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Human exposure and risk assessment of cadmium of abandoned metal mine areas in Korea

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Title: Human exposure and risk assessment of cadmium of abandoned metal mine areas in Korea
Contributors: Jiyeon Yang, Eung-Cheol Kim, Dong-Chun Shin, Seong-Joon Jo, Young-Wook Lim, Shin, Dong Chun, Yang, Ji Yeon, Lim, Young Wook
Publication Year: 2015
Subject Terms: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Air Pollutants/analysis, Air Pollutants/blood, Air Pollutants/urine, Cadmium/analysis, Cadmium/blood, Cadmium/urine, Child, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Pollution/analysis, Female, Food Contamination/analysis, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mining, Oryza/chemistry, Republic of Korea, Risk Assessment, Soil Pollutants/analysis, Soil Pollutants/blood, Soil Pollutants/urine, Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis, Chemical/blood, Chemical/urine, Zea mays/chemistry
Description: The objective of this study is to find the Cd levels in agricultural crops compared to soil, to evaluate the relationship between daily intake dose through the multimedia/multi-pathway of human exposure and biomarker levels of the residents in mine vicinity area. We collected and cited the data of four out of ten health impact assessments for the residents of abandoned mine areas undertaken by the Korea Ministry of Environment in 2008. The Cd levels in soil were significantly decreased by the separation distance from the mines. The Cd levels in blood were significantly different between residents in mine areas and in comparative areas, but urinary Cd levels did not differ. The Cd levels in blood were related to the age; the separation distance from mine to residence; the daily intake dose via ingestion of drinking water, crops, and surface soil; and inhalation of ambient air of Cd, but urinary Cd levels were not relevant with various sociodemographic characteristics and exposure factors. The average hazard quotient (HQ) value of Cd in the mining site was below 1.0, but the maximum HQ was closed to 1.0. The results indicated that the ingestion of Cd-contaminated soil and agricultural crops by local inhabitants could pose potential adverse health effects to long-term residents consuming rice grown near to the mining areas. ; open
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
File Description: 321~332
Language: unknown
Relation: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH; J00780; https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/138871; T201405763; 54983
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-014-9650-3
Availability: https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/138871
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-014-9650-3
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10653-014-9650-3
Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 KR ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/kr/ ; free
Accession Number: edsbas.4CD488FE
Database: BASE
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Abstract:The objective of this study is to find the Cd levels in agricultural crops compared to soil, to evaluate the relationship between daily intake dose through the multimedia/multi-pathway of human exposure and biomarker levels of the residents in mine vicinity area. We collected and cited the data of four out of ten health impact assessments for the residents of abandoned mine areas undertaken by the Korea Ministry of Environment in 2008. The Cd levels in soil were significantly decreased by the separation distance from the mines. The Cd levels in blood were significantly different between residents in mine areas and in comparative areas, but urinary Cd levels did not differ. The Cd levels in blood were related to the age; the separation distance from mine to residence; the daily intake dose via ingestion of drinking water, crops, and surface soil; and inhalation of ambient air of Cd, but urinary Cd levels were not relevant with various sociodemographic characteristics and exposure factors. The average hazard quotient (HQ) value of Cd in the mining site was below 1.0, but the maximum HQ was closed to 1.0. The results indicated that the ingestion of Cd-contaminated soil and agricultural crops by local inhabitants could pose potential adverse health effects to long-term residents consuming rice grown near to the mining areas. ; open
DOI:10.1007/s10653-014-9650-3