Pilot study on long-term simulation of PCB-153 human body burden in the Tibetan Plateau. 2021

Libin Liu, and Haiyan Zhang, and Can Chen, and Ziguang Li, and Yue Xu
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China; College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.

The historical body burden of 2,2',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB-153) in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) population was simulated on the basis of localized exposure factors and dietary data, which present a preliminary attempt to quantify the influence of high lipid dietary patterns, grain transported from inland China, and atmospheric transport on human exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Herdsman with large animal-based food consumption exhibited the highest body burden that was comparable with that in inland China. The body burden of other residents was within the range of low-to-moderate level. High-lipid diet of urban residents caused their body burden being 1.5--2.5 times higher than that of rural residents. The consumption of grain transported from higher polluted areas can also result in 50%-115% increase in the body burden of Tibetan rural residents compared with when local produced grain is consumed, suggesting that the influence of grain logistic can be as important as dietary patterns. The exposure risk for rural residents associated with grain logistic should not be ignored even if they consumed less high-lipid food. By splitting the inventory, over 80% of the PCB-153 pollution in the TAR was identified to be induced by atmospheric transport from foreign countries. However, the grain logistic contributed approximately half of the overall human body burden of Tibetan residents recently if assuming that the grain shortage was supplied by adjacent Sichuan Province. The combined influence of high-lipid diet, atmospheric transport and food logistic highlights the difficulties of risk control in remote regions that accumulate POPs, such as TAR.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010865 Pilot Projects Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work. Pilot Studies,Pilot Study,Pilot Project,Project, Pilot,Projects, Pilot,Studies, Pilot,Study, Pilot
D011078 Polychlorinated Biphenyls Industrial products consisting of a mixture of chlorinated biphenyl congeners and isomers. These compounds are highly lipophilic and tend to accumulate in fat stores of animals. Many of these compounds are considered toxic and potential environmental pollutants. PCBs,Polychlorinated Biphenyl,Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds,Biphenyl, Polychlorinated,Biphenyls, Polychlorinated,Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
D001822 Body Burden The total amount of a chemical, metal or radioactive substance present at any time after absorption in the body of man or animal. Body Burdens,Burden, Body,Burdens, Body
D002681 China A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D018609 Tibet An autonomous region located in central Asia, within China.

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