Blood levels of cadmium and lead in residents near abandoned metal mine areas in Korea

Dong Uk Park; Dae Seon Kim; Seung Do Yu; Kyeong Min Lee; Seung Hun Ryu; Soo Geun Kim; Won Ho Yang; Doo Yong Park; Yeong Seoub Hong; Jung Duck Park; Byung Kook Lee; Jai Dong Moon; Joon Sakong; Seung Chul Ahn; Jung Min Ryu; Soon Won Jung

doi:10.1007/s10661-014-3770-1

Blood levels of cadmium and lead in residents near abandoned metal mine areas in Korea

Dong Uk Park, Dae Seon Kim, Seung Do Yu, Kyeong Min Lee, Seung Hun Ryu, Soo Geun Kim, Won Ho Yang, Doo Yong Park, Yeong Seoub Hong, Jung Duck Park, Byung Kook Lee, Jai Dong Moon, Joon Sakong, Seung Chul Ahn, Jung Min Ryu, Soon Won Jung

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We analyzed national data on blood lead levels (BLL) and blood cadmium levels (BCL) in residents living near 38 abandoned metal mining areas (n = 5,682, 18-96 years old) in Korea that were collected by the first Health Effect Surveillance for Residents in Abandoned Metal mines (HESRAM) from 2008 to 2011. The geometric mean BCL and BLL were 1.60 μg/L (95 % CI = 1.57-1.62 μg/L) and 2.87 μg/dL (95 % CI = 2.84-2.90 μg/dL), respectively, notably higher than levels in the general population in Korea and other countries. We found significantly higher BLL and BCL levels in people living within 2 km of an abandoned metal mine (n = 3,165, BCL = 1.87 μg/L, BLL = 2.91 μg/dL) compared to people living more than 2 km away (n = 2,517, BCL = 1.31 μg/L, BLL = 2.82 μg/dL; P < 0.0001) and to the general population values reported in the literature.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5209-5220
Number of pages	12
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume	186
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3770-1
State	Published - Aug 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Blood cadmium
Blood lead
Environmental exposure
HESRAM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Environmental Science
Pollution
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Park, D. U., Kim, D. S., Yu, S. D., Lee, K. M., Ryu, S. H., Kim, S. G., Yang, W. H., Park, D. Y., Hong, Y. S., Park, J. D., Lee, B. K., Moon, J. D., Sakong, J., Ahn, S. C., Ryu, J. M., & Jung, S. W. (2014). Blood levels of cadmium and lead in residents near abandoned metal mine areas in Korea. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(8), 5209-5220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3770-1

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