TRACE ELEMENTS IN MEDICINE (MOSCOW).2015. 16(3): 45-49
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HAIR CONTENT OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN ADULT POPULATION OF MYMENSINGH DISTRICT, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH COMMUNICATION 1: TOXIC ELEMENTS (As, Be, Cd, Hg, Pb)

O.A. Skalnaya1, A.A. Skalnaya2, V.A. Demidov3, N.G. Zhivaev4

1 National Taiwan University, sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
2 M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Phaculty of Fundamental Medicine, Lomonosovskiy prosp., d. 31, k. 5, 119192, Moscow, Russia
3 ANO Center for Biotic Medicine, Zemlyanoy Val str. 46, Moscow 105064, Russia
4 P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Sovetskaya str. 14, Yaroslavl 150000, Russia; e-mail: skalnaya_a@mail.ru

DOI: 10.19112/2413-6174-2015-16-3-45-49 

ABSTRACT: In this study the data of hair element content in citizens of the Republic of Bangladesh are presented. Also the dependence of these parameters on age and sex are investigated. In frame of a program of humanitarian and educational assistance to district Mymensingh in the north of the Republic of Bangladesh, organized by the Taipei Rotary Club, totally 119 individuals 18–80 years old were examined. Among them 42 were males and 77 were females. In hair of adults from district Mymensingh (Bangladesh) we have found that excess of the hair mercury (19.48% in females, 19.05% in males) and beryllium (15.58% and 26.19% respectively) levels occurs most frequently, but such excess of lead (0% and 4.76% respectively) is minor. We have also found excessive accumulation of cadmium in hair of almost 12% examined women and no any case among men. The frequent excess of arsenic content in Bengali adults’ hair (5.2% in females, 11.9% in males) is much higher than in adults’ hair from South Federal District of Russia (0.32% and 0.63%). This data is in opposite to results of many researchers who have mentioned about very high risk of arsenosis in population as an important problem of public health of the Republic of Bangladesh, suggesting only the moderate arsenic overaccumulation in adults from Mymensingh district.

KEYWORDS: hair, adults, Bangladesh, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, mercury, lead.