ArticleToxics2025
Health Risk for Non-Dietary Children's Exposure to Heavy Metals in Postindustrial Areas in Upper Silesia, Poland.
Grzegorz Dziubanek, Joanna Furman, Danuta Rogala, Klaudia Gut-Pietrasz, Małgorzata Ćwieląg-Drabek, Monika Rusin, Joanna Domagalska, Agata Piekut, Renata Baranowska, Anna Niesler and 1 more
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Grzegorz DziubanekDepartment of Environmental Health Risk Factors, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1972-7221 Joanna FurmanDepartment of Environmental Health Risk Factors, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6013-5105 Danuta RogalaAnalytical Laboratory of Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 42-902 Bytom, Poland.
Klaudia Gut-PietraszAnalytical Laboratory of Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 42-902 Bytom, Poland.
Małgorzata Ćwieląg-DrabekDepartment of Environmental Health Risk Factors, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4219-9949 Monika RusinDepartment of Environmental Health Risk Factors, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7271-3945 Joanna DomagalskaDepartment of Environmental Health Risk Factors, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4471-3147 Agata PiekutDepartment of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 42-902 Bytom, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0564-2849 Renata BaranowskaAnalytical Laboratory of Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 42-902 Bytom, Poland.
Anna NieslerDepartment of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 42-902 Bytom, Poland.
Weronika Osmala-KurpiewskaDepartment of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 18 Piekarska Street, 42-902 Bytom, Poland.
Funding
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA IN KATOWICE BNW-1-162/N/4/ZMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA IN KATOWICE PCN-1-063/N/2/Z
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
Heavy metal exposure is a significant public health problem, especially among children, who are a particularly vulnerable group. This study investigates the non-dietary exposure of children to lead, cadmium, and zinc and the associated health risk in three selected locations near the former non-ferrous metal smelters. Soil samples were collected from schools, parks, playgrounds, and other recreational places where children spend their free time in three districts of such towns as Katowice, Świętochłowice, and Piekary Śląskie. The contents of Cd, Pb, and Zn in the surface soil samples had the following ranges: 4.09-20.94 mg Cd/kg d.m., 161.70-1027.68 mg Pb/kg d.m., and 577.76-1475.93 mg Zn/kg d.m., respectively. The threshold doses of Cd, Zn, and Pb are 0.001 mg × kg
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childrenhealth risksheavy metalsnon-dietary exposurePolandpostindustrial areasoilUpper Silesia
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PMID40423456
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