From the Ground Up: Community-Based Participatory Research Reclaiming the Science of Lead

This article examines two community–academic research partnerships addressing lead contamination in urban environments, showing how community-based participatory research reframes lead poisoning as an environmental justice issue and reshapes research agendas, policy debates, and community organizing.

April 2025 · Juan Manuel Rubio, Bavisha Kaylan, Anthony Diaz, Patricia Flores, Maya Cheav, David C. Bañuelas, Ashley Green, Annika Hjelmstad, Ariane Jong-Levinger, Tim Schütz, Maya Carrasquillo, Alana M. W. LeBrón, Jun Wu