TY - JOUR AU - Hernández Rodríguez, Carol Brigitte AU - Gutierrez-Malaxechebarria, Alvaro Martin AU - Zafra Mejía, Carlos Alfonso PY - 2021/06/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Reported Lead Levels in Different Environmental Matrices in Colombia JF - Ingenieria y Universidad JA - IyU VL - 25 IS - SE - Special Section: Health Care Engineering DO - 10.11144/Javeriana.iued25.rlld UR - https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/iyu/article/view/26198 SP - AB - <p><em>Objective:</em> The aim of this paper is to present a review of specific cases that reported lead concentrations in blood, objects, food, soil, bioindicators, air, and water in specific places in Colombia and evaluate the reported concentrations against target values. <em>Materials and Methods:</em> A systematic qualitative literature review of publications between 1995 and 2019 was done; using Boolean operators 1571 papers were identified, to which 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria were applied. A total of 57 studies met the defined criteria. The reports in these studies were geo-localized and compared with acceptable values. <em>Results and Discussion:</em> Results suggest that lead is present in all environmental matrices, widely distributed in the Colombian territory, and that 72 % of the cases exceeded regulation limits. The percentage of noncompliance per environmental matrix was 89 % for blood samples, 71 % in food, 63 %, in soil, 89 % for bioindicators, 60 % for air, and 55 % for water. <em>Conclusion:</em> These results show that lead pollution is a large-scale problem in the country, more systematic studies are needed, and control measures, policy-making and regulatory updating should be pursued.</p> ER -