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Boron occurs most frequently in nature as borates and boric acid, never as the free element. Its largest uses are in glass, detergents, and agriculture. Essential for higher plants, there is growing evidence for essentiality in vertebrates. Humans consume daily about a milligram of boron, mostly from fruit and vegetables. At high doses, boron is a developmental and reproductive toxin in animals. Pregnant rats were the most sensitive. An oral NOAEL of 9.6 mg B/kg/day was established for developmental toxicity in Sprague-Dawley rats fed boric acid. To extrapolate from the large, animal boron toxicity database to humans, especially to pregnant women, information on renal clearance of boron was needed. This study's purpose was to measure renal clearance of boron in pregnant and nonpregnant woman. In 16 second trimester women and 15 nonpregnant age-matched referents, dietary boron provided the blood and urine boron concentrations used for calculating boron clearance. The pregnant and nonpregnant boron intake was 1.35 and 1.31 mg boron/24 h, respectively. Blood for boron, creatinine, and urea was collected at the start, at 2 h, and at 24 h. Urine was collected during the first 2 h in the

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Author

M. V. Pahl

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)