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ASSESSMENT OF MERCURY IN DIAGNOSTIC BIOMATERIALS OF DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS OF URBAN AREAS OF MOSCOW REGION

Section

Earth Science

Title

ASSESSMENT OF MERCURY IN DIAGNOSTIC BIOMATERIALS OF DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS OF URBAN AREAS OF MOSCOW REGION

Сontributors

A.V. Gorbunov, D. Ph., Senior Scientific Smployee of the Geological institute to Russian Academy of the sciences (GIN RAN), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

G. A.Granovskaya, Chief Engineer of the GIN RAN, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

B.V. Ermolaev, Chief Engineer of the GIN RAN, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

S.M. Lyapunov, D. Ph., Head of Laboratory of the GIN RAN, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

I.I. Ilchenko, Doctor of Science in medicine, Professor, Head of Laboratory of Medical and Environmental Research of Public Health Research Institute of Population and Health Management of the First MGMU named after I. M. Sechenov; Professor of the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine of the First MGMU named after I. M. Sechenov, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

M. V. Frontasyeva, D. Ph., Head of Sector of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (LNP) of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

S.S. Pavlov, Chief Engineer of Sector LNP named I. M. Frank of the JINR, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

The results of a survey of different population groups in the Moscow region (the workers of enterprises, residents of «contaminated» and «clean» areas, pregnant women and children) to assess the content of mercury in samples of various biomaterials, taken during the course of research are presented. The peculiarities of selection, transportation, storage and preparation for analysis of the samples of hair, nails, urine and umbilical venous blood of inhabitants of different regions are described. The analytical capabilities of instrumental neutron activation analysis and atomic absorption spectrometry with «cold steam» used to study biological materials are shown. The concentrations of mercury in the venous and umbilical cord blood, urine, hair and nails of various groups were determined, and these data were compared with normal and thresholds values. The estimation (as a percentage) of the number of excess cases of normal (background) concentrations showed no significant exposures of mercury in the cities studied. Assessment of the relationship between the degree of consumption of seafood during pregnancy and a high content of mercury in the study biomaterials was carried out.

Keywords

mercury, hair, nails, urine, venous and umbilical cord blood, the impact, the human body, seafood.

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