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Čargonja M, Mekterović D, Žurga P, Ravlić-Gulan J, Radović IB, Žauhar G. Deposition of heavy metals in biological tissues of workers in metal workshops. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:36794-36806. [PMID: 36562973 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24746-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Welding and cutting of metals produce large amounts of particulate matter (PM), which poses a significant health risk to exposed workers. Appropriate biological markers to estimate exposure are of great interest for occupational health and safety. Here, hair and nail samples from metal workers were analyzed, which appear to be more suitable than blood or urine samples for assessing long-term exposure. Four workshops working with steel components were included in the study. The hair and nail samples were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to measure the concentrations of 12 elements. At the workplaces, the concentrations of 15 elements in particulate matter were determined using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) techniques. The hair and nail samples of the workers contained significantly higher metal concentrations than the analytical results of a nonexposed control group. The most significant difference between the groups was found for Ti, Mn, Fe, and Co.
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- Marija Čargonja
- Faculty of Physics, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000, Rijeka, Croatia.
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Teaching Institute of Public Health of Primorsko-Goranska County, Krešimirova 52a, HR-51000, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Braće Branchetta 20, HR-51000, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000, Rijeka, Croatia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Braće Branchetta 20, HR-51000, Rijeka, Croatia
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Vinnikov D, Semizhon S, Rybina T, Zaitsev V, Pleshkova A, Rybina A. Occupational exposure to metals and other elements in the tractor production. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0208932. [PMID: 30550545 PMCID: PMC6294428 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Exposure to metals via air sampling in workplace has been extensively studied; however, the magnitude of individual exposure in various occupational groups may vary dramatically. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to ascertain exposure to selected metals from metal fumes in a series of typical workplaces of contemporary tractor production. Methods Ninety-eight (median age 41 (interquartile range (IQR) 23) years, all men) workers from Minsk Tractor Plant were categorized into four groups, including assembly shop workers (group 1); thermal shop staff (group 2); steelmakers (group 3) and welders (group 4). Hair samples (0.25 g) of each worker were tested for Ca, Mg, P, Cu, Fe, Zn, Al, Mn, Cr, Ni, Pb and Cd using atomic emission spectrophotometry. We then tested between-group differences of log-transformed element concentrations using analysis of variance, followed by logistic regression to determine the odds ratio (OR) with its 95% confidence interval (CI) of high exposure for four selected groups. Results The median work duration in workers was 6 (IQR 15) years, more in group 1 (10 (IQR 23)). Eight out of 12 included elements yielded significant between-group differences, including Mg, P, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cr, Ni and Cd. Steelmakers had higher Mn hair concentrations (F-ratio 10.41, p<0.001); whereas Fe (F-ratio 12.48, p<0.001), P (F-ratio 12.68, p<0.001), Zn (F-ratio 6.07, p<0.001) and Cr (F-ratio 20.54, p<0.001) were higher in welders. OR of high exposure to Mg in group 3 was 10.00 (95% CI 1.14–87.52), whereas the OR of high exposure to P in group 4 was 18.64 (95% CI 2.22–156.85) compared to group 1. Conclusions In the modern full-cycle tractor production, welders may have higher exposure to Fe, P, Zn and Cr, as opposed to steelmakers with higher Mn hair concentrations.
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- Denis Vinnikov
- al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Biological institute, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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- National Center of Occupational Safety and Health, Minsk, Belarus
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- Republican Scientific and Practical Centre of Hygiene, Minsk, Belarus
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- Republican Scientific and Practical Centre of Hygiene, Minsk, Belarus
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Awasthi AK, Zeng X, Li J. Relationship between e-waste recycling and human health risk in India: a critical review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:11509-32. [PMID: 26880523 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6085-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Informal recycling of waste (including e-waste) is an emerging source of environmental pollution in India. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and heavy metals, among other substances, are a major health concern for workers engaged in waste disposal and processing, and for residents living near these facilities, and are also a detriment to the natural environment. The main objective of this review article was to evaluate the status of these impacts. The review found that, huge quantity of e-waste/waste generated, only a small amount is treated formally; the remainder is processed through the informal sector. We also evaluated the exposure pathways, both direct and indirect, and the human body load markers (e.g., serum, blood, breast milk, urine, and hair), and assessed the evidence for the association between these markers and e-waste exposure. Our results indicated that the open dumping and informal e-waste recycling systems should be replaced by the best available technology and environmental practices, with proper monitoring and regular awareness programs for workers and residents. Further and more detailed investigation in this area is also recommended.
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- Abhishek Kumar Awasthi
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Rm. 805, Sino-Italian Environment and Energy Efficient Building, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Rm. 805, Sino-Italian Environment and Energy Efficient Building, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Rm. 805, Sino-Italian Environment and Energy Efficient Building, Beijing, 100084, China.
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MOHADESI A, PARVARESH S, ESHAGHI Z, KARIMI MA. 4-Aminohippuric Acid-functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Stripping Voltammetric Determination of Copper(II) Ions. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.84.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Subramanian A, Kunisue T, Tanabe S. Recent status of organohalogens, heavy metals and PAHs pollution in specific locations in India. CHEMOSPHERE 2015; 137:122-134. [PMID: 26134537 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 06/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Our group of scientists at the Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Japan has been carrying-out studies in India from the 1980s on chemicals contamination. Due to its agrarian economy, use of fossil fuels, industries, growing population and urbanization, chemicals such as pesticides, dioxins and related chemicals (DRCs), brominated flame retardants (BFRs), heavy metals, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely spread in India. We have published a review (Subramanian and Tanabe, 2007) covering papers published until 2005, on India. A decade had passed and this is the time to provide an update of the spatial and temporal changes during this period and hence this review. At many instances organochlorines such as DDTs and HCHs showed decreasing trends even though they are still at considerable levels. Novel chemicals such as PCDDs/Fs are seen at municipal solid waste dumping sites of India at levels equivalent to similar locations of the developed world. In the e-waste processing sites in India, especially the informal ones, apart from PCDDs/Fs, some brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and heavy metals were present as contaminants. Metro cities of India showed location specific contamination by HCHs, DDTs, PCDDs/Fs, BFRs, PAHs, etc. Coastal regions of India seem to be still unpolluted when compared to the nearby inland locations. This review is concerned mainly with the chemicals that we (CMES) have been evaluating in India in the past three decades. We suggest the importance of further studies, future directions for policy decisions and also for implementing control measures.
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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Reiss B, Simpson CD, Baker MG, Stover B, Sheppard L, Seixas NS. Hair Manganese as an Exposure Biomarker among Welders. ANNALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE 2015; 60:139-49. [PMID: 26409267 DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mev064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Quantifying exposure and dose to manganese (Mn) containing airborne particles in welding fume presents many challenges. Common biological markers such as Mn in blood or Mn in urine have not proven to be practical biomarkers even in studies where positive associations were observed. However, hair Mn (MnH) as a biomarker has the advantage over blood and urine that it is less influenced by short-term variability of Mn exposure levels because of its slow growth rate. The objective of this study was to determine whether hair can be used as a biomarker for welders exposed to manganese. Hair samples (1cm) were collected from 47 welding school students and individual air Mn (MnA) exposures were measured for each subject. MnA levels for all days were estimated with a linear mixed model using welding type as a predictor. A 30-day time-weighted average MnA (MnA30d) exposure level was calculated for each hair sample. The association between MnH and MnA30d levels was then assessed. A linear relationship was observed between log-transformed MnA30d and log-transformed MnH. Doubling MnA30d exposure levels yields a 20% (95% confidence interval: 11-29%) increase in MnH. The association was similar for hair washed following two different wash procedures designed to remove external contamination. Hair shows promise as a biomarker for inhaled Mn exposure given the presence of a significant linear association between MnH and MnA30d levels.
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- Boris Reiss
- 1.Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA;
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- 1.Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- 1.Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- 1.Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- 1.Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; 2.Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- 1.Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Kihira T, Sakurai I, Yoshida S, Wakayama I, Takamiya K, Okumura R, Iinuma Y, Iwai K, Kajimoto Y, Hiwatani Y, Kohmoto J, Okamoto K, Kokubo Y, Kuzuhara S. Neutron activation analysis of scalp hair from ALS patients and residents in the Kii Peninsula, Japan. Biol Trace Elem Res 2015; 164:36-42. [PMID: 25524522 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-0202-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the accumulation of transition metals in the scalp hair of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients in the Koza/Kozagawa/Kushimoto (K) area (K-ALS) in the Kii Peninsula, Japan. Metal contents were measured in the unpermed, undyed hair samples of 88 K-residents, 20 controls, 7 K-ALS patients, and 10 sporadic ALS patients using neutron activation analysis at the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University. A human hair standard and elemental standards were used as comparative standards. The contents of Zn, Mn, and V were higher, while that of S was lower in K-ALS patients than in the controls. The content of Mn in K-ALS patients negatively correlated with clinical durations. The content of Al was significantly higher in K-residents than in the controls, with 15.9 % of K-residents having high Mn contents over the 75th percentile of the controls. The contents of Zn, Mn, and V were high in the scalp hair of K-ALS patients and correlated with the content of Al. The accumulation of these transition metals may chronically increase metal-induced oxidative stress, which may, in turn, trigger the neuronal degeneration associated with K-ALS.
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- Tameko Kihira
- Department of Health Sciences, Kansai University of Health Sciences, 2-11-1, Wakaba, Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka, 590-0482, Japan,
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Mohadesi A, Taher MA, Majidi F. Stripping voltammetric determination of copper(II) in natural waters and human hairs based on the adsorption of its complex with Kryptofix 22 on the carbon paste electrode. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934811020031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ha NN, Agusa T, Ramu K, Tu NPC, Murata S, Bulbule KA, Parthasaraty P, Takahashi S, Subramanian A, Tanabe S. Contamination by trace elements at e-waste recycling sites in Bangalore, India. CHEMOSPHERE 2009; 76:9-15. [PMID: 19345395 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.02.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2009] [Revised: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The recycling and disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) in developing countries is causing an increasing concern due to its effects on the environment and associated human health risks. To understand the contamination status, we measured trace elements (TEs) in soil, air dust, and human hair collected from e-waste recycling sites (a recycling facility and backyard recycling units) and the reference sites in Bangalore and Chennai in India. Concentrations of Cu, Zn, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Hg, Pb, and Bi were higher in soil from e-waste recycling sites compared to reference sites. For Cu, Sb, Hg, and Pb in some soils from e-waste sites, the levels exceeded screening values proposed by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Concentrations of Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, In, Sn, Sb, Tl, Pb and Bi in air from the e-waste recycling facility were relatively higher than the levels in Chennai city. High levels of Cu, Mo, Ag, Cd, In, Sb, Tl, and Pb were observed in hair of male workers from e-waste recycling sites. Our results suggest that e-waste recycling and its disposal may lead to the environmental and human contamination by some TEs. To our knowledge, this is the first study on TE contamination at e-waste recycling sites in Bangalore, India.
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- Nguyen Ngoc Ha
- Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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Taher M, Esfandyarpour M, Abbasi S, Mohadesi A. Indirect Determination of Trace Copper(II) by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry with Zincon at a Carbon Paste Electrode. ELECTROANAL 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.200703976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Garg AN, Kumar A, Choudhury RP. Phosphorus in biological standards and samples by thermal neutron irradiation and β-counting. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-007-0234-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mohadesi A, Taher MA. Overoxidized Polypyrrole Doped with 4,5-Dihydroxy-3-(p-sulfophenylazo)-2,7-naphthalene Disulfonic Acid as a Selective and Regenerable Film for the Stripping Detection of Copper(II). ANAL SCI 2007; 23:969-74. [PMID: 17690430 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.23.969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A conducting polymer modified electrode based on the incorporation of 4,5-dihydroxy-3-(p-sulfophenylazo)-2,7-naphthalene disulfonic acid, SPADNS, as an anionic complexing ligand into polypyrrole film during electropolymerization was prepared. The electroanalysis of copper(II) in this modified electrode was achieved by medium exchange and differential pulse voltammetry. Copper ions were accumulated from ammonia buffer on the electrode surface by the formation of a chemical complex at open circuit. The resulting electrode with complexed Cu(2+) was then transferred to an acetate buffer and subjected to anodic stripping voltammetry. The analytical performance was evaluated and, finally, linear calibration graphs were obtained in the concentration range of 2 - 250 ng ml(-1) for Cu(II). The detection limit was found to be 1.1 ng ml(-1) and RSD was obtained at 3.1 and 1.9% for two different concentrations. Many coexisting metal ions had little or no effect on the determination of copper. The developed method was applied to Cu(II) determination in natural water and human hair samples. Also, the rapid and convenient regeneration of electrode allows the use of a single modified electrode in multiple analyses.
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- Alireza Mohadesi
- Department of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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