Arsenic bioaccessibility in a gold mining area: a health risk assessment for children
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Article Title | Arsenic bioaccessibility in a gold mining area: a health risk assessment for children |
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ERA Journal ID | 36373 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ono, Fabio Benedito (Author), Guilherme, Luiz Roberto Guimaraes (Author), Penido, Evanise Silva (Author), Carvalho, Geila Santos (Author), Hale, Beverley (Author), Toujaguez, Regla (Author) and Bundschuh, Jochen (Author) |
Journal Title | Environmental Geochemistry and Health: official journal of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health |
Journal Citation | 34 (4), pp. 457-465 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 0269-4042 |
1573-2983 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-011-9444-9 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10653-011-9444-9 |
Abstract | High concentrations of total arsenic (As) have been measured in soils of gold mining areas of Brazil. However, bioaccessibility tests have not yet been conducted on those materials, which is essential for better health risk estimates. This study aimed at evaluating As bioaccessibility in samples from a gold mining area located in Brazil and assessing children's exposure to As-contaminated materials. Samples were collected from different materials (a control and four As-contaminated soils/sediments) found in a gold mine area located in Paracatu (MG), Brazil. Total and bioaccessible As concentrations were determined for all samples. The control soil presented the lowest As concentrations, while all other materials contained high total As concentrations (up to 2,666 mg kg-1) and low bioaccessible As percentage (<4.2%), indicating a low risk from exposure of resident children next to this area. The calculated dose of exposure indicated that, except for the pond tailings, in all other areas, the exposure route considering soil ingestion contributed at most to 9.7% of the maximum As allowed ingestion per day (0.3 lg kg-1BWday-1). |
Keywords | trace elements; in vitro tests; human health; anthropogenic impacts; environmental contamination |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410604. Soil chemistry and soil carbon sequestration (excl. carbon sequestration science) |
350505. Occupational and workplace health and safety | |
320602. Medical biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors) | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Federal University of Lavras, Brazil |
University of Guelph, Canada | |
National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1403/arsenic-bioaccessibility-in-a-gold-mining-area-a-health-risk-assessment-for-children
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