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Boron Exposure Assessment of Desalinated Seawater on an Island in China

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  • Shaoxia Dong

    (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health, No. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China)

  • Juexin Shi

    (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health, No. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China)

  • Yuan Liu

    (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health, No. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China)

  • Yingli Qu

    (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health, No. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China)

  • Xin Zhao

    (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health, No. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China)

  • Fengping Liu

    (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health, No. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China)

  • Peng Du

    (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health, No. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China)

  • Zongke Sun

    (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health, No. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the boron level in drinking water and daily boron intake of island residents, and to have a health risk assessment of the boron exposure. One-year water boron surveillance was made through the 18 selected sampling sites (5 finished water and 13 tap water) covered by 5 water treatment plants with different water sources. We recruited 220 healthy volunteers (half men and half women) from 89 families covering all age groups living in Shengshan to provide basic information and living habits. One-third of the families attended the daily food boron intake evaluation through the double meal method for three days. In each family, only one family member provided the food samples. Urine samples were collected from all subjects to get the urine boron level. Furthermore, we used the EPA model and TDI for health risk assessments. The boron level in finished water and tap water with different sources were 0.68–1.46 mg/L and 0.62–1.26 mg/L for desalinated water, 0.30–0.39 mg/L and 0.20–0.50 mg/L for reservoir water, and 0.32–0.43 mg/L and 0.20–0.79 mg/L for mixture water. The average level of water boron intake, diet boron intake, and total boron intake was 0.113 ± 0.127 mg/d, 1.562 ± 0.927 mg/d, 1.674 ± 0.939mg/d, respectively, for the select sampling subjects. There were no significant differences in total boron intake for different age groups (1.685 ± 1.216 mg/d vs. 1.669 ± 0.793 mg/d for <45 yrs vs. ≥45 yrs, p = 0.968) and gender groups (1.754 ± 1.009 mg/d vs. 1.633 ± 0.923 mg/d for male vs. female, p = 0.735). Urine boron concentrations were similar in the two age groups (1.938 mg/g creatinine vs. 1.762 mg/g creatinine for <45 yrs vs. ≥45 yrs, p = 0.635). There were significant differences in urinary boron between males and females (1.569 mg/g creatinine vs. 2.148 mg/g creatinine, p = 0.018). The largest hazard quotient (HQ) of drinking water was 0.31, and the total boron exposures in this population were 0.03 mg/kg bw per day. The study showed that there was no possible non-carcinogenic risk of water boron exposure and lower health risk of total boron exposure to humans in this region, but its toxicity should not be ignored. The subsequent studies should strengthen the analysis of the subgroup populations.

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  • Shaoxia Dong & Juexin Shi & Yuan Liu & Yingli Qu & Xin Zhao & Fengping Liu & Peng Du & Zongke Sun, 2023. "Boron Exposure Assessment of Desalinated Seawater on an Island in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-13, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:3:p:2451-:d:1051240
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