ArticleToxics2019
Biomonitoring of Trace Elements in Hair of Schoolchildren Living Near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator-A 20 Years Follow-Up.
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- Trace Metal and Metalloid Profiles in Hair Samples from Children in the Oil-Producing Region of Kazakhstan.Toxics · 2025Article
- Evaluate the Work-Related Exposure of Vanadium on Scalp Hair Samples of Outdoor and Administrative Workers of Oil Drilling Field: Related Health Risks.Biological trace element research · 2024Article
- Heavy Metal(oid)s Contamination and Potential Ecological Risk Assessment in Agricultural Soils.Journal of xenobiotics · 2024Article
- Levels of Toxic and Essential Elements and Associated Factors in the Hair of Japanese Young Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Assessment of the Ecotoxicity of Pollution by Potentially Toxic Elements by Biological Indicators of Haplic Chernozem of Southern Russia (Rostov region).Water, air, and soil pollution · 2022Article
- Association between trace metals exposure and hearing loss.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The effects of some essential and toxic metals/metalloids in COVID-19: A review.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2021Review
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Abstract
Since 1998, a monitoring program is periodically performed to assess the environmental and human health impact of air chemicals potentially emitted by a hazardous waste incinerator (HWI) located in Constantí (Catalonia, Spain). In 2017, samples of hair were collected from 94 schoolchildren (aged 10-13 years) living nearby and the levels of 11 trace elements (As, Be, Cd, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Tl and V) were determined. The concentrations showed the following descending order: Pb > Hg > Ni > Sn > Mn > Cr. In turn, As, Be and Tl were not detected, while Cd and V were found only in a few samples. Some metal levels were significantly, positively correlated. Some significant differences were also noticed according to the gender and the specific zone of residence. Finally, the levels of trace elements showed fluctuations through time. Cr and Pb showed a significant decrease in comparison to the concentrations obtained in the baseline study (1998). According to the current results, metal emissions from the HWI are not relevant in terms of human health impact since their levels were similar and even lower than those reported in other contaminated areas.
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