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Abstract
Recent estimates of the amount of soil a small child ingests have been based on the analysis of soil tracer elements in feces and food. The best of these gave median soil ingestion estimates of 9 to 96 mg/day depending on the tracer element. This article presents a different approach to the problem using data on the blood lead levels of children living on sites heavily contaminated with lead. This approach gives a soil ingestion estimate of about 4 mg/day. de Silva, P.E.: How Much Soil Do Children Ingest—A New Approach. Appl. Occup. Environ. Hyg. 9(1):40–43; 1994.