Karen Clay

Guest Author

Karen Clay is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College. Professor Clay’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Sloan Foundation and has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, and American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings. Professor Clay is a member of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Economic Guidelines Review Panel.

Karen's Work:

04.02.2020 a close-up of a cracked ground

Environment
Environmental Health

Contaminating Children

Current guidance from the EPA considers lead concentration in soil below 100 ppm as a low-risk category despite significant risks for children.

Guest Author Karen Clay