التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Health Remedies as a Source of Lead, Mercury, and Arsenic Exposure, New York City, 2010–2019. |
| المؤلفون: |
Hore, Paromita, Alex-Oni, Kolapo, Sedlar, Slavenka, Patel, Kari, Saper, Robert B. |
| المصدر: |
American Journal of Public Health; 2022 Suppl 7, Vol. 112, pS730-S740, 11p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
MERCURY poisoning, MERCURY, AYURVEDIC medicine, ARSENIC poisoning, ARSENIC, LEAD poisoning, TRADITIONAL medicine, SURVEYS, LEAD |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
NEW York (State) |
| مستخلص: |
Objectives. To describe the types of health remedies collected during poisoning investigations in New York City over a 10-year period that were found to contain high levels of lead, mercury, or arsenic. Methods. Between 2010 and 2019, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene collected 584 samples of health remedies during poisoning investigations and store surveys for lead, mercury, or arsenic analysis. Results. There was a significant association between blood lead levels and estimated cumulative daily lead exposures among adult users of rasa shastra Ayurvedic medications. Also, average blood lead levels among adult rasa shastra users were significantly higher than levels among those using other types of non-Ayurvedic health remedies. Conclusions. Rasa shastra Ayurvedic medications can contain very high levels of lead, mercury, and arsenic. This underscores the importance of screening for lead, mercury, and arsenic exposures within at-risk populations. Public Health Implications. The general ease of accessibility to rasa shastra medications raises concerns. There is a need for systemic change that results in primary prevention, that is, removal of the source through policy development and regulatory enforcement in the country of origin. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(S7):S730–S740. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306906Test) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
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