Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/128618
Title: Blood concentrations of metals, essential trace elements, rare earth elements and other chemicals in the general adult population of Barcelona: Distribution and associated sociodemographic factors
Authors: Gasull, Magda
Camargo, Judit
Pumarega, Jose
Henríquez Hernández, Luis Alberto 
Campi, Laura
Zumbado Peña, Manuel Luis 
Contreras-Llanes, Manuel
Oliveras, Laura
Gonzalez-Marin, Patricia
Pérez Luzardo, Octavio Luis 
Gomez-Gutierrez, Anna
Alguacil, Juan
Porta, Miquel
UNESCO Clasification: 32 Ciencias médicas
3214 Toxicología
Keywords: Human Biomonitoring
Metals
Essential Trace Elements
Rare Earth Elements (Ree)
Environmental Exposure / Human Samples
Issue Date: 2024
Journal: Science of the Total Environment 
Abstract: Background: Very little information is available on the population distribution and on sociodemographic predictors of body concentrations of rare earth elements (REE) and other chemicals used in the manufacturing of high-tech devices. Objectives: To analyze the distribution and associated sociodemographic factors of blood concentrations of chemical elements (including some metals, essential trace elements, rare earth elements and other minority elements) in a representative sample of the general population of Barcelona (Spain). Methods: A sample of participants in the Barcelona Health Survey of 2016 (N = 240) were interviewed face-toface, gave blood, and underwent a physical exam. Concentrations of 50 chemical elements were analyzed by ICPMS in whole blood samples. Results: All 50 chemicals studied, including 26 REE and minority elements, were detected. Lead, silver, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, antimony, strontium, thallium and six essential trace elements were detected in more than 70% of the population. The most frequently detected REE and minority elements were europium (62%), thulium (56%), gold (41%), indium (31%), ruthenium (24%), and tantalum (20%). Less affluent occupational social classes had higher percentages of detection of some REE. Median concentrations of silver, arsenic, cadmium and mercury were: 0.091, 3.01, 0.309, and 3.33 ng/mL, respectively. Women had lower median concentrations than men of lead (1.47 vs. 2.04 mu g/dL, respectively), iron and zinc, and higher concentrations of copper and manganese. The influence of sociodemographic characteristics on chemical concentrations differed by sex. Conclusions: While well-known contaminants as lead, mercury, cadmium, or arsenic were detected in the majority of the population, numerous individuals had also detectable concentrations of chemicals as europium, indium, thulium, or gold. Sociodemographic and physical characteristics (sex, age, social class, weight change) influenced concentrations of some chemicals.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/128618
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168502
Source: Science Of The Total Environment[ISSN 0048-9697],v. 909:168502 (Enero 2024)
Appears in Collections:Artículos
Show full item record

WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations

1
checked on Oct 13, 2024

Page view(s)

58
checked on Aug 3, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


Share



Export metadata



Items in accedaCRIS are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.