Human health risk assessment: A case study involving heavy metal soil contamination after the flooding of the river Meuse during the winter of 1993-1994
| Autor: | Jos C. S. Kleinjans, Edwin J.C. Moonen, H.J. Albering, Jurian Hoogewerff, S.M. van Leusen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Gezondheidsrisico Analyse en Toxicologie, RS: NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Floodplain Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Population Fresh Water Risk Assessment Metals Heavy Neoplasms Humans Soil Pollutants Water Pollutants education Child Netherlands Hydrology geography education.field_of_study geography.geographical_feature_category Flooding (psychology) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health food and beverages Environmental exposure Environmental Exposure Soil contamination Zinc Lead Soil water Environmental science Bank Copper Research Article Cadmium |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Health Perspectives Environmental Health Perspectives, 107(1), 37-43. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| ISSN: | 0091-6765 |
| Popis: | Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.At the end of December 1993 and also at the end of January 1995, the river Meuse, one of the major rivers in Europe, flooded and river banks were inundated. We investigated the possible health risks of exposure to heavy metal concentrations in river bank soils resulting from the flooding of the river Meuse at the end of 1993. Soil and deposit samples and corresponding aerable and fodder crops were collected and analyzed for heavy metals. Although the soils of the floodplain of the river Meuse appeared severely polluted mainly by Cd and Zn, the heavy metal concentrations in the crops grown on these soils were within background ranges. Incidentally, the legal standard for Cd as endorsed by the Commodities Act was exceeded in wheat crops. The main exposure pathways for the general population were through the consumption of food crops grown on the river banks and through the direct ingestion of contaminated soils. For estimating potential human exposure in relation to soil pollution, we used a multiple pathway exposure model. For estimating the actual risk, we determined metal contents of vegetables grown in six experimental gardens. From this study, it can be concluded that there is a potential health risk for the river bank inhabitants as a consequence of Pb and Cd contaminations of the floodplain soils of the river Meuse, which are frequently inundated (averaged flooding frequency once every 2 years). |
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