比哈尔的中毒:通过水和食物来源进行比较的健康风险评估
Nirmal Kumar Chayal1,2, Arun Kumar3, Kumar Sambhav Verma2
1Mahavir Cancer Sansthan & Research Centre, Patna, Bihar, India.
Biological trace element research
|October 3, 2025
概括
在比哈尔,地下水和粮食中的污染对健康构成重大风险. 需要紧急的减轻计划来保护人口免受中毒.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 从受污染的地下水中产生的中毒是一个全球性的健康问题.
- 暴露发生在饮用水和食物中,导致各种健康问题,如皮肤问题,神经系统疾病和癌症.
研究的目的:
- 在比哈尔,量化水,食物 (小麦,大米) 和生物样本 (头发,指甲) 中的含量.
- 评估与暴露相关的健康风险,包括危险系数 (HQ) 和癌症风险 (CR).
- 调查不同来源和人类样本中污染之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 收集了286个家庭的水样,小麦和大米样本,以及家庭成员的头发和指甲样本.
- 使用适当的分析技术量化含量.
- 进行了相关性分析和地理空间分析,以了解污染模式和来源.
- 使用危险系数 (HQ) 和癌症风险 (CR) 评估评估的健康风险.
主要成果:
- 在14%的水,44%的小麦和3%的大米样本中,的含量超过了允许限度.
- 69%的参与者在头发中显示出高,在指甲样本中显示出11%.
- 在水,头发和指甲中的之间发现了正相关性;也在食物和生物样本之间.
- 地理空间分析表明,在比哈尔的六个地区存在相当大的污染.
- 卫生风险评估显示,与大米相比,小麦消费的风险更高,HQ和CR水平较高.
结论:
- 水和粮食中的污染是比哈尔暴露人口健康危害的重要原因.
- 由于污染,小麦的健康风险比大米更高.
- 迫切需要有效的缓解策略,以保护受影响地区的公共卫生.
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