Using environmental concentrations of cadmium and lead to assess human exposure and dose

Hellström, Lennart; Järup, Lars; Persson, Bertil; Axelson, Olav

doi:10.1038/sj.jea.7500340

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“…The results indicate that moss bags represent a means to extensively screen air pollution over large urban areas to obtain information on the time-integrated spatial distributions of particle-bound heavy metals and PAHs, demonstrating the moss bags' potential for epidemiological studies (Gailey and Lloyd, 1993;Hellström et al, 2004;Wolterbeek and Verburg, 2004).…”

Section: Moss Bag Technique As a Monitoring Approachmentioning

confidence: 96%

Active moss biomonitoring for extensive screening of urban air pollution: Magnetic and chemical analyses

Vuković

Urošević

Goryainova

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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Section: Moss Bag Technique As a Monitoring Approachmentioning

confidence: 96%

Active moss biomonitoring for extensive screening of urban air pollution: Magnetic and chemical analyses

Vuković

Urošević

Goryainova

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Hellström et al concluded that for people close to a battery plant or factory, levels of heavy metals concentration in soil and moss could be a good diagnostic measuring tool [24]. Environmental exposure is measured by air, water, and soil pollution.…”

Section: Metals and Sight Organmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occurrence and Exposure to Lead and Cadmium and Their Environmental Influence on Eyesight

Nelke¹,

Mulak²,

Łuczak³

et al. 2015

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Heavy metal influence on the environment and humans is well known, although not all aspects are fully understood. Increased manufacturing and industrial growth without any proper approach for usage, distribution, and storage of heavy metals might lead to a very dangerous influence not only on an entire ecosphere, but also might affect human health. Because of different forms of exposure to heavy metals, different forms of after-exposure diseases might appear. Exposure by air, water, direct contact, and even by consumption -along with other less common ways of exposure -have been mentioned globally [1].Soil and water exposed to heavy metals results in both animal and plant metal poisoning. Humans at the end of the food chain are exposed on any long-or short-term influence of heavy metal poisoning [2]. Many variables are related to poison activity on humans and the environment. Factors such as age, coexisting other diseases, and time and type of exposure are very important. Different topics are related to the environment. Type of soil, insolation, and closure to any human habitats and other factors should always be considered when discussing heavy metal exposure. Accumulation of heavy metals is dangerous for the environment. A special focus should be particularly used in order to avoid improper heavy metal disposal and increase a safe and long-term method for waste storage [3]. In order to fully understand the impact of heavy metals on humans and the environment is unlikely to improve factory production and safety standards [4].Evaluate and describe briefly how lead and cadmium heavy metal exposure influences the sight organ and discuss whether it is a common or rare occurrence.Pol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 24, No. 4 (2015) AbstractNowadays heavy metals in the environment and everyday life are very common. Their usage and influence in industry is essential. Quite often not only the environment but also general human health might be impacted by their use and presence. Metal poisoning and its effect on living structures and tissues impacts their condition. The environment and every living species in it are heavily vulnerable to any heavy metal exposure and might lead to catastrophic natural disasters. In humans skin irritations and general diseases are not so common, but they do appear, and everyone should be aware of this. In this paper we focus on a very special topic related to heavy metal exposure to eyesight and their influence on this important organ. Lead and cadmium are the most common heavy metals used almost everywhere.

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“…However, short-term Cd exposure levels could also be important for studies of prenatal exposure and developmental effects in children. U-Cd concentrations have been shown to be correlated with age (Hellstrom et al 2004), sex (Hellstrom et al 2004), iron deficiency (Berglund et al 1994), parity (Åkesson et al 2002), smoking status (Hellstrom et al 2004; Ikeda et al 2005), secondhand smoke (Willers et al 2005), and dietary intake of Cd (Adams et al 2011; Choudhury et al 2001; Julin et al 2011; Shimbo et al 2000). However, most of these exposure studies have relied on single spot urine samples instead of repeated 24-hr urine collections.…”

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Determinants and Within-Person Variability of Urinary Cadmium Concentrations among Women in Northern California

Gunier

Horn‐Ross

Canchola

et al. 2013

Environ Health Perspect

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Background: Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Urinary Cd (U-Cd) concentration is considered a biomarker of long-term exposure.Objectives: Our objectives were to evaluate the within-person correlation among repeat samples and to identify predictors of U-Cd concentrations.Methods: U-Cd concentrations (micrograms per liter) were measured in 24-hr urine samples collected from 296 women enrolled in the California Teachers Study in 2000 and a second 24-hr sample collected 3–9 months later from 141 of the participants. Lifestyle and sociodemographic characteristics were obtained via questionnaires. The Total Diet Study database was used to quantify dietary cadmium intake based on a food frequency questionnaire. We estimated environmental cadmium emissions near participants’ residences using a geographic information system.Results: The geometric mean U-Cd concentration was 0.27 µg/L and the range was 0.1–3.6 µg/L. The intraclass correlation among repeat samples from an individual was 0.50. The use of a single 24-hr urine specimen to characterize Cd exposure in a case–control study would result in an observed odds ratio of 1.4 for a true odds ratio of 2.0. U-Cd concentration increased with creatinine, age, and lifetime pack-years of smoking among ever smokers or lifetime intensity-years of passive smoking among nonsmokers, whereas it decreased with greater alcohol consumption and number of previous pregnancies. These factors explained 42–44% of the variability in U-Cd concentrations.Conclusion: U-Cd levels varied with several individual characteristics, and a single measurement of U-Cd in a 24-hr sample did not accurately reflect medium- to long-term body burden.

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Using environmental concentrations of cadmium and lead to assess human exposure and dose

Cited by 19 publications

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Active moss biomonitoring for extensive screening of urban air pollution: Magnetic and chemical analyses

Active moss biomonitoring for extensive screening of urban air pollution: Magnetic and chemical analyses

Occurrence and Exposure to Lead and Cadmium and Their Environmental Influence on Eyesight

Determinants and Within-Person Variability of Urinary Cadmium Concentrations among Women in Northern California

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