Author, as appears in the article.: García F; Marquès M; Barbería E; Torralba P; Landin I; Laguna C; Domingo JL; Nadal M

Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

URV's Author/s: Barberia Marcalain, Eneko / Domingo Roig, José Luis / García Sayago, Francisco / Landin Roig, Maria Ines / Marquès Bueno, Montserrat / Nadal Lomas, Martí

Keywords: Trace elements Temporal trends Tarragona Spain Metals Individuals Human exposure Hazardous waste incinerator General-population Environmental-pollution Dibenzofuran concentrations Catalonia Blood Autopsy tissues temporal trends hazardous waste incinerator autopsy tissues

Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. The only hazardous waste incinerator (HWI) in Spain started to operate in 1999. Twenty years later, the levels of 11 trace elements (As, Be, Cd, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Tl and V) were analyzed in five different autopsy tissues (kidney, liver, brain, bone and lung) from 20 individuals who had been living near the facility. In 2019, As, Be, Tl and V were not detected in any of the analyzed tissues, while Hg could be only quantified in very few samples. The highest levels of Cd and Pb were found in kidney and bone, respectively, while those of Mn were observed in liver and kidney. In turn, the mean concentrations of Cr and Sn were very similar in all tissues. A consistent temporal trend (1998-2019) was only found for Cr and Pb. On the one hand, the mean Cr concentrations in kidney and bone have increased progressively since 1998. In contrast, the mean levels of Pb decreased significantly over time, probably due to ban of Pb as gasoline additive. The data global analysis indicates that the emissions of trace elements by the HWI have not increased the exposure and/or accumulation of these elements in individuals living near the facility.

Thematic Areas: Toxicology Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Environmental sciences Chemical health and safety

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 23056304

Author's mail: mariaines.landin@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat eneko.barberia@urv.cat francisco.garcia@urv.cat montserrat.marques@urv.cat eneko.barberia@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0001-5804-3597 0000-0003-0594-8370 0000-0001-6302-8578 0000-0001-5804-3597 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0001-6647-9470

Record's date: 2023-09-09

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/1/11

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Toxics. 8 (1):

APA: García F; Marquès M; Barbería E; Torralba P; Landin I; Laguna C; Domingo JL; Nadal M (2020). Biomonitoring of trace elements in subjects living near a hazardous waste incinerator: Concentrations in autopsy tissues. Toxics, 8(1), -. DOI: 10.3390/toxics8010011

Article's DOI: 10.3390/toxics8010011

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications