Mercury Exposure of Mothers and Newborns in Surinam: A Pilot Study

Autor:	Satish, Mohan, Marco, Tiller, Gijsbert, van der Voet, Humphrey, Kanhai
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Adult Labor Obstetric Suriname Adolescent Infant Newborn Mercury General Medicine Toxicology Maternal Exposure Pregnancy Humans Environmental Pollutants Female Environmental Monitoring Hair
Zdroj:	Clinical Toxicology. 43:101-104
ISSN:	1556-3650
DOI:	10.1081/clt-200050404
Popis:	To study mercury levels in hair from mothers and newborns in Surinam.Hair and urine was collected from thirty-nine mothers of different ethnicity and hair from their newborns. The women delivered in a large hospital in the capital. Mercury analysis was performed.Fourteen (36%) of the mothers had elevated Hg concentrations in the hair as compared with a reference US population. Thirty-one newborns (80%) presented with a higher mercury level in hair than their mothers. A positive correlation existed between the hair levels of the mothers and their newborns. Urine Hg concentrations were not elevated.Mercury accumulates during pregnancy in the unborn. Further study is needed to elucidate the background and consequences of this finding.
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