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CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF FOOD AND ITS IMPACT ON POPULATION HEALTH IN ARKHANGELSK REGION

2012; ECO-vector; Volume: 19; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.17816/humeco17398

ISSN

2949-1444

Autores

А. В. Лыжина, Roman V. Buzinov, T. N. Unguryanu, А. Б. Гудков,

Tópico(s)

Human Health and Disease

Resumo

Food contamination in the Arkhangelsk region has been studied. The average concentration of nitrates (82.4 mg/kg) in vegetables and fruits of local production was 1.4 times higher comparing to the hygienic standard. The hazard index (HI) and the individual cancer risk index (CR) were used to study contaminants impact on health. Non-cancer risk was dangerous for the nervous (HI = 4.9), cardiovascular (HI = 4.4), immune (HI = 4.7) systems, skin (HI = 4.3), the hormonal exchange (HI = 5.2) and the digestive apparatus (HI = 5.3). The total cancer risk was high ^R = 1.9 х 10 -3) and associated with fish contamination by arsenic (95.2 %).

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