A REVIEW OF HEAVY METAL (As, Pb, Cd and Hg) TOXICITY ON INFANTS

Selda SERT; Zeliha KAYAALTI

Makale detayları

A REVIEW OF HEAVY METAL (As, Pb, Cd and Hg) TOXICITY ON INFANTS

Yazarlar:

Selda SERT | Zeliha KAYAALTI

Yayıncı:

Engin TUTKUN

Dergi:

The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety 2017 Vol.Volume 2 Issue İssue 1 (1), pp.1-154

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000835340

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2149-4711

pISSN:

2149-4711

Özet:

 


Heavy metals
such as lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, aluminum and copper constitute one of
the most significant pollutant groups in the world. They are considered toxic
and hazardous to human being like many organisms due to their poisoning
potential even at low concentrations. They may not inflict heavy damages on the
general populations but it is not the same for fetuses and neonates since they
are much more vulnerable to the all kinds of toxicity owing to their immature
detoxification systems. Arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury acknowledged as the
most toxic ones are transferred from mother to child during pregnancy without
any filtration by placenta. It could be said that placenta is the biological
access of environmental hazards and maternal transfer to the fetus. However,
there are not many data concerned with the toxic effects of these metals on
infants. It appears that exposure to arsenic during pregnancy may increase the
risk of mental and developmental deficiency or even worse fetal and infant
death. Exposure to lead during pregnancy may cause the physical and cognitive
development of infant adversely. Cadmium may harm the placenta and retard
weight gain of the new born. Mercury may also have adverse effects on nervous
system of infant. In this paper, a review is presented on the studies related
to heavy metal (As, Pb, Cd and Hg) toxicity on infants accompanied by
pregnants. The hazard identification and risk characterization of these metals
have also been discussed in the paper. 

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Makale detayları

A REVIEW OF HEAVY METAL (As, Pb, Cd and Hg) TOXICITY ON INFANTS

Yazarlar: Selda SERT | Zeliha KAYAALTI

Yayıncı: Engin TUTKUN

Dergi: The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety 2017 Vol.Volume 2 Issue İssue 1 (1), pp.1-154

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 2/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000835340

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2149-4711

pISSN: 2149-4711

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Selda SERT | Zeliha KAYAALTI

Yayıncı:

Engin TUTKUN

Dergi:

The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety 2017 Vol.Volume 2 Issue İssue 1 (1), pp.1-154

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000835340

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2149-4711

pISSN:

2149-4711