title: Modern Bedouin exposures to copper contamination: an imperial legacy?
abstract: The exposure of a modern Bedouin population living in the deserts and mountains of southwestern Jordan, to metal contamination was assessed via the analysis of sediments, plants, livestock, and foodstuffs. Exposure to copper is demonstrated to be a potential hazard. The Bedouin are shown to be vulnerable to contamination via several pathways, the most serious of which are familiar in the industrialized environments of the developed world.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Geography and Earth Studies, University of Wales, SY23 3DB, Wales, Aberystwyth Dyfed, UK. jpg@aber.ac.uk
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Grattan
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Huxley
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Pyatt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D018912:Arabs; D003300:Copper / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005506:Food Contamination; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry; D011634:Public Health
chemical_list: D003300:Copper