Biomarker Measurements of Concurrent Exposure to Multiple Environmental Chemicals and Chemical Classes in Children
- 26 May 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A
- Vol. 74 (14), 927-942
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2011.573745
Abstract
Concern is mounting that children from disadvantaged, low-income neighborhoods are likely to be both more exposed to chemical hazards and more susceptible to related adverse health effects. This article reports measurements of >75 individual biomarkers spanning 7 chemical/pollutant classes in blood and urine from more than 100 children living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnically diverse area of south Minneapolis, MN. Results indicate that a significant proportion of children in the study were at the high end of the exposure distribution compared to national reference ranges for a variety of environmental chemicals and/or their metabolites, including phthalates, organochlorine pesticides, organophosphate pesticides, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, and volatile organic compounds. In addition, levels of cotinine in urine indicate that more than half the children were regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke, with the upper 10th percentile exposed to relatively high concentrations.Keywords
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