Geogenic nickel exposure from food consumption and soil ingestion : A bioavailability based assessment

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Accumulation and oral bioavailability of nickel (Ni) were rarely assessed for staple crops grown in high geogenic Ni soils. To assess exposure risk of geogenic Ni, soil, wheat, and rice samples were collected from a naturally high background Ni area and measured for Ni oral relative bioavailability (RBA, relative to NiSO4) using a newly developed mouse urinary Ni excretion bioassay. Results showed that soils were enriched with Ni (80.5 ± 23.0 mg kg-1, n = 58), while high Ni contents were observed in rice (2.66 ± 1.46 mg kg-1) and wheat (1.32 ± 0.78 mg kg-1) grains, with rice containing ∼2-fold higher Ni content than wheat. Ni-RBA was low in soil (14.8 ± 7.79%, n = 18), but high in wheat and rice with rice Ni-RBA (85.9 ± 19.1%, n = 9) being ∼2-fold higher than wheat (46.1 ± 21.2%, n = 16). A negative correlation (r = 0.61) was observed between Ni-RBA and iron content in rice and wheat, suggesting the low iron status of rice drives its high Ni bioavailability. The higher Ni accumulation and bioavailability for rice highlights that rice consumption was a more important contributor to daily Ni intake compared to wheat, while Ni intake from direct soil ingestion was negligible. This study suggests a potential health risk of staple crops especially rice when grown in high geogenic Ni areas.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:265

Enthalten in:

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 265(2020), Pt B vom: 15. Okt., Seite 114873

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Hong-Bo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jue-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiao-Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yu-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Jing-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Xiao-San [VerfasserIn]
Juhasz, Albert L [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Lena Q [VerfasserIn]

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7OV03QG267
Journal Article
Naturally high background
Nickel
Oral bioavailability
Rice
Soil
Soil Pollutants
Wheat

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Date Completed 18.08.2020

Date Revised 18.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114873

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NLM310824699