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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 55, 期 15, 页码 10578-10588出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c02001
关键词
human hair; heavy metals; regional variation; sex difference; antagonistic effects
资金
- National Key R&D Program of China [2019YFC1804502]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [42077404]
- Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund of South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, MEE [PM-zx703-201904-122, PM-zx421-202104-129]
This study found that most heavy metals were found in higher concentrations in the hair of residents in South Central China, with higher levels of arsenic and selenium in male hair, and higher levels of cadmium and lead in female hair. There were significant pairwise correlations between most metals in hair, especially between cadmium and lead.
Chronic exposure to low levels of heavy metals threatens human health. However, few studies evaluated the health effects and spatial distributions of chronic exposure to heavy metals in metropolitan residents throughout mainland China using unified sampling methods and evaluation indicators at the national level. Here, the concentrations and spatial distributions of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Sb, Pb, and Hg) in the hair of 1202 metropolitan residents from mainland China were analyzed, and differences in age and sex were evaluated. Most target metals exhibited higher concentrations in the hair of residents from South Central China. Generally, male hair had higher As and Se concentrations, whereas female hair had higher Cd and Pb levels (p < 0.05). A significant pairwise correlation existed between most metals in hair, especially Cd-Pb (r = 0.638, p < 0.05). The Se/heavy metal molar ratio is used as an indicator to assess the detoxification ability. The results demonstrated that protecting metropolitan residents in South Central China from heavy metals in their daily life is crucial, particularly for Hg, Pb, and Cr with Se/(Hg, Pb, or Cr) molar ratios < 1. This is the first study to comprehensively consider the antagonistic effects of Se and heavy metals using the molar ratio of Se/heavy metals to evaluate health implications and propose health management policies for metropolitan residents in China.
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