Metal extent in blood of livestock from Dandora dumping site, Kenya: source identification of Pb exposure by stable isotope analysis
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2015Author
Nakata, Hokuto
Ikenaka, Yoshinori
Nakayama, Shouta M.M.
Mizukawa, Hazuki
Ishii, Chihiro
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Nairobi city in Kenya produces 2000 tons/day of garbage, and most of it is dumped onto the Dandora dumping site, home to a quarter-million residents. This study was conducted (1) to assess the contamination levels of nine metals and a metalloid (arsenic) in the blood of pigs, goats, sheep and cattle from Dandora, and (2) to identify a possible source of lead (Pb) pollution. Cadmium (Cd, 0.17–4.35 μg/kg, dry-wt) and Pb (90–2710 μg/kg) levels in blood were generally high, suggesting human exposure to Cd through livestock consumption and Pb poisoning among pigs (2600 μg/kg) and cattle (354 μg/kg). Results of Pb isotope ratios indicated that the major exposure route might differ among species. Our results also suggested a possibility that the residents in Dandora have been exposed to the metals through livestock consumption
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/18825http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.05.003
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