Ingestion and inhalation of metal(loid)s through preschool gardening: An exposure and risk assessment in legacy mining communities

Manjón, Iliana; Ramírez‐Andreotta, Mónica D.; Sáez, A. Eduardo; Root, Robert; Hild, Joanne; Janeš, Magdalena; Alexander-Ozinskas, Annika

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134639

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“…41 These ne-grained particles represent those emitting as fugitive dust from tailings that could be ingested or inhaled. 2,4,23,42,43 Each fraction was air dried at RT and sieved to obtain PM 150 . Isolation of the PM 10 was performed via cyclone separation, which allows collection of sufficient mass for replicated IVBA reactors without any mechanical crushing, for details see.…”

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Molecular speciation controls arsenic and lead bioaccessibility in fugitive dusts from sulfidic mine tailings

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Chorover

2023

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts

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Molecular speciation controls arsenic and lead bioaccessibility in fugitive dusts from sulfidic mine tailings

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2023

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“…Each sample submitted and included in this dataset was analyzed for aluminum, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, nickel, and zinc concentrations in water (micrograms per liter, µg L −1 ), soil (milligrams per kilogram, mg kg −1 ), and/or plant samples (mg kg −1 ). Field and laboratory methodologies have been previously described (Ramirez-Andreotta et al, 2013a,b;Manjón et al, 2020). All Gardenroots participants received their data (individual and aggregated) via visually-rich results booklets distributed at data sharing and community gathering events or by mail (Ramirez-Andreotta et al, 2015;Sandhaus et al, 2019).…”

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“…A second challenge is that community members are rarely involved in environmental monitoring projects. Professionally paid researchers are missing key opportunities to partner with vulnerable communities, collect high resolution data, and incorporate potential exposure routes that may otherwise be overlooked (e.g., Garcia et al, 2013;Ramirez-Andreotta et al, 2013a,b;Ramirez-Andreotta et al, 2014;Dhillon, 2017;Manjón et al, 2020).…”

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Alleviating Environmental Health Disparities Through Community Science and Data Integration

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Environmental contamination is a fundamental determinant of health and well-being, and when the environment is compromised, vulnerabilities are generated. The complex challenges associated with environmental health and food security are influenced by current and emerging political, social, economic, and environmental contexts. To solve these “wicked” dilemmas, disparate public health surveillance efforts are conducted by local, state, and federal agencies. More recently, citizen/community science (CS) monitoring efforts are providing site-specific data. One of the biggest challenges in using these government datasets, let alone incorporating CS data, for a holistic assessment of environmental exposure is data management and interoperability. To facilitate a more holistic perspective and approach to solution generation, we have developed a method to provide a common data model that will allow environmental health researchers working at different scales and research domains to exchange data and ask new questions. We anticipate that this method will help to address environmental health disparities, which are unjust and avoidable, while ensuring CS datasets are ethically integrated to achieve environmental justice. Specifically, we used a transdisciplinary research framework to develop a methodology to integrate CS data with existing governmental environmental monitoring and social attribute data (vulnerability and resilience variables) that span across 10 different federal and state agencies. A key challenge in integrating such different datasets is the lack of widely adopted ontologies for vulnerability and resiliency factors. In addition to following the best practice of submitting new term requests to existing ontologies to fill gaps, we have also created an application ontology, the Superfund Research Project Data Interface Ontology (SRPDIO).

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“…It can greatly reduce environmental and carbon footprints associated with the transport of produce and can help create a sustainable environment. Community gardens are increasing in popularity in urban areas Sustainability 2024, 16, 1831 2 of 19 because they provide organic produce, give time to working together with families to produce their own food, and help reduce mental stress. Community gardens are especially important in environmental justice areas because community gardens provide a venue for building the community, increasing awareness of health and environmental issues, and improving access to healthy and organic produce.…”

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Trace Metal Contamination in Community Garden Soils across the United States

Malone,

Shakya

2024

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Community gardens are often seen as a means for producing sustainable food resources in urban communities. However, the presence of trace metals and metalloids such as lead, arsenic, and cadmium in urban soils poses a health risk to gardeners who participate in urban community gardens. They are exposed to these contaminates through multiple exposure pathways such as inhalation and ingestion directly through soil or through crops grown in the soil. Hot spots of soil contamination are higher in areas of cities with greater minority populations and lower incomes. This paper reviews the state of heavy metal contamination in community garden soils across the United States. This paper outlines the major sources of heavy metals in urban soils, exposure pathways, the ways to reduce heavy metal levels in garden soils, the means to slow down the uptake of heavy metals, and limit the exposure of these contaminates. The application of biochar and compost, implementing raised beds, and maintaining a natural pH are all examples of ways to mitigate heavy metal contaminants.

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Ingestion and inhalation of metal(loid)s through preschool gardening: An exposure and risk assessment in legacy mining communities

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Cited by 28 publications

References 35 publications

Molecular speciation controls arsenic and lead bioaccessibility in fugitive dusts from sulfidic mine tailings

Molecular speciation controls arsenic and lead bioaccessibility in fugitive dusts from sulfidic mine tailings

Alleviating Environmental Health Disparities Through Community Science and Data Integration

Trace Metal Contamination in Community Garden Soils across the United States

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