	101	5	9.8	5.5	6.7	8.1	6.9	1.4

 

 

Dirección de Evaluación de Programas y Métodos Cuantitativos,

Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas,

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

52-777-101 29 31

52-777-329 30 00 ext 3402

Fax: 52-777-311 11 48 y 52-777-311 24 72

 

De: Kim.Jee-Young@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Kim.Jee-Young@epamail.epa.gov]

Enviado el: lun 11/02/2008 10:58

Para: Mara Tellez Rojo

CC: david.bellinger@childrens.harvard.edu;
Murphy.Deirdre@epamail.epa.gov; Martin.Karen@epamail.epa.gov;
Ross.Mary@epamail.epa.gov; Pekar.Zachary@epamail.epa.gov

Asunto: RE: Questions on the Tellez-Rojo et al. (2006) paper

Thank you Dr. Tellez-Rojo!  And I apologize for the belated request, but

in addition to the mean blood lead levels and the number of children in

the less than 5 ug/dL subset, can you also provide us this information

for the 5-10 ug/dL subset of children?

Thanks!

Young

Jee Young Kim, Sc.D.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Center for Environmental Assessment

Telephone:  919-541-4157

E-mail:  kim.jee-young@epa.gov

                                                                       

             "Mara Tellez                                              

             Rojo"                                                     

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             .insp.mx>                Jee-Young Kim/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA   

                                                                     cc

             02/09/2008 12:46         <david.bellinger@childrens.harvar

             AM                       d.edu>, Mary                     

                                      Ross/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Zachary   

                                      Pekar/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Deirdre  

                                      Murphy/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Karen   

                                      Martin/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA          

                                                                Subject

                                      RE: Questions on the Tellez-Rojo 

                                      et al. (2006) paper              

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                                                       

Dear Kim, we will send you this information on Monday, for sure!

Sorry for the delay!

Dirección de Evaluación de Programas y Métodos Cuantitativos,

Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas,

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

52-777-101 29 31

52-777-329 30 00 ext 3402

Fax: 52-777-311 11 48 y 52-777-311 24 72

De: Kim.Jee-Young@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Kim.Jee-Young@epamail.epa.gov]

Enviado el: jue 07/02/2008 15:58

Para: Mara Tellez Rojo

CC: david.bellinger@childrens.harvard.edu; Ross.Mary@epamail.epa.gov;

Pekar.Zachary@epamail.epa.gov; Murphy.Deirdre@epamail.epa.gov;

Martin.Karen@epamail.epa.gov

Asunto: RE: Questions on the Tellez-Rojo et al. (2006) paper

Dear Dr. Tellez-Rojo,

Thank you for your response.  I just wanted to follow-up with you on our

request for information on your 2006 paper.  Just to clarify, would you

please provide us with information regarding the distribution (mean,

median, minimum, maximum) of the blood lead levels in the group of

children with levels less than 5 ug/dL?

As you may be aware, the Pb NAAQS review is on a very tight

court-ordered deadline.  We would greatly appreciate your prompt

response.

Many thanks,

Young

Jee Young Kim, Sc.D.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Center for Environmental Assessment

Telephone:  919-541-4157

E-mail:  kim.jee-young@epa.gov

             "Mara Tellez

             Rojo"

             <mmtellez@correo                                        To

             .insp.mx>                Jee-Young Kim/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA,

                                      <david.bellinger@childrens.harvar

             01/31/2008 01:36         d.edu>

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                                      Zachary Pekar/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA,

                                      Mary Ross/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Mary

                                      Ross/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

                                                                Subject

                                      RE: Questions on the Tellez-Rojo

                                      et al. (2006) paper

Hello Jee-Young Kim, we appreciate very much your attention in our

paper.

We will work on the information you requested and will go back as soon

as possible. I will have a tough day tomorrow and Monday is a holiday in

Mexico, so I will be able to work on this next week. Is that ok for you?

Best regards,

Martha Ma. (Mara) Téllez-Rojo

Dirección de Evaluación de Programas y Métodos Cuantitativos,

Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas,

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

52-777-101 29 31

52-777-329 30 00 ext 3402

Fax: 52-777-311 11 48 y 52-777-311 24 72

De: Kim.Jee-Young@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Kim.Jee-Young@epamail.epa.gov]

Enviado el: mar 29/01/2008 12:30

Para: Mara Tellez Rojo; david.bellinger@childrens.harvard.edu

CC: Pekar.Zachary@epamail.epa.gov; Ross.Mary@epamail.epa.gov;

Ross.Mary@epamail.epa.gov

Asunto: Re: Questions on the Tellez-Rojo et al. (2006) paper

Dear Drs. Tellez-Rojo and Bellinger,

I had e-mailed you last month with some questions about your paper and

wanted to follow-up with you.  As you may be aware, EPA is currently in

the process of reviewing the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standard

for Lead and will be announcing the proposed rule in April/May 2008.

The Air Quality Criteria Document for Lead, in which Dr. Bellinger make

great contributions, discusses your 2006 paper as one that showed

statistically significant associations in infants at blood lead levels

below 10 ug/dL.  In addition, among the 24 month olds, you also observed

statistically significant associations at below 5 ug/dL.  Would you be

able to provide us with some information regarding the distribution

(e.g., mean, median, minimum) of the blood lead levels in this group of

children (i.e., less than 5 ug/dL)?

We greatly appreciate your help on this matter.

Thanks,

Young

Jee Young Kim, Sc.D.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Center for Environmental Assessment

Telephone:  919-541-4157

E-mail:  kim.jee-young@epa.gov

             Jee-Young

             Kim/RTP/USEPA/US

                                                                     To

             12/20/2007 05:17         mmtellez@insp.mx,

             PM                       david.bellinger@childrens.harvard

                                      .edu

                                                                     cc

                                      Deirdre Murphy/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA,

                                      Zachary Pekar/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA,

                                      Mary Ross/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

                                                                Subject

                                      Questions on the Tellez-Rojo et

                                      al. (2006) paper

Dear Drs. Tellez-Rojo and Bellinger,

We are much interested in your 2006 paper published in Pediatrics that

showed cognitive deficits in infants at blood lead levels below 10

ug/dL.  In particular, we were interested in your finding of a greater

effect from 0 to 5 ug/dL compared to 5 to 10 ug/dL on MDI in 24 month

old children.  Can you please provide us with some additional

information regarding the distribution of blood lead levels in the

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subset of children with levels less than 5 ug/dL?  For example, what was

the  mean and minimum blood lead levels for that subset of children?

Thank you for taking the time to consider our questions.  Happy

Holidays!

Best,

Young

(See attached file: Tellez-Rojo et al. (2006).pdf)

Jee Young Kim, Sc.D.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Center for Environmental Assessment

Telephone:  919-541-4157

E-mail:  kim.jee-young@epa.gov