Reference values for lead, cadmium and mercury in the blood of adults from the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Global methylmercury exposure from seafood consumption and risk of developmental neurotoxicity: a systematic review

“…The characteristics of the selected studies are provided in Table 3 and Table 4 (both available at: http://www.who.int/ bulletin/volumes/92/04/13-116152). 74,75 Chile, 76 China, [77][78][79][80][81] Colombia, 82 Italy, 83,84 Kazakhstan, 85 Mexico, 87 Morocco, 88 Nicaragua, 89 Norway, 115 the Republic of Korea, 86 Romania, 90 Slovakia, 81,91 Sweden, 92 Taiwan, China, 93 the United States 94 and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), 95 the pooled central THHg median biomarker was 0.8 µg/g (upper bound: 4.6). In 14 subpopulations consuming fish periodically from non-industry-contaminated waters in Botswana, 96 Canada, [97][98][99][100][101][102] Norway, 115 Portugal, 117 Spain, 118 Sweden, 81,92,[112][113][114]119 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 120,121 and the United States 122-131 was 0.4 µg/g (upper bound: 2.9).…”

Multi-Element Analysis of Some Toxic Metals in Urine using Quadrupole ICP-MS

“…Considering the specificities of each population and each kind of exposure, there has been in the last decades a great deal of research using advanced technologies aiming at the definition of reference values of several chemical substances and elements at general environmental scenario and at occupational set [22][23][24] . Nowadays, Inductive Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) is one of the most utilized techniques in toxicology laboratories for its specificity and sensitivity, combined with multi-elementary analysis availability [25][26][27][28][29][30][31] . Therefore, the objective of this study was to validate an easy and rapid analytical method using ICP-MS technique for the determination of 17 chemical elements (As, Be, Cd, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Pd, Pt, Rh, Sb, Se, Sr and Tl) of toxicologic interest.…”

Saúde, trabalho e meio ambiente: exposição a metais em catadores de materiais recicláveis

“…Com base no estudo conduzido por Kuno (2013), foram avaliados possíveis fatores relacionados ao local de moradia que pudessem estar relacionados com a exposição a metais, sendo eles presença de indústria e aterro/lixão nas proximidades da moradia; reforma da residência no último ano, pavimentação da rua; tipo de abastecimento de água e presença de horta com consumo de vegetais.…”

“…Os fatores de exposição individuais listados no questionário, também baseados no estudo de Kuno (2013) ano; gripe no último ano; presença e frequência de sintomas gastrointestinais (vômitos, náuseas e diarréia) e alterações dermatológicas (manchas e descamação da pele).…”