Avaliação da concentração de elementos químicos tóxicos na merenda escolar de crianças da cidade de Ribeirão Preto e estimativa de suas ingestões diárias / Assessment of toxic chemicals concentration in the school

AUTOR(ES)
FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

19/09/2012

RESUMO

Chemical\ s contamination in the environment is a growing worldwide problem. Many of these chemical elements, including Cd, Pb and As are toxic to humans. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 90% of the intake of these toxic elements occurs through the food consumption (Tavares et al., 1992; Virga et al., 2007). Therefore, the estimation of exposure to these chemicals in the diet is essential for risk assessment and, possibly, to determine the relationship between the adverse effects observed in humans and dietary exposure to certain substances. Dietary exposure assessment is an association between the data of food consumption of a specific population with the observed concentrations of chemical elements in their diet (Nasreddine, 2010).In this sense, the objective of this study was to determine the daily intake of toxic elements (As, Pb and Cd) in children through the food provided by the city hall of Ribeirão Preto in school lunches. The methodology used in this study was double-diet, where the foods analyzed are ready for consumption. The meals provided by two local schools and the kitchen pilot were collected during all school days in March, June, August and November of 2011. The food collected was frozen and lyophilized for further analysis. The analyzes were performed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) after the solubilization with tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) or acid digestion with nitric acid (HNO3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) of the samples. The average concentration of As in rice, beans, vegetables, beef, poultry, freshwater fish, saltwater fish and pork were respectively: 111.2 ng g-1, 17.3 ng g-1 35.6 ng g-1, 34.3 ng g-1, 27.4 ng g-1, 65.6 ng g-1, 3.3 mg g-1 and 33.6 ng g-1. The Cd concentration found in the same foods were respectively: 11.4 ng g-1, 2.9 ng g-1, 24.6 ng g-1, 4.9 ng g-1, 2.6 ng g-1, 4.9 ng g-1, 63.6 ng g-1 and 5.1 ng g-1. The Pb concentration was found respectively, 1.1 ng g-1, 3.4 ng g-1, 23.6 ng g-1, 8.1 ng g-1, 5.1 ng g-1, 4.4 ng g-1, 6.9 ng g-1 and 18.6 ng g-1. With these values found, we calculated the average intake of these toxic elements by children during the lunch served by public schools in Ribeirão Preto. The average intake of As, Cd and Pb in elementary school children was respectively 5.3 mg, 0.6 mg and 0.4 mg; in high school was respectively 6.9 g, 0.9 g and 0 , 6 g. These intake values of As, Cd and Pb calculated are below the toxicological reference values provided by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

ASSUNTO(S)

children chumbo crianças elementos químicos tóxicos ingestão diária lead merenda escolar. school meals. arsenic arsênio cádmio cadmium daily intake toxic chemicals

ACESSO AO ARTIGO

Documentos Relacionados