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Cadmium in the food chain near non-ferrous metal production sites.
Vromman, V.; Saegerman, Claude; Pussemier, L. et al.
2008In Food Additives and Contaminants. Part A. Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment, 25 (3), p. 293-301
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Keywords :
Adult; Belgium; Cadmium/analysis; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Monitoring/methods; Environmental Pollutants/analysis; Environmental Pollution; Food Chain; Food Contamination/analysis; Humans; Meat; Metallurgy; Risk Assessment/methods; Spectrophotometry, Atomic
Abstract :
[en] Dietary cadmium (Cd) exposure was estimated for adults living in Cd-contaminated areas close to non-ferrous metal plants and compared with dietary Cd exposure in the general Belgian adult population. To evaluate the contamination levels of locally produced food items, 35 fruit samples, 97 vegetable samples, 98 samples of potatoes and 53 samples of meat, liver and kidney of cattle, which had resided for more than 18 months in the contaminated area, were analyzed for Cd. Mean Cd concentrations in fruit and vegetables were 1.1- to 9-fold higher than in samples from other regions at ambient Cd levels. Mean Cd concentrations in bovine meat, liver and kidney were 2-fold higher compared to samples from animals in other regions of Belgium. The estimated dietary intake was 31.3 and 63.3 microg day(-1) for average and large consumers, respectively, in the contaminated area, compared to 17 and 38.3 microg day(-1), respectively, for the general adult population. Excessive consumption of locally produced food items in areas close to non-ferrous metal plants could result in Cd intake levels exceeding the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI).
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Vromman, V.
Saegerman, Claude  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Epidémiologie et analyse des risques appl. aux sc. vétér.
Pussemier, L.
Huyghebaert, A.
De Temmerman, L.
Pizzolon, J*-C
Waegeneers, N.
Language :
English
Title :
Cadmium in the food chain near non-ferrous metal production sites.
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Food Additives and Contaminants. Part A. Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment
ISSN :
1944-0049
eISSN :
1944-0057
Publisher :
Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia, United States - Pennsylvania
Volume :
25
Issue :
3
Pages :
293-301
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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