Dietary contributions to increased background lead, mercury, and cadmium in 9-11 Year old children: Accounting for racial differences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Initial interest in the adverse consequences of exposure to lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and cadmium (Cd) focused on relatively high exposures through environmental or occupational sources; however, recent evidence suggests even low-level background exposure to non-essential metals might be detrimental, particularly for children's health and development. One potentially important source of increased background levels of non-essential toxic metals is diet.

Objectives

We considered whether differences in diet are associated with levels of non-essential metals in blood and whether racial differences in metals are mediated by dietary differences.

Methods

We assessed blood levels of Pb, Hg, and Cd in a sample of 9-11 year-old children (N = 295) comprised of 42% Euro

SUBMITTER: Gump BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7898456 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature