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chemical contamination
heavy metals
population
public-health population studies
environmental risk
environmental health
Cauca River
heavy metals
population
public-health population studies
environmental risk
environmental health
Cauca River
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Exploratory Study on the Evaluation of Health Risk in Lactating Mothers due to Contaminated Fish Consumption from the Cauca River, Valle del Cauca (Colombia). (2018). Ambiente Y Desarrollo, 22(43). https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.ayd22-43.eeer
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Cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) concentration was quantified in the fish Prochilodus magdalenae (bocachico) and Chaetostoma spp. (corroncho). The health risk due to consuming this fish was estimated in lactating mother living in three locations along the Cauca River. Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk was quantified by using probabilistic modeling with Crystal Ball 11.0Ò and applying the Monte Carlo simulation model for 100,000 iterations. The average concentration was measured for the following metals: Cd = 46 μg/kg-1, Hg = 235 μg/kg-1, and Pb = 35 μg/kg-1. Regarding the mercury, in two locations in Cali, it was found that the values for non-carcinogenic risk and tolerable weekly consumption are above maximum limits allowed by the USEPA.
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Cordy, P., Veiga, M., Salih, I., Al-Saadi, S., Console, S., Garcia, O., y Roeser, M. (2011). Mercury contamination from artisanal gold mining in Antioquia, Colombia: The world’s highest per capita mercury pollution. Science of the Total Environment, 410-411, 154–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.006
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Echeverry, G., Zapata, A., Páez, M., Méndez, F., y Peña, M. (2015). Valoración del riesgo en salud en un grupo de población de Cali, Colombia, por exposición a plomo, cadmio, mercurio, ácido 2,4-diclorofenoxiacético y diuron, asociada al cosumo de agua potable y alimentos. Biomédica, 35, 110–19. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v35i0.2464
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Mancera, J., y Álvarez, R. (2006). Current state of knowledge of the concentration of mercury and other heavy metals in fresh water fish in Colombia. Acta Biológica Colombiana, 11(1), 3–23. https://doi.org/doa.org/toc/1900-1649/11/0
Márquez, H., Torres, A., Macías, E., Hernández, A., Martínez, I., Morales, J., y Sánchez, I. (2016). Estimación de riesgo de exposición a metales pesados por consumo de plecos (Pterygoplichthys spp.) en infantes de comunidades ribereñas de los ríos Grijalva y Usumacinta, México. Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental, 32(2), 153–164. https://doi.org/10.20937/RICA.2016.32.02.02
Marrugo, J., Benitez, N., y Olivero, J. (2008). Distribution of mercury in several environmental compartments in an aquatic ecosystem impacted by gold mining in northern Colombia. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 55(2), 305–316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-007-9129-7
Marrugo, J., Verbel, J., Ceballos, L., y Benitez, N. (2008). Total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in fish from the Mojana region of Colombia. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30(1), 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-007-9104-2
Mejías, J., y Jerez, J. (2006). Guía para la toma de muestras de residuos de plaguicidas: Agua, sedimento y suelo. Temuco: Inia.
Mendoza, C., González, L., y Benítez, N. (2007). Concentración de mercurio y zinc en los suelos superficiales aledaños al basurero de Navarro de la ciudad de Cali. Determinación de su distribución espacial. Revista de La Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad del Valle, 11, 26–31.
Mercosur. (2014). Reglamento técnico Mercosur sobre límites máximos de contaminantes inorgánicos en alimentos. Asunción: Autor.
Monroy, M., Maceda, A., y Sostoa, A. de. (2014). Metal concentration in water, sediment and four fish species from Lake Titicaca reveals a large-scale environmental concern. Science of the Total Environment, 487(1), 233–244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.134
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (1987). Toxicological review of cadmium. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (1989). Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume I: Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A) (Vol. I). Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (1996). Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Siliceous and Organically Based Matrices. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (1998). Method 7010: Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (2001). Toxicological Review of Mercury and Methylmercury. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (2014). Toxicological Review of Lead. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO). (2013). Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed. Roma: Autor.
Páez, M., Uribe, M., Díaz, S., Castro, R., Barbosa, E., Carvajal, N., y Londoño, A. (2011). Evaluación de riesgo en humanos por plaguicidas en tomate cultivado con sistemas tradicional y BPA (Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas). Revista Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Universidad Del Valle, 15, 153–167.
Pollack, A., Sjaarda, L., Ahrens, K., Mumford, S., Browne, R., Wactawski, J., y Schisterman, E. (2014). Association of cadmium, lead and mercury with paraoxonase 1 activity in women. PLOS ONE, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092152
Programa Ambiental del Caribe (PNUMA). (2008). Guía para el muestreo, preparación y análisis de contaminantes orgánicos en muestras ambientales (agua, suelos/sedimentos y biota). Kingston: Autor.
Raissy, M., y Ansari, M. (2014). Health risk assessment of mercury and arsenic associated with consumption of fish from the Persian Gulf. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(2), 1235–1240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-013-3452-4
Storelli, M. (2008). Potential human health risks from metals (Hg, Cd, and Pb) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) via seafood consumption: Estimation of target hazard quotients (THQs) and toxic equivalents (TEQs). Food and Chemical Toxicology, 46(8), 2782–2788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2008.05.011
Suárez, L., y Aristizabal J. (2013). Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: A failed state. Universitas Scientiarum, 18(1), 33–49.
Vieira, C., Morais, S., Ramos, S., Delerue, D., y Oliveira, M. (2011). Mercury, cadmium, lead and arsenic levels in three pelagic fish species from the Atlantic ocean: Intra and inter specific variability and human health risks for consumption. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 49(4), 923–932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2010.12.016
Vivas, A., Arboleda, M., Sanchez, R., Benitez, N., Bravo, E., Soto, A., y Larmat, F. (2014). Mutagenicity evaluation caused by heavy metals found in Cauca river water in the city of Cali, Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Química, 43(Mi), 18–24. https://doi.org/10.15446/rev.colomb.quim.v43n2.53119
Alvarez, S., Jessick, A., Palacio, J., y Kolok, A. (2012). Methylmercury concentrations in six fish species from two Colombian rivers. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 88(1), 65–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-011-0458-x
Alvarez, S., Kolok, A., Jimenez, L., Granados, C., y Palacio, J. (2012). Mercury concentrations in muscle and liver tissue of fish from marshes along the Magdalena river, Colombia. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 89(4), 836–840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0782-9
Burbure, C. de, Buchet, J., Leroyer, A., Nisse, C., Haguenoer, J., Mutti, A., y Bernard, A. (2006). Renal and neurologic effects of cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic in children: Evidence of early effects and multiple interactions at environmental exposure levels. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(4), 584–590. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8202
Castro, M., y Méndez, M. (2008). Heavy metals: Implications associated to fish consumption. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 26(3), 263–271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2008.06.001
Cordy, P., Veiga, M., Salih, I., Al-Saadi, S., Console, S., Garcia, O., y Roeser, M. (2011). Mercury contamination from artisanal gold mining in Antioquia, Colombia: The world’s highest per capita mercury pollution. Science of the Total Environment, 410-411, 154–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.006
Duque, G., Marrugo, J., Suárez, H., y Olivares, M. (2016). Evaluación de riesgo de mercurio en peces de aguas continentales en Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto Nacional de Salud.
Echeverry, G., Zapata, A., Páez, M., Méndez, F., y Peña, M. (2015). Valoración del riesgo en salud en un grupo de población de Cali, Colombia, por exposición a plomo, cadmio, mercurio, ácido 2,4-diclorofenoxiacético y diuron, asociada al cosumo de agua potable y alimentos. Biomédica, 35, 110–19. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v35i0.2464
El-Moselhy, K., Othman, A., El-Azem, H., y El-Metwally, M. (2014). Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in some tissues of fish in the Red Sea, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 1(2), 97–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejbas.2014.06.001
European Food Safety Authority. (2004). Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain on a request from the Commission related to mercury and methylmercury in food. Oslo: Autor.
Figueroa, R., Caicedo, D., Echeverry, G., Peña, M., y Méndez, F. (2017). Condición socioeconómica, patrones de alimentación y exposición a metales pesados en mujeres en edad fértil de Cali, Colombia. Biomédica, 37(3), 341–352. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3286
García, E., Pérez, B., Fernández, M., Pérez, M., Gil, E., de Paz, C., … Aragonéz, N. (2011). Mercury, lead and cadmium in human milk in relation to diet, lifestyle habits and sociodemographic variables in Madrid (Spain). Chemosphere, 85(2), 268–276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.05.029
Gil, M., Torres, A., Harvey, M., y Esteves, J. (2006). Heavy metals in marine organisms from the coastal zone of continental Argentine Patagonia. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 41(2), 167–176. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572006000200004
Kwok, K., Liang, Y., Wang, H., Dong, H., Leung, Y., y Wong, H. (2014). Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fish and ardeid at Pearl River Estuary, China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 106, 62–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.016
Mancera, J., y Álvarez, R. (2006). Current state of knowledge of the concentration of mercury and other heavy metals in fresh water fish in Colombia. Acta Biológica Colombiana, 11(1), 3–23. https://doi.org/doa.org/toc/1900-1649/11/0
Márquez, H., Torres, A., Macías, E., Hernández, A., Martínez, I., Morales, J., y Sánchez, I. (2016). Estimación de riesgo de exposición a metales pesados por consumo de plecos (Pterygoplichthys spp.) en infantes de comunidades ribereñas de los ríos Grijalva y Usumacinta, México. Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental, 32(2), 153–164. https://doi.org/10.20937/RICA.2016.32.02.02
Marrugo, J., Benitez, N., y Olivero, J. (2008). Distribution of mercury in several environmental compartments in an aquatic ecosystem impacted by gold mining in northern Colombia. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 55(2), 305–316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-007-9129-7
Marrugo, J., Verbel, J., Ceballos, L., y Benitez, N. (2008). Total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in fish from the Mojana region of Colombia. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30(1), 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-007-9104-2
Mejías, J., y Jerez, J. (2006). Guía para la toma de muestras de residuos de plaguicidas: Agua, sedimento y suelo. Temuco: Inia.
Mendoza, C., González, L., y Benítez, N. (2007). Concentración de mercurio y zinc en los suelos superficiales aledaños al basurero de Navarro de la ciudad de Cali. Determinación de su distribución espacial. Revista de La Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad del Valle, 11, 26–31.
Mercosur. (2014). Reglamento técnico Mercosur sobre límites máximos de contaminantes inorgánicos en alimentos. Asunción: Autor.
Monroy, M., Maceda, A., y Sostoa, A. de. (2014). Metal concentration in water, sediment and four fish species from Lake Titicaca reveals a large-scale environmental concern. Science of the Total Environment, 487(1), 233–244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.134
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (1987). Toxicological review of cadmium. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (1989). Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume I: Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A) (Vol. I). Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (1996). Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Siliceous and Organically Based Matrices. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (1998). Method 7010: Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (2001). Toxicological Review of Mercury and Methylmercury. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. (2014). Toxicological Review of Lead. Washington, D. C.: Autor.
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO). (2013). Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed. Roma: Autor.
Páez, M., Uribe, M., Díaz, S., Castro, R., Barbosa, E., Carvajal, N., y Londoño, A. (2011). Evaluación de riesgo en humanos por plaguicidas en tomate cultivado con sistemas tradicional y BPA (Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas). Revista Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Universidad Del Valle, 15, 153–167.
Pollack, A., Sjaarda, L., Ahrens, K., Mumford, S., Browne, R., Wactawski, J., y Schisterman, E. (2014). Association of cadmium, lead and mercury with paraoxonase 1 activity in women. PLOS ONE, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092152
Programa Ambiental del Caribe (PNUMA). (2008). Guía para el muestreo, preparación y análisis de contaminantes orgánicos en muestras ambientales (agua, suelos/sedimentos y biota). Kingston: Autor.
Raissy, M., y Ansari, M. (2014). Health risk assessment of mercury and arsenic associated with consumption of fish from the Persian Gulf. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(2), 1235–1240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-013-3452-4
Storelli, M. (2008). Potential human health risks from metals (Hg, Cd, and Pb) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) via seafood consumption: Estimation of target hazard quotients (THQs) and toxic equivalents (TEQs). Food and Chemical Toxicology, 46(8), 2782–2788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2008.05.011
Suárez, L., y Aristizabal J. (2013). Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: A failed state. Universitas Scientiarum, 18(1), 33–49.
Vieira, C., Morais, S., Ramos, S., Delerue, D., y Oliveira, M. (2011). Mercury, cadmium, lead and arsenic levels in three pelagic fish species from the Atlantic ocean: Intra and inter specific variability and human health risks for consumption. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 49(4), 923–932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2010.12.016
Vivas, A., Arboleda, M., Sanchez, R., Benitez, N., Bravo, E., Soto, A., y Larmat, F. (2014). Mutagenicity evaluation caused by heavy metals found in Cauca river water in the city of Cali, Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Química, 43(Mi), 18–24. https://doi.org/10.15446/rev.colomb.quim.v43n2.53119
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