High Lead Bioavailability of Indoor Dust Contaminated with Paint Lead Species

House dust and soils can be major sources of lead (Pb) exposure for children. The American Healthy Homes Survey (AHHS) was developed to estimate Pb exposure from house dust and soil, in addition to other potential household contaminants and allergens. We have combined X-ray absorption spectroscopic (XAS) fingerprinting and in vivo mouse relative bioavailability (RBA) measurements for a subset of house dust and residential soils collected in the AHHS, with the primary objective of gaining a better understanding of determinants of house dust Pb bioavailability. Lead speciation was well related to variations in RBA results and revealed that highly bioavailable Pb (hydroxy)carbonate (indicative of Pb-based paint) was the major Pb species present in house dusts. Measured Pb RBA was up to 100% and is likely driven by paint Pb. To our knowledge, this is the first report of in vivo Pb RBA for U.S. house dust contaminated in situ with paint Pb and corroborates results from a previous study that demonstrated high RBA of paint Pb added to soil. We also report a relatively low RBA (23%) in a residential soil where the major Pb species was found to be plumbojarosite, consistent with a previous report that plumbojarosite lowers Pb RBA in soils.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Environmental science & technology - 55(2021), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 402-411

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sowers, Tyler D [VerfasserIn]
Nelson, Clay M [VerfasserIn]
Diamond, Gary L [VerfasserIn]
Blackmon, Matthew D [VerfasserIn]
Jerden, Marissa L [VerfasserIn]
Kirby, Alicia M [VerfasserIn]
Noerpel, Matthew R [VerfasserIn]
Scheckel, Kirk G [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, David J [VerfasserIn]
Bradham, Karen D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dust
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Soil
Soil Pollutants

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Date Completed 07.04.2021

Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.est.0c06908

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318730111