%0 Journal Article %A Imo, David %A Muff, Stefanie %A Schierl, Rudolf %A Byber, Katarzyna %A Hitzke, Christine %A Bopp, Matthias %A Maggi, Marion %A Bose-O’Reilly, Stephan %A Held, Leonhard %A Dressel, Holger %D 2018 %T Human-biomonitoring and individual soil measurements for children and mothers in an area with recently detected mercury-contaminations and public health concerns: a cross-sectional study %U https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Human-biomonitoring_and_individual_soil_measurements_for_children_and_mothers_in_an_area_with_recently_detected_mercury-contaminations_and_public_health_concerns_a_cross-sectional_study/6730970 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.6730970.v2 %2 https://tandf.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/12452342 %K Human biomonitoring %K child health %K mercury %K soil contamination %K Hg %X

In this study, we assessed intracorporal mercury concentrations in subjects living on partially mercury-contaminated soils in a defined area in Switzerland. We assessed 64 mothers and 107 children who resided in a defined area for at least 3 months. Mercury in biological samples (urine and hair) was measured, a detailed questionnaire was administered for each individual, and individual mercury soil values were obtained. Human biomonitoring results were compared with health-related and reference values. Mothers and children in our study had geometric means (GMs) of 0.22 µg Hg/g creatinine in urine (95th percentile (P95) = 0.85 µg Hg/g) and 0.16 µg Hg/g (P95 = 0.56 µg Hg/g), respectively. In hair, mothers and children had GMs of 0.21 µg Hg/g (P95 = 0.94 µg/g) and 0.18 µg/g (P95 = 0.60 µg/g), respectively. We found no evidence for an association between mercury values in soil and those in human specimens nor for a health threat in residential mothers and children.

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