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Yongcheng Li1,2, Olufunke Dina2, You Fu1

  • 1School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States.

Environmental Science & Technology
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A new multitracer method accurately quantifies children's dust and soil ingestion rates. This approach reduces uncertainty in exposure assessments, improving child health risk characterization.

Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health
  • Toxicology
  • Biogeochemistry

Background:

  • Accurate quantification of children's dust and soil ingestion is crucial for exposure and risk assessment.
  • Existing methods have limitations including measurement uncertainties and inability to differentiate dust from soil ingestion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel multitracer reconciliation approach for estimating individual-level dust and soil ingestion rates in children.
  • To address limitations of previous methods by simultaneously analyzing multiple tracers across various sample types.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a multitracer reconciliation approach using concurrent measurements of multiple elements in dust, soil, urine, and fecal samples.
  • Mathematically identified physiologically plausible solutions satisfying all tracer-specific mass-balance equations.
Keywords:
child healthdustingestionsoiltracer

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Published on: December 23, 2022

  • Applied the method to 112 U.S. children from diverse backgrounds.

    • Main Results:

    • The novel approach yielded personalized dust, soil, and combined ingestion rate estimates (medians: 38, 10, and 75 mg/day, respectively).
    • Estimates align with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reference values.
    • Ingestion patterns showed variations based on age, season, race/ethnicity, and body-mass-index.

    Conclusions:

    • The multitracer reconciliation framework provides a robust, data-driven method for reducing uncertainty in children's dust and soil ingestion estimates.
    • This refined quantification supports more accurate child-specific exposure and risk characterization.
    • The findings highlight the importance of considering individual factors in exposure assessment.