• Project staff will be seen collecting soil samples from public areas around the areas of El Paso County and the Cd. Juarez region. No properties or property owners will be identified. [PICTURE]
• Soil will be tested in the laboratory. [PICTURE]
• A map of the geographic distribution of lead will be completed by 2006.
• How did we decided which areas to test?

(1) Researchers analyzed data from census tracts in El Paso and AGEB’s in Cd. Juarez.
(2) El Paso and Cd. Juarez were divided into strata, geographic sections grouped according to population density. This was a statistical procedure to ensure that the data results provide accurate estimates of the entire population in the region. Previous research has only studied some sections of the region.
(3) Fifty (50) strata were created in each city. Ten (10) blocks from each strata were randomly selected study. Need map(s)

Component 2: Study of Households

• A total of 1,200 households will be studied in each city. These households were randomly selected from the 50 strata chosen acording to population density. [PICTURE]
• Once the consent is granted, project staff will collect data and soil, dust and water samples. This information will help us estimate the Paso del Norte region households' risk of exposure to lead. [PICTURE]

Click here to learn about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and lead in paint, dust, and soil

Click here to visit The National Lead Information Center

Click here to learn about consumer product sources of lead exposure in El Paso and Cd. Juarez

• A total of 200 children between the ages of six months and 12 years will be invited in each city to obtain data and a blood sample.
• These children will be selected randomly on each city. This phase will help us estimate the blood lead levels on children living at the Paso del Norte region. [PICTURE]

Click here to learn about childhood lead exposure

Component 4: Measuring bone lead levels in a random sample of children

• A total of 25 children between the ages of 8 and 12 years will be invited to participate on the bone analysis.
• The researchers will measure the level of lead stored in the child’s bones. [PICTURE]

• Members of community-based organizations are active participants in the project
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They are better suited to design the study cultural and linguistically appropiate, as well as to diseminate information and results to the border public.

Community Based Organizations

Community Based Organizations (CBO) from El Paso and Cd. Juárez were invited to collaborate. These CBO's are:

FEMAP Foundation
AYUDA, Inc.
OPI, A.C.
SADEC, A.C.

• A binational advisory board was created for the study, The Binacional Task Force or Junta Directiva
• Also, a Binational Advisory Board was created to privide input and help to diseminate information and results to the public. Participants are representatives from health, environmental and local gorvernments.
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