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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

section 908

Citation
section 908
Parent Document
Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation (2014)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
2014-06-17

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   Many children, like Gabe, continued to live in Herculaneum past March of 1994. Dr. Rodgers specified
that date, however, because that was the end of the partnership period of ownership.
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   Dr. Jill Ryer-Powder, a toxicologist, testified as to the most likely blood lead concentration for four
children who did not have blood lead levels drawn before the age of seven: Gabe Farmer, Heather Glaze,
Jeremy Halbrook, and Patrick Blanks. Dr. Ryer-Powder arrived at her values using a computer model
called the Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model, IEUBK for short, established by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. The user of this computer model inputs various environmental
parameters, such as the concentration of lead in soil, air, water, and food, as well as the maternal blood lead
level and the bioavailability of lead in dirt and dust. The model then calculates a likely blood lead level for
children at specific age levels up through age 6.