Arsenic speciation in the urine and hair of individuals exposed to airborne arsenic through coal-burning in Guizhou,PR China |
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Authors: | Shraim Amjad Cui Xing Li Song Ng Jack C Wang Jianping Jin Yinlong Liu Yingchun Guo Lei Li Dasheng Wang Shuquan Zhang Ruizhi Hirano Seishiro |
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Institution: | Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Ibaraki, Japan. a.shraim@uq.edu.au |
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Abstract: | The extent of exposure of residents of Changqing (Guizhou, PR China) to arsenic through coal-burning was investigated. Despite the low coal-arsenic content (56.3+/-42.5 mg As kg(-1)) when compared with coals collected at different location and times from the same province, more than 30% of the study subjects have shown symptoms of arsenicosis. Coal, urine, hair, and water samples were collected in mid-September 2001 and analysed for arsenic. The average urinary and hair-arsenic concentrations in the exposed subjects were 71.4+/-37.1 microg As g(-1) creatinine (control 41.6+/-12.1) and 7.99+/-8.16 mg kg(-1), respectively. A positive correlation between the hair and urinary-arsenic concentration (R(2)=0.601) was found. There was no significant difference between females and males for both urinary and hair-arsenic concentrations. Females were found to have a higher dimethylarsinic acid but lower percentages of inorganic arsenic and monomethylarsonic acid in their urine than males. |
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