Intrinsik Corp., 6605 Hurontario Street, Suite 500, Mississauga, Ontario L5T 0A3, Canada.
Intrinsik Corp., 6605 Hurontario Street, Suite 500, Mississauga, Ontario L5T 0A3, Canada.
Sci Total Environ. 2017 Sep 1;593-594:202-210. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.141. Epub 2017 Mar 24.
Lead exposure continues to be an important health issue despite the general removal of lead sources in commercial and industrial applications. Low levels of lead exposure have been found to produce adverse neurodevelopmental effects in children with no evidence that a threshold exists for this critical endpoint. Blood lead levels (BLLs) were measured in children (n=118) under the age of 7years in the northern Canadian smelter community of Flin Flon, Manitoba and Creighton, Saskatchewan. An environmental sampling component was included to examine the relationship between lead content in outdoor soil, household dust, tap water, and paint within a given household and the corresponding BLLs in participating children. The geometric mean (GM) BLL for study participants was 1.41μg/dL. Blood lead levels varied slightly by age category with the lowest levels found among the children under age 2 (GM=1.11μg/dL) and the highest levels found among children between 2 and 3years of age (GM=1.98μg/dL). Results from the multivariate modeling indicated that BLLs had a significant positive association with the age of housing (p<0.05), with children living in households constructed prior to 1945 being more likely to have higher levels (p=0.034). Outdoor soil (GM=74.7μg/g), household dust from kitchen floors (GM=1.34μg/ft), and maximum household lead paint were found to be significantly correlated (p<0.05) to BLLs. Although a statistically significant association between concentrations of lead in these household media and the corresponding BLLs exists, the variability in BLLs was poorly explained by these factors alone (r=0.07, 0.12 and 0.06 for soil, household dust, and paint, respectively). Lead concentrations in flushed (GM=0.89μg/L) and stagnant (GM=2.07μg/L and 1.18μg/L) tap water samples were not significantly correlated (p>0.05) to BLLs.
尽管商业和工业应用中已普遍消除了铅源,但铅暴露仍然是一个重要的健康问题。研究发现,即使儿童的铅暴露水平较低,也会对其神经发育产生不良影响,而对于这一关键终点是否存在阈值,目前尚无证据表明。在加拿大北部的弗林弗隆(Flin Flon)和萨斯喀彻温省的克雷顿(Creighton)的冶炼厂社区中,对年龄在 7 岁以下的儿童(n=118)进行了血铅水平(BLL)测量。还包括了一个环境采样部分,以研究特定家庭内户外土壤、家庭灰尘、自来水和油漆中的铅含量与参与儿童相应的 BLL 之间的关系。研究参与者的几何平均(GM)BLL 为 1.41μg/dL。血铅水平随年龄类别略有变化,年龄在 2 岁以下的儿童的血铅水平最低(GM=1.11μg/dL),年龄在 2 至 3 岁的儿童的血铅水平最高(GM=1.98μg/dL)。多元模型分析结果表明,BLL 与住房年龄呈显著正相关(p<0.05),居住在 1945 年以前建造的房屋中的儿童更有可能具有更高的 BLL(p=0.034)。户外土壤(GM=74.7μg/g)、厨房地板的家庭灰尘(GM=1.34μg/ft)和最大家庭含铅油漆的含量均与 BLL 显著相关(p<0.05)。尽管这些家庭媒体中的铅浓度与相应的 BLL 之间存在统计学上的显著关联,但这些因素单独对 BLL 的变异性的解释程度较差(土壤、家庭灰尘和油漆的 r 值分别为 0.07、0.12 和 0.06)。冲洗水(GM=0.89μg/L)和静止水(GM=2.07μg/L 和 1.18μg/L)的 BLL 与 tap 水样品中的铅浓度均无显著相关性(p>0.05)。