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ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2023

Cadmium body burden and health effects after restoration of cadmium-polluted soils in cadmium-polluted areas in the Jinzu River basin.

Masaru Sakurai, Yasushi Suwazono, Kazuhiro Nogawa, Yuuka Watanabe, Miyuki Takami, Yasumitsu Ogra, Yu-Ki Tanaka, Hirotaro Iwase, Kayo Tanaka, Masao Ishizaki and 2 more

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Article in Environmental health and preventive medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Masaru SakuraiDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University.
Yasushi SuwazonoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University.
Kazuhiro NogawaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University.
Yuuka WatanabeDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University.
Miyuki TakamiDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University.
Yasumitsu OgraGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University.
Yu-Ki TanakaGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University.
Hirotaro IwaseDepartment of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University.
Kayo TanakaDepartment of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University.
Masao IshizakiDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University.
Teruhiko KidoSchool of Health Sciences, Kanazawa University.
Hideaki NakagawaDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University.
Chiba University · JPKanazawa Medical University · JPKanazawa University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundItai-itai disease is caused by environmental cadmium (Cd) pollution in the Jinzu River basin in Japan. To reduce the Cd contamination of rice, soil restoration of paddy fields was carried out. We evaluated the effect of soil restoration on the health status of residents of the former Cd-polluted area.

methodsParticipants were 1,030 men and 944 women who lived in the area of restoration of Cd-polluted rice paddies. First morning urine was collected and urinary Cd, β2-microglobulin (β2MG), and N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) levels were measured. Associations among age, years of residence before and after soil restoration, and urinary Cd, β2MG, and NAG levels were evaluated by multiple regression analysis.

resultsThe geometric mean (interquartile range) of urinary Cd (µg/g Cr) was 1.00 (0.58-1.68) in men and 1.67 (1.02-2.91) in women. The geometric means of urinary β2MG (µg/g Cr) and NAG (U/g Cr) were 174.6 (92.6-234.2) and 1.47 (0.72-3.14) in men, and 217.6 (115.3-28.7) and 1.48 (0.73-2.96) in women, respectively. Urinary Cd, β2MG, and NAG were significantly positively correlated (p < 0.01 all). Age and duration of residence in the Cd-polluted area before soil restoration were independently associated with urinary Cd, β2MG, and NAG. Among the 916 participants who had resided in the area before the soil restoration, urinary Cd concentrations were significantly higher, thus by 1.03-fold (95% CI, 1.01-1.04) in men and 1.03-fold (95% CI, 1.01-1.05) in women, when the years of residence before soil restoration by each 5-years increment. By contrast, urinary Cd concentrations were significantly lower, thus 0.97-fold (95% CI, 0.96-0.99) lower in men and 0.97-fold (95% CI, 0.95-0.99) lower in women, by each 5-year increment of residence after soil restoration. A similar association was observed for urinary β2MG concentration, and no significant association was observed for urinary NAG levels in men or women.

conclusionsCd exposure and associated renal tubular dysfunction in residents of a former Cd-polluted area were influenced by Cd exposure from the environment prior to soil restoration. Soil restoration in Cd-polluted areas reduced the Cd exposure of local residents.

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CadmiumCadmium PoisoningBody BurdenFemaleHumansMaleRiversSoilCadmiumSoilNAGRestoration of cadmium-polluted soilsThe Jinzu River basinUrinary cadmiumβ2-microglobulin

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