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García F, Barbería E, Torralba P, Landin I, Laguna C, Marquès M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Decreasing temporal trends of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in adipose tissue from residents near a hazardous waste incinerator. Sci Total Environ 2021; 751:141844. [PMID: 32861949 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) are very toxic chemicals which are emitted in waste incineration and whose exposure has important adverse effects for the human health. In 2019, adipose tissue samples were collected from 15 individuals with a median age of 61 years, who had been living near a hazardous waste incinerator in Constantí (Spain). The content of PCDD/Fs in each sample was analyzed. The results were compared with data from previous studies, conducted before (1998) and after (2002, 2007 and 2013) the facility started to operate, and based on populations of similar age. In 2019, the mean concentration of PCDD/Fs in adipose tissue was 6.63 pg WHO-TEQ/g fat, ranging from 0.95 to 12.95 pg WHO-TEQ/g fat. A significant reduction was observed with respect to the baseline study (1998), when a mean PCDD/Fs concentration of 40.1 pg WHO-TEQ/g fat was found. Moreover, the current level was much lower than those observed in the 3 previous studies (9.89, 14.6 and 11.5 pg WHO-TEQ/g fat in 2002, 2007 and 2013, respectively). The body burdens of PCDD/Fs were strongly correlated with age. The significant reduction of PCDD/Fs levels in adipose tissue fully agreed with the decreasing trend of the dietary intake of PCDD/Fs by the population of the zone (from 210.1 pg I-TEQ/day in 2018 to 8.54 pg WHO-TEQ/day in 2018). Furthermore, a similar decrease has been also observed in other biological, such as breast milk and plasma. The current data in adipose tissue, as well as those in other biological monitors, indicate that the population living near the HWI is not particularly exposed to high levels of PCDD/Fs. However, biomonitoring studies cannot differentiate the impact of the HWI emissions from food consumption patterns. This question can be only solved by conducting complementary investigations and contrasting the results of monitoring and epidemiological studies.
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- Francisco García
- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain; Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain; Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain; Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain.
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García F, Marquès M, Barbería E, Torralba P, Landin I, Laguna C, Domingo JL, Nadal M. Biomonitoring of Trace Elements in Subjects Living Near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator: Concentrations in Autopsy Tissues. Toxics 2020; 8:E11. [PMID: 32053890 PMCID: PMC7151724 DOI: 10.3390/toxics8010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The only hazardous waste incinerator (HWI) in Spain started to operate in 1999. Twenty years later, the levels of 11 trace elements (As, Be, Cd, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Tl and V) were analyzed in five different autopsy tissues (kidney, liver, brain, bone and lung) from 20 individuals who had been living near the facility. In 2019, As, Be, Tl and V were not detected in any of the analyzed tissues, while Hg could be only quantified in very few samples. The highest levels of Cd and Pb were found in kidney and bone, respectively, while those of Mn were observed in liver and kidney. In turn, the mean concentrations of Cr and Sn were very similar in all tissues. A consistent temporal trend (1998-2019) was only found for Cr and Pb. On the one hand, the mean Cr concentrations in kidney and bone have increased progressively since 1998. In contrast, the mean levels of Pb decreased significantly over time, probably due to ban of Pb as gasoline additive. The data global analysis indicates that the emissions of trace elements by the HWI have not increased the exposure and/or accumulation of these elements in individuals living near the facility.
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- Francisco García
- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain; (F.G.); (M.M.); (J.L.D.)
- Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain; (E.B.); (P.T.); (I.L.); (C.L.)
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain; (F.G.); (M.M.); (J.L.D.)
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- Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain; (E.B.); (P.T.); (I.L.); (C.L.)
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- Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain; (E.B.); (P.T.); (I.L.); (C.L.)
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- Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain; (E.B.); (P.T.); (I.L.); (C.L.)
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- Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses, Divisió de Tarragona, Rambla del President Lluís Companys 10, 43005 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain; (E.B.); (P.T.); (I.L.); (C.L.)
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain; (F.G.); (M.M.); (J.L.D.)
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain; (F.G.); (M.M.); (J.L.D.)
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Barbería E, Gispert R, Gallo B, Ribas G, Puigdefàbregas A, Freitas A, Segú E, Torralba P, García-Sayago F, Estarellas A. Mejora de la estadística de mortalidad por suicidio en Tarragona (Cataluña, España) entre 2004 y 2012. Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental 2018; 11:227-233. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rpsm.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 05/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Azeli Y, Barbería E, Jiménez-Herrera M, Bonet G, Valero-Mora E, Lopez-Gomariz A, Lucas-Guarque I, Guillen-Lopez A, Alonso-Villaverde C, Landín I, Torralba P, Jammoul A, Bladé-Creixenti J, Axelsson C, Bardají A. The ReCaPTa study - a prospective out of hospital cardiac arrest registry including multiple sources of surveillance for the study of sudden cardiac death in the Mediterranean area. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2016; 24:127. [PMID: 27756343 PMCID: PMC5070156 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-016-0309-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of death in the industrialized world. Sudden cardiac death is very often the first manifestation of the disease and it occurs in the prehospital setting. The determination of the sudden cardiac death phenotype is challenging. It requires prospective studies in the community including multiple sources of case ascertainment that help to identify the cause and circumstances of death. The aim of the Clinical and Pathological Registry of Tarragona (ReCaPTa) is to study incidence and etiology of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Tarragona region (Catalonia, Spain). Methods ReCaPTa is a population-based registry of OHCA using multiple sources of surveillance. The population base is 511,662. This registry is compiled chronologically in a relational database and it prospectively contains data on all the OHCA attended by the EMS from April 2014 to April 2017. ReCaPTa collects data after each emergency medical assistance using an online application including variables of the onset of symptoms. A quality control is performed and it permits monitoring the percentage of cases included by the emergency crew. Simultaneously, data from the medico-legal autopsies is taken from the Pathology Center of the area. All the examination findings following a specific protocol for the sudden death study are entered into the ReCaPTa database by one trained person. Survivors admitted to hospital are followed up and their clinical variables are collected in each hospital. The primary care researchers analyze the digital clinical records in order to obtain medical background. All the available data will be reviewed after an adjudication process with the aim of identifying all cases of sudden cardiac death. Discussion There is a lack of population-based registries including multiple source of surveillance in the Mediterranean area. The ReCaPTa study could provide valuable information to prevent sudden cardiac death and develop new strategies to improve its survival.
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- Youcef Azeli
- Emergency Medical System of Catalonia (SEM), 112 Reus, Carrer del pagesos 2, 43204, Reus, Spain. .,Emergency Department Sant Joan University Hospital, Reus, Spain.
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- Pathology Service, Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, Catalonia, Spain.,Rovira Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Rovira Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain.,Cardiology Service, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,Pere Virgili Health Research Institute, Tarragona, Spain
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- Emergency Medical System of Catalonia (SEM), 112 Reus, Carrer del pagesos 2, 43204, Reus, Spain
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- Emergency Medical System of Catalonia (SEM), 112 Reus, Carrer del pagesos 2, 43204, Reus, Spain
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- Emergency Medical System of Catalonia (SEM), 112 Reus, Carrer del pagesos 2, 43204, Reus, Spain
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- Emergency Medical System of Catalonia (SEM), 112 Reus, Carrer del pagesos 2, 43204, Reus, Spain.,Primary Care Center of Cambrils, SAGESSA, Cambrils, Spain
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- Pathology Service, Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, Catalonia, Spain.,Rovira Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Pathology Service, Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, Catalonia, Spain
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- Rovira Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain.,Internal Medicine Department Sant Joan University Hospital, Reus, Spain
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- Rovira Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain.,Cardiology Service, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,Pere Virgili Health Research Institute, Tarragona, Spain
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Gimeno MJ, Pina JI, Lasierra R, Torralba P. [Traumatic dissection of the middle cerebral artery. A case report]. Rev Neurol 2001; 33:896-8. [PMID: 11784993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- M J Gimeno
- Sección de Neuroradiología, Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Clinico Universitario Locano Blesa, Zaragoza, España.
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Jacobus RH, Torralba P, Moldenhauer J, Scheidt WC, Runkle JA. Development and validation of a spectrophotometric dye immersion test method used to measure container-closure integrity of an oil-based product. PDA J Pharm Sci Technol 1998; 52:110-2. [PMID: 9691673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The development and validation of a simple spectrophotometric method for the measurement of container-closure integrity of an oil-based product is reported. An oil soluble dye, D + C Green #6 (DCG6), common name Quinizarin Green, with an absorbance maximum at 648 nm was employed. The sensitivity of the method was 0.1 microgram/mL corresponding to an absorbance of 0.002 AU which is three times the background absorbance level of 0.0006 AU. This concentration corresponds to dye ingress volumes of 0.1 microliter and 0.5 microliter for vial fill volumes of one milliliter and five milliliters, respectively. The repeatability, expressed as relative standard deviation (RSD) of six vials spiked at 0.2 microgram/mL of DCG6 ranged from 2.3% to 3.3%. Intermediate precision (RSD), as determined from 18 vials spiked at 0.2 microgram/mL of DCG6 was 7.8%. The linearity of absorbance with respect to DCG6 concentration was measured over the range 0.1513 to 6.053 micrograms/mL and demonstrated a linear relationship with a correlation coefficient of 0.9996. The method was shown to be specific for a sesame-based oil product, Haloperidol Decanoate Injection (HDI), at the wavelength of measurement.
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- R H Jacobus
- Fujisawa USA, Inc., Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, Melrose Park, Illinois, USA
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