title: Exposure assessment of heavy metals (Cd, Hg, and Pb) by the intake of local foods from Zhejiang, China.
abstract: Considering the environmental pollution, food safety is of great concern to the consumers. The present study was conducted to assess the health risk of cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb) through the dietary intake in Zhejiang, China. Eight hundred and sixty two food samples including aquatic products, meat, vegetables, milk and dairy products, and cereal grains were analyzed. Only 2.44 % (Cd), 1.39 % (Hg), and 1.51 % (Pb) of the samples exceeded the maximum allowable concentration set by Chinese Ministry of Health. The average dietary intakes of Cd, Hg, and Pb were estimated to be 0.26, 0.14, and 0.55 μg/kg bw/day, respectively. Compared with the reference doses, the mean exposure of Cd, Hg, and Pb was all less than the tolerable intake value. Only at the 95th percentile level, Cd and Hg exposure exceeded the values of tolerable intakes by 40 and 277 %, respectively. It indicates that there is low health risk to the dietary exposure of Cd, Hg, and Pb for general people in Zhejiang province, China.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical-chemistry Room No. 401, Bin-Sheng Road No. 3399, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, 310051, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Zhu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiao-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D002681:China; D002523:Edible Grain; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008460:Meat; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis*; D011634:Public Health; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead; D008628:Mercury