Rick Nevin is an economic consultant who acts as an adviser to the

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and has worked on the Federal Strategy to eliminate childhood

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. Amongst other research, he has published papers in the journal ''

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'' claiming to demonstrate a link between environmental lead exposure and

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in the

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and in nine countries worldwide. This research has been publicized in the press by a

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article in July 2007, by

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in 2013, and elsewhere, including the UK's

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in October 2007 and

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in 2013. Nevin's work on lead pollution has also featured in numerous books about public health, social sciences and social justice, criminology, environmentalism and sustainability, and air pollution.

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