Lead Environmental Pollution and Childhood Lead Poisoning at Ban Thi Commune, Bac Kan Province, Vietnam
Joint Authors
Van Tung, Lo
Doan, Ngoc Hai
Giang, Hoang Thi
Khue, Pham Minh
Van, Duong Khanh
Binh, Ta Thi
Phuong, Ha Lan
Trung, Nguyen Dinh
Son, Nguyen Duc
Hung, Nguyen Minh
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-11-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Lead poisoning is a public health problem in many areas of the world.
Children are at particularly high risk for adverse effects of lead exposure; even at low concentrations, lead can affect physical, mental, and behavioral development.
Children living near lead-zinc mines are at high risk for environmental lead poisoning, especially the contaminated soil.
We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study in Ban Thi Commune, northern Vietnam.
195 children (92,9% participation) aged 3-14 years old (average: 7.69 ± 2.90) were randomly selected from a list of all children prepared by the village health collaborators.
109 (55.90%) were boys and 86 (44.10%) were girls.
The research measures were the lead concentration in native soil and the children’s total blood lead concentration determined by the inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method.
The results showed that lead content in soil was many times higher than American Environmental Protection Agency and Vietnam standards (average 2980.23 ± 6092.84 mg/kg dry weight of soil (range 80.05 – 33820.62)).
Average blood lead levels for children were 15.42 ± 6.45 μg/dL (95% CI: 14.50 -16.33 μg/dL).
The percentage of children with lead levels >10 μg/dL (value considered to be lead poisoning for children according to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam) was 79.49% of the total number of children.
None of the children in this study had blood lead level (BLL) that required chelation treatment according to Vietnam MOH guideline (BLL ≥45 μg/dL).
There is weakly evidence that lead exposure relates to the physical development of children.
Children with low lead concentrations (less than 10 μg/dL) had height and weight of 1.47-3.51 cm and 1.19-2.81 kg, greater than those with BLL >10 μg/dL (p>0.05).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Doan, Ngoc Hai& Van Tung, Lo& Van, Duong Khanh& Binh, Ta Thi& Phuong, Ha Lan& Trung, Nguyen Dinh…[et al.]. 2018. Lead Environmental Pollution and Childhood Lead Poisoning at Ban Thi Commune, Bac Kan Province, Vietnam. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127121
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Doan, Ngoc Hai…[et al.]. Lead Environmental Pollution and Childhood Lead Poisoning at Ban Thi Commune, Bac Kan Province, Vietnam. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127121
American Medical Association (AMA)
Doan, Ngoc Hai& Van Tung, Lo& Van, Duong Khanh& Binh, Ta Thi& Phuong, Ha Lan& Trung, Nguyen Dinh…[et al.]. Lead Environmental Pollution and Childhood Lead Poisoning at Ban Thi Commune, Bac Kan Province, Vietnam. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127121
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1127121