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Xu Y, Huang H, Zeng Q, Yu C, Yao M, Hong F, Luo P, Pan X, Zhang A. The effect of elemental content on the risk of dental fluorosis and the exposure of the environment and population to fluoride produced by coal-burning. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2017; 56:329-339. [PMID: 29101881 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2017.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Endemic fluorosis is a geochemical disease that affects thousands of people. Growing evidence from domestic and foreign studies indicate that fluorosis is associated with an abnormal level of the elements (such as F, Ca, Fe, Mg, Cu, Zn, P) in the environment and a population exposed to fluoride. To study the effect of the elemental content on the risk of dental fluorosis, the content of 25 elements in the environment produced by coal-burning and a population exposed to fluoride was determined. The results show that an abnormal level of various elements (including F, Al, Se, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mo, Mn, B, V, Ca, Mg, and P) in the population exposed to fluoride, which is related to the increasing or decreasing of the corresponding elements in the environment. Subsequent univariate and multivariate regression analyses show that high levels of F, Al, As, Pb and Cr were a risk factor for dental fluorosis, but not Se, Zn, Cu, B, Ca and P which were a protective factor for dental fluorosis. This study can provide a scientific basis for a further understanding of the causes of health damage caused by fluoride and the improvement of targeted prevention strategies.
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- Yuyan Xu
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China.
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Ameeramja J, Perumal E. Pulmonary fluorosis: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:22119-22132. [PMID: 28840484 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9951-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The increased industrialization and improvised human lifestyle lead to a surge in environmental pollution nowadays. Even the chemicals which are known as prophylactic agents were currently liable to be toxic. One among them is inorganic fluoride whose wider application in numerous processes makes it as an inevitable environmental contaminant and industrial pollutant. Although the systemic toxicity of fluoride has been extensively studied, still there is lacuna in the field of pulmonary fluoride toxicity. Hence, we have focused on the molecular mechanism of action of fluoride compounds on pulmonary system. A study of literatures that focused on the potential physiological and toxicological consequences of fluoride on pulmonary system was carried out. The goal of this review is to present an overview of the research carried out till date on the molecular aspects of fluoride exposure with emphasis on pulmonary system and their possible mechanisms.
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- Jaishabanu Ameeramja
- Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 640 046, India
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- Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 640 046, India.
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Wang H, Mu L, Jiang M, Wang Y, Yan W, Jiao Y. The relationship between chemical elements in soil and whole blood, and fluorosis induced by coal-fired pollution. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2014; 186:2081-2088. [PMID: 24221959 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3519-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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To study the relationship between chemical elements in soil and whole blood, and fluorosis induced by coal-fired pollution, ecological and case-control studies were carried out. We determined the concentrations of 11 chemical elements and pH values in soil in two fluorosis-affected counties in Chongqing, China, and analyzed the correlation between these values and prevalence of dental fluorosis. Ni, I, F, Hg, and pH values positively correlated with fluorosis prevalence (P < 0.05); these soil parameters may be related to coal-fired pollution fluorosis. Cu, Zn, Ca, Mg, and Fe concentrations in whole blood, and fluoride levels in urine of residents in epidemic and non-epidemic areas were determined. Cu, Zn, Mg, and Fe levels of the children in the case group were lower than those of the children in the external control group; urine fluoride level in the children in the case group was higher than that of the children in the internal and external control groups (P < 0.05). The levels of Mg, Fe, and urine fluoride were higher in the case adult group than in the internal adult control group (P < 0.05). Anti-fluoride elements were deficient in endemic areas.
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- Hao Wang
- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Yi Xue Yuang Road No.1, Yu Zhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China,
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Child skeletal fluorosis from indoor burning of coal in southwestern China. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2009; 2009:969764. [PMID: 20041010 PMCID: PMC2778178 DOI: 10.1155/2009/969764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2008] [Revised: 03/08/2009] [Accepted: 08/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We assess the prevalence and pathogenic stage of skeletal fluorosis among children and adolescents residing in a severe coal-burning endemic fluorosis area of southwest China. METHODS We used a cross-sectional design. A total of 1,616 students aged between 7 and 16 years in Zhijin County, Guizhou, China in late 2004 were selected via a cluster sampling of all 9-year compulsory education schools to complete the study questionnaire. Any student lived in a household that burned coal, used an open-burning stove, or baked foodstuffs over a coal stove was deemed high-risk for skeletal fluorosis. About 23% (370) of students (188 boys, 182 girls) were identified as high-risk and further examined by X-ray. RESULTS One-third of the 370 high-risk participants were diagnosed with skeletal fluorosis. Overall prevalence of child skeletal fluorosis due to indoor burning of coal was 7.5%. Children aged 12-16 years were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with skeletal fluorosis than children aged 7-11 years (OR = 1.84, 95% CI: 1.17-2.90; P = .0082). Four types of skeletal fluorosis were identified: constrictive (60.7%), raritas (15.6%), mixed (16.4%), and soft (7.4%). Most diagnosed cases (91%) were mild or moderate in severity. In addition, about 97% of 370 high-risk children were identified with dental fluorosis. Dental fluorosis was highly correlated with skeletal fluorosis in this study. CONCLUSIONS Skeletal fluorosis among children may contribute to poor health and reduced productivity when they reach adulthood. Further efforts to reduce fluoride exposure among children in southwestern of China where coal is burned indoors are desperately needed.
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Zhang JJ, Smith KR. Household air pollution from coal and biomass fuels in China: measurements, health impacts, and interventions. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2007; 115:848-55. [PMID: 17589590 PMCID: PMC1892127 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2006] [Accepted: 02/27/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Nearly all China's rural residents and a shrinking fraction of urban residents use solid fuels (biomass and coal) for household cooking and/or heating. Consequently, global meta-analyses of epidemiologic studies indicate that indoor air pollution from solid fuel use in China is responsible for approximately 420,000 premature deaths annually, more than the approximately 300,000 attributed to urban outdoor air pollution in the country. Our objective in this review was to help elucidate the extent of this indoor air pollution health hazard. DATA SOURCES We reviewed approximately 200 publications in both Chinese- and English-language journals that reported health effects, exposure characteristics, and fuel/stove intervention options. CONCLUSIONS Observed health effects include respiratory illnesses, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, weakening of the immune system, and reduction in lung function. Arsenic poisoning and fluorosis resulting from the use of "poisonous" coal have been observed in certain regions of China. Although attempts have been made in a few studies to identify specific coal smoke constituents responsible for specific adverse health effects, the majority of indoor air measurements include those of only particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and/or nitrogen dioxide. These measurements indicate that pollution levels in households using solid fuel generally exceed China's indoor air quality standards. Intervention technologies ranging from simply adding a chimney to the more complex modernized bioenergy program are available, but they can be viable only with coordinated support from the government and the commercial sector.
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- Junfeng Jim Zhang
- School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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