A SILENT EPIDEMIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL METAL POISONING
A SILENT EPIDEMIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL METAL POISONING
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DOI：
10.1016/0269-7491(88)90189-3
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发表时间：
1988-01-01
影响因子：
8.9
通讯作者：
NRIAGU, JO
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作者：
NRIAGU, JO
这篇论文的主要目的是激发和激发关于人类长期、低水平接触有毒金属对健康影响的辩论。超过10亿只(109只)的人类豚鼠现在暴露在环境中有毒金属和类金属的高水平下。据信，患有亚临床金属中毒的人数为数百万人。很大一部分病例发生在发达国家，但发展中国家的城市地区已经成为金属污染的“热点”，这些国家的人口特别容易受到环境毒素的影响。作为一个全球性问题，金属危害对健康的潜在影响应该是一个公共卫生问题，特别是如果有毒金属继续以目前的速度排放到环境中。
The main objective of this paper is to provoke and stimulate debate on the health effects of long-term, low-level exposure of human populations to toxic metals. Over one billion (109) human guinea pigs are now being exposed to elevated levels of toxic metals and metalloids in the environment. The number of persons suffering from subclinical metal poisoning is believed to be several million. A large portion of the cases are in developed countries but the urban areas of developing countries have become ‘hot-spots’ of metal pollution, and the populations of such countries are particularly susceptible to environmental toxins. As a global problem, the potential health effects of metallic hazards should be a matter of public health concern, especially if the emissions of toxic metals into the environment continue at the current rate.