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Relations between personal exposure to elevated concentrations of arsenic in water and soil and blood arsenic levels amongst people living in rural areas in Limpopo, South Africa by Thandi Kapwata; Caradee Y. Wright; Tarylee Reddy; Renee Street; Zamantimande Kunene; Angela Mathee is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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Exposure to arsenic even at low levels can lead to adverse health outcomes, however, there is a paucity of research from South Africa in relation to human exposure to arsenic. We investigated long-term exposure of residents in Limpopo province, South Africa, in a cross-sectional study by analysing water, soil and blood arsenic concentrations from two arsenic-exposed (high and medium–low exposure) villages and one non-exposed (control) village. There were statistically significant differences in the distribution of arsenic in water, soil and blood amongst the three sites. The median drinking water arsenic concentration in the high-exposure village was 1.75 μg/L (range = 0.02 to 81.30 μg/L), 0.45 μg/L (range = 0.100 to 6.00 μg/L) in the medium- / low-exposure village and 0.15 μg/L (range = < limit of detection (LOD) to 29.30 μg/L) in the control site. The median soil arsenic concentration in the high-exposure village was 23.91 mg/kg (range = < LOD to 92.10 mg/kg) whilst arsenic concentrations were below the limit of detection in all soil samples collected from the medium-/low-exposure and control villages. In the high-exposure village, the median blood arsenic concentration was 1.6
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- Author
- Thandi Kapwata; Caradee Y. Wright; Tarylee Reddy; Renee Street; Zamantimande Kunene; Angela Mathee
- Publisher
- Springer
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)