Exposure assessment and risk characterization from trace elements following soil ingestion by children exposed to playgrounds, parks and picnic areas

Güney, Mert; Zagury, Gérald J.; Dogan, Nurten; Onay, Turgut T.

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.082

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“…The ranking list is followed by Zn with the 21-time difference; Cr, Ni and Co-the differences are around 16 times; Cd 13 times, while As-the lowest one barely reaching 5 times. Guney et al (2010) also report significant differences in the quantity of elements in the material collected in the parks of Istanbul. The samples richest in the clay fraction (they contribute 22-26% to the bulk samples with grains \ 2 mm) revealed the highest Cr contents (up to 186 mg/kg), Cu (up to 230 mg/kg) and Zn (up to 182 mg/kg), while the averages of the bulk samples 45.8, 59.8 and 53.0 mg/kg, respectively.…”

Section: Distribution Of Metals Throughout the Grain Fractionsmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…Such sites include mainly playing grounds, sport fields, sandboxes, urban parks, gardens of nurseries and school recreational grounds (Jartun et al 2003;Yamamoto et al 2006;De Miguel et al 2007;Guney et al 2010;Wei and Yang 2010;Diatta and Grzebisz 2011;Figueiredo et al 2011;Ak et al 2012;Du et al 2013;Niec et al 2013;Kicińska 2016a;Wang et al 2016). The collection of samples to be used for establishing a degree of ground or soil contamination and the calculating a health risk caused by metals the samples contain are controlled by various standards being in force in different countries (US EPA 1996;Ministry 2003;Minister 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The collection of samples to be used for establishing a degree of ground or soil contamination and the calculating a health risk caused by metals the samples contain are controlled by various standards being in force in different countries (US EPA 1996;Ministry 2003;Minister 2016). Usually the material finer than 2 mm is the subject of analyses (Jartun et al 2003;Bai et al 2009;Marjanović et al 2009;Guney et al 2010;Wei and Yang 2010;Figueiredo et al 2011;AlHwaiti et al 2015;Dziubanek et al 2015;Kicińska 2016b;Stajic et al 2016), but some authors suggest analyzing other grain fractions. For instance, in the samples rich in the organic matter Boone et al (1999) recommended a fraction with grains \ 0.5 mm.…”

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Health risk assessment related to an effect of sample size fractions: methodological remarks

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2017

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Contents of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn were determined in the material collected in sandboxes of seven spa resorts located in S Poland (CCE) and their results used to establish a health risk of children. After sieving out grains [ 2 mm, the bulk samples were quantitatively separated into four grain fractions: 2000-1000, 1000-200, 200-63 and \ 63 lm. In each of them were determined: the mineral composition, the total contents of the elements, and the distribution of the elements among the fractions distribution factor. In the bulk material \ 2 mm, the totals of the elements are 5-64 times lower than in the finest fractions (\ 63 lm). Considering that the finest fractions are enriched in clay minerals such as clinochlore, illite and kaolinite, which can adsorb and desorb metals, this material is most dangerous for children, staying both permanently and temporarily in the spas. The total health risks HI resulting from non-carcinogenic elements present in the fractions \ 63 lm are 1.26 and 0.94, for the children-residents 3 and 6 years old, respectively. The figures are disturbing as one of them exceeds and the other is close to a permissible limit of 1. The highest contribution (93.4%) into the total HI is caused by inadvertent swallowing the soil ''dirt'': the ingestion path HQ ing for the 3 years old residents is 1.17, and for the 6-year olds 0.88. With respect to the elements, the highest is the risk resulting from Pb: HQ in values of the residents are 4.71E-01 and 3.54E-01 for the 3-year olds and the 6-year olds. Slightly lower are the HQ ing values calculated for both age groups: in the case of Cr-3.12E-01 and 2.34E-01 and As-2.92E-01 and 2.19E-01). The dermal path (HQ dermal ) contributes to the total HI much less as it equals 6.5%, while the contribution of the inhalation path (HQ inhal ) is considerably the lowest and equals only 0.1%. The Risk indexes determined in the case of cancerogenic components for both age groups of the spa residents are lower than the permissible limit 10E-5 and equal 6.48E-06 and 9.72E-06, respectively. Considering the children that only visit the spas, all the calculated indexes, i.e., HI and Risk, are significantly lower than those determined for the children-residents.

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Section: Distribution Of Metals Throughout the Grain Fractionsmentioning

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“…HI ≤ 1 indicated no adverse health effects and HI > 1 indicated likely adverse health effects (Guney et al, 2010;Zheng et al, 2010a). For carcinogens, the daily value was multiplied by the corresponding slope factor (SF) to produce an estimate of cancer risk (Zheng et al, 2010b;Kong et al, 2012).…”

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Assessing the Hazardous Risks of Vehicle Inspection Workers’ Exposure to Particulate Heavy Metals in Their Work Places

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Exposure of on-duty vehicle inspection workers to heavy metals in Beijing was investigated from April 18 to May 17, 2011. Particulate samples were collected by personal environmental monitors during vehicle inspectors' work time, and were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) for V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd and Pb. The results showed that in three vehicle inspection lines, Zn was the most abundant element, accounting for over 45% of the total metal concentration. Cr and Pb were the next most abundant compositions. The geoaccumulation index and enrichment factor analysis showed that Cr, Zn, As, Cd and Pb exhibited heavy or extreme contamination and significant enrichment, indicating the influence of anthropogenic sources. Mn and Co were mostly non-enriched and were mainly influenced by crustal sources. Ni and V presented moderate or heavy contamination, and were influenced by both crustal materials and anthropogenic sources. Principle component analysis revealed that the major sources were vehicle emissions, re-suspended dust and industrial processes. Cr and Mn could trigger adverse non-cancer health effects. The median values of incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) of inhalation exposure route were estimated to be 2.59 × 10 , respectively for gasoline, bus, and diesel inspection workers, respectively. The ILCR was higher than the acceptable risk level of 10 -6 , indicating an unacceptable potential cancer risk.

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“…In vitro methodologies have been developed and applied to simulate exposure to soil borne/mining related contaminants via the human ingestion and inhalation pathways (Oomen et al, 2002;Bennet et al, 2007;Drexler and Brattin, 2007;Beak et al, 2008;Guney et al, 2010;Denys et al, 2012) to provide an estimate of exposure.…”

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Effect of weathering product assemblages on Pb bioaccessibility in mine waste: implications for risk management

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General assessments of orebody types and associated mine wastes with regards to their environmental signature and human health hazards are needed to help managing present and historical mine waste facilities.Bioaccessibility tests and mineralogical analysis were carried out on mine waste from a systematic sampling of mine sites from the Central Wales orefield, UK.The bioaccessible Pb widely ranged from 270 to 20300 mg/kg (mean 7250 mg/kg; median 4890 mg/kg) and the bioaccessible fraction from 4.53 % to >100 % (mean 33.2 %; median 32.2 %), with significant (p=0.001) differences among the mine sites. This implies sensitivity of bioaccessibility to site-specific conditions and suggests caution in the use of models to assess human health impacts generalised on the basis of the mineral deposit type. Mineralogical similarities of the oxidation products of primary galena provided a better control over the observed Pb bioaccessibility range. The higher Pb bioaccessibility (%) was related to samples containing cerussite, irrespective of the presence of other Pb minerals in the mineral assemblage; lower Pb bioaccessibility resulted where anglesite was the main Pb mineral phase and cerussite was absent.

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Exposure assessment and risk characterization from trace elements following soil ingestion by children exposed to playgrounds, parks and picnic areas

Cited by 203 publications

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Health risk assessment related to an effect of sample size fractions: methodological remarks

Health risk assessment related to an effect of sample size fractions: methodological remarks

Assessing the Hazardous Risks of Vehicle Inspection Workers’ Exposure to Particulate Heavy Metals in Their Work Places

Effect of weathering product assemblages on Pb bioaccessibility in mine waste: implications for risk management

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