ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2013
Effects of lead and cadmium exposure from electronic waste on child physical growth.
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- Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: an updated systematic review.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2021Pooled it
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- iNOS/Arg-1 balance and sIgA levels are associated with intestinal mucosal immune defense in children chronically exposed to air pollutants and lead.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Early Life Exposure To Multiple Metals, Nutrition, and Growth in Children - A Scoping Review.Current environmental health reports · 2025Article
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- E-waste: mechanisms of toxicity and safety testing.FEBS open bio · 2024Review
- Associations between Urinary Mercury/Cadmium Concentrations and Anthropometric Features in Korean Children.Toxics · 2024Article
- Levels of toxic and trace metals in the breast milk of lactating mothers in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.Toxicology reports · 2023Article
- Estimation of Children's Soil and Dust Ingestion Rates and Health Risk at E-Waste Dismantling Area.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Human Body Burden of Heavy Metals and Health Consequences of Pb Exposure in Guiyu, an E-Waste Recycling Town in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- E-Waste in Africa: A Serious Threat to the Health of Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Effect of lead exposure from electronic waste on haemoglobin synthesis in children.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- Exposure to a mixture of metals and growth indicators in 6-11-year-old children from the 2013-16 NHANES.Exposure and health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Many studies indicate that lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) exposure may alter bone development through both direct and indirect mechanisms, increasing the risk of osteoporosis later in life. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between Pb and Cd exposure, physical growth, and bone and calcium metabolism in children of an electronic waste (e-waste) processing area. We recruited 246 children (3-8 years) in a kindergarten located in Guiyu, China. Blood lead levels (BLLs) and blood cadmium levels (BCLs) of recruited children were measured as biomarkers for exposure. Serum calcium, osteocalcin, bone alkaline phosphatase, and urinary deoxypyridinoline were used as biomarkers for bone and calcium metabolism. Physical indexes such as height, weight, and head and chest circumference were also measured. The mean values of BLLs and BCLs obtained were 7.30 μg/dL and 0.69 μg/L, respectively. The average of BCLs increased with age. In multiple linear regression analysis, BLLs were negatively correlated with both height and weight, and positively correlated with bone resorption biomarkers. Neither bone nor calcium metabolic biomarkers showed significant correlation with cadmium. Childhood lead exposure affected both physical development and increased bone resorption of children in Guiyu. Primitive e-waste recycling may threaten the health of children with elevated BLL which may eventually cause adult osteoporosis.
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