To monitor the potential change in
body burden of contaminants for all FN workers preparing Mid-Canada Radar Line Site 050 for delineation, Phase 2 (June to August 1999; approximately three months of work in the contaminated zone), we collected matched blood samples (before and after exposure on the site) for nine of the workers.
In both of these studies, bone lead concentrations indicated a threefold higher
body burden of lead compared with unexposed controls, but no indicators of early tubular or glomerular damage were increased.
Earlier analyses of Mussel Watch data consistently showed that neighboring bays tended to vary concordantly both in parasite and pathology weighted prevalence and in the
body burden of many contaminants (Kim & Powell 1998, Kim et al.
EWG looked for 210 chemicals in nine people and created a personal
body burden profile for each - putting a human face, as well as a corporate face, on the problem.
(2) Consumption (g d-1) =
Body burden (Bq)/ {meat conc.
Consequently, associations between U-Cd and urine LMW proteins in the adult general population, which have long been interpreted as evidence of the effects of Cd
body burden on renal function (Buchet et al.
Determination of
body burdens for hepatopancreas, hemolymph, gill, and ovary was made using measured metal concentrations and individual organ weights.
A growing body of evidence from population-based studies suggests an association between
body burden of Cd and type 2 diabetes.
Pooled strain mean
body burden maxima increased each year, beginning at less than 100 cells/g tissue in 2004, then increasing to 10-[10.sup.3] cells/g in 2005, [10.sup.4]-[10.sup.5] cells/g in 2006, and [10.sup.5]-[10.sup.6] cells/g in 2007 (Fig.
Body Burden, a clown show about breast cancer and the environment, has three performances scheduled in Eugene in coming days.
That's where "you're going to have the potential to build up a
body burden," Birnbaum says.
Physicians who treat patients suffering from the health effects of chemicals in the environment are always looking for the most accurate and reliable means of testing for
body burden.
Body burden refers to the amount of chemicals present in one's body at a given point in time.
