Mercury, lead and cadmium levels in the urine of 170 Spanish adults: A pilot human biomonitoring study

Human biomonitoring is a well-recognized tool for estimating the exposure of human populations to environmental pollutants. However, information regarding biomarker concentrations of many environmental chemicals in the general population is limited for many countries. The Spanish Environment Ministr...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of hygiene and environmental health Jg. 215; H. 2; S. 191 - 195
Hauptverfasser: Castaño, Argelia, Sánchez-Rodríguez, Jinny E., Cañas, Ana, Esteban, Marta, Navarro, Carmen, Rodríguez-García, Ana C., Arribas, Misericordia, Díaz, Gema, Jiménez-Guerrero, José A.
Format: Journal Article Tagungsbericht
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: München Elsevier GmbH 01.02.2012
Elsevier
Schlagworte:
Adult
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Bioindicators
Biological and medical sciences
Cadmium
Cadmium - urine
Chemicals
Dental Amalgam - chemistry
Diets
Environment. Living conditions
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Epidemiological Monitoring
Female
Heavy metals
Human biomonitoring (HBM)
human populations
Humans
Lead
Lead - urine
Life Style
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Mercury
Mercury - urine
Metals, Heavy - urine
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
persistent organic pollutants
Pilot Projects
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Smoking - epidemiology
Spain
Spain - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Toxicology
Urine
Young Adult
Europe
Spain
USA
Germany
Spain, Castilla, Madrid
Human biomonitoring (HBM)
Urine
Lead
Cadmium
Mercury
Spain
Human
Biological fluid
Transition metal
Epidemiology
Biological monitoring
Heavy metal
Pilot study
Health and environment
Clinical biology
Pilot test
Adult
Environmental medicine
Blood lead level
Public health
ISSN:1438-4639, 1618-131X, 1618-131X
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Zusammenfassung:Human biomonitoring is a well-recognized tool for estimating the exposure of human populations to environmental pollutants. However, information regarding biomarker concentrations of many environmental chemicals in the general population is limited for many countries. The Spanish Environment Ministry has recently funded a human biomonitoring study on the Spanish general population. This study aims to determine reference levels for several biomarkers, especially heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and cotinine, in urine, whole blood, serum and hair, and will involve 2000 volunteers throughout Spain. Samples were taken during 2009–2010 and analyses are currently underway. The results presented herein were obtained in a pilot study carried out in the Madrid region. The study group comprised 170 volunteers, of which 79% were female and 21% male (age: 23–66 years). All participants were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding diet and living habits and provides a morning urine sample. The geometric means for total mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) were 1.23, 1.11 and 0.25μg/g creatinine, respectively. Levels of Pb and Hg were higher than those reported for the general population in the USA and Germany, whereas Cd was in the same range (CDC, 2009; Becker et al., 2003). The values reported here are similar to those reported in other Spanish studies.
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ISSN:1438-4639
1618-131X
1618-131X
DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.09.001