Trace element biomonitoring in hair of school children from a polluted area by sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Drobyshev, Evgenii; Solovyev, Nikolay; Ivanenko, N. B.; Kombarova, M. Yu.; Ганеев, А. А.

doi:10.1016/j.jtemb.2016.07.004

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“…In contrast, Hg concentrations in children from Tarragona County were lower than those found in other Spanish studies focused on assessing urban and industrial/mining areas [26,46]. The current Mn values were lower than elsewhere, differing notably from those found in Sardinia (Italy) and Russia [34,35,37]. In contrast, higher Ni levels were found when our data are compared with those of other studies, excepting those reported by Xie et al [30] in Shaoguan Guangdong (China) and Evrenoglou et al [14] in Athens (Greece).…”

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“…Furthermore, despite the mean Cr concentration is similar to most levels found in recent literature, Cr concentrations in the urban area of Madrid were approximately 5-fold higher than those of the present study [46]. The mean level of Hg was also higher than the concentrations found in other locations, such as toxic waste disposal sites of Russia [35] and different urban areas [14,47]. In contrast, Hg concentrations in children from Tarragona County were lower than those found in other Spanish studies focused on assessing urban and industrial/mining areas [26,46].…”

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“…This kind of correlations has been previously reported in the scientific literature. In Russia, Semenova et al [34] also found a positive correlation between Pb and Mn in hair of children living in the vicinity of abandoned mines in the South Urals, while Drobyshev et al [35] reported positive correlations of Al, Cu, Fe, Ni and V, when analysing the concentrations of trace elements in children (aged 7-9) of St. Petersburg.…”

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“…The concentrations of trace elements in hair of schoolchildren were compared with those of recent studies found in the scientific literature ( Table 5). Most of these investigations are focused on areas with important industrial or mining activities or even in urban zones [11,14,26,30,[34][35][36][37]46,47]. The different results might be attributed to the differences among the respective geographical areas.…”

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Biomonitoring of Trace Elements in Hair of Schoolchildren Living Near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator—A 20 Years Follow-Up

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Since 1998, a monitoring program is periodically performed to assess the environmental and human health impact of air chemicals potentially emitted by a hazardous waste incinerator (HWI) located in Constantí (Catalonia, Spain). In 2017, samples of hair were collected from 94 schoolchildren (aged 10–13 years) living nearby and the levels of 11 trace elements (As, Be, Cd, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Tl and V) were determined. The concentrations showed the following descending order: Pb > Hg > Ni > Sn > Mn > Cr. In turn, As, Be and Tl were not detected, while Cd and V were found only in a few samples. Some metal levels were significantly, positively correlated. Some significant differences were also noticed according to the gender and the specific zone of residence. Finally, the levels of trace elements showed fluctuations through time. Cr and Pb showed a significant decrease in comparison to the concentrations obtained in the baseline study (1998). According to the current results, metal emissions from the HWI are not relevant in terms of human health impact since their levels were similar and even lower than those reported in other contaminated areas.

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“…Then, those pieces were wrapped with envelopes. To remove dust and other external contaminants, the hair sample was washed four times under continuous stirring in a sequence of acetone and purified water [23][24][25]. After being washed, each sample was dried at 40 ⁰C in an oven for about 48 hours.…”

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Assessment of Heavy Metals on Occupationally Exposed Workers from Hair Analysis

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The use of human hair as a tool in assessing changes and abnormalities in human bodies has been increasing for last decades since it may reflect the health status or environmental condition of habitation or working place of individuals as well as population groups. Compared to other body tissue or fluids, hair provides an ease of elemental analysis especially in reflecting the long-term exposure. This research was conducted to determine the elemental content especially heavy metals, since they are bioaccumulated in human body organs and impact human health, in hair of workshop workers and traffic services officers as exposed groups and its comparison with control group and references data for assessing of occupational exposure. Thirty-five automotive workshop workers and 32 traffic services officers' hair specimens were collected in Bandung, while hair specimens of the control group were collected from 43 healthy individuals. The elemental concentrations in hair specimen were analyzed using neutron activation analysis (NAA) for mercury and chromium, and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) for lead and arsenic. The accuracy of the method was evaluated using GBW 07601 human hair certified reference material (CRM) and it was found to give good results in accordance with the certificate values. It was found that chromium, lead, and arsenic hair concentration in exposed groups (0.88, 10.7, and 0.051 mg/kg, respectively) were higher than in control group (0.27, 4.52, and 0.045 mg/kg, respectively), while mercury hair concentration of traffic services officers were higher than control group but mercury hair concentration of automotive workshop workers were lower than in control group (1.41 mg/kg). The t-test statistical results shown that mercury concentrations in one exposed group did not differ significantly from the control, but other exposed groups showed otherwise. The level of mercury in hair is strongly attributed not only to environmental exposure, but also to lifestyle and dietary habits, while t-test statistical results of chromium and lead differ significantly with p value < 0.05. These results indicate that heavy metal hair concentrations were well quantified to show the abnormalities of elemental concentration in human hair for evaluating the occupational exposure.

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Human Exposure to Heavy Metals over the Last 100 Years

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The primary objective of the presented research was to assess the impact of intense global economic development, over the last 100 years, on the bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the human body. This evaluation was conducted based on the measurement of heavy metals in human hair samples collected 100 years ago in present-day southern Poland.In this study, concentrations of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and selenium (Se) were measured in 61 hair samples,28 of which were obtained from individuals who lived 100 years ago, while the remaining 33 constituted the contemporary control group. The concentrations were determined using a triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (Agilent 8900). Statistical analysis of the obtained results was conducted using the Principal Cmponent Analysis and the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test. In the case of As, Pb, Cd, and Fe, the concentrations were significantly higher in individuals who lived 100 years ago compared to those living today. Over this period, the median concentrations were shown to have decreased by 95%, 94%, 85%, and 69% for As, Pb, Cd, and Fe, respectively. No statistically significant differences were observed for Cu, Zn, and Se. The results obtained for Pb, Cd, As, and Fe unequivocally indicate that the population studied from 100 years ago was more exposed to internal contamination with these metals than people who live nowadays.

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Trace element biomonitoring in hair of school children from a polluted area by sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Cited by 43 publications

References 36 publications

Biomonitoring of Trace Elements in Hair of Schoolchildren Living Near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator—A 20 Years Follow-Up

Biomonitoring of Trace Elements in Hair of Schoolchildren Living Near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator—A 20 Years Follow-Up

Assessment of Heavy Metals on Occupationally Exposed Workers from Hair Analysis

Human Exposure to Heavy Metals over the Last 100 Years

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