<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>13</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trésor Carsi Kuhangana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Erik Smolders</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karlien Cheyns</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peter Hoet</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joris Van Loco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benoit Nemery</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Heidi Demaegdt</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Exposure to lead when manufacturing cookware from scrap metal: A public health threat in the artisanal sector in DR Congo</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6th Imekofoods</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">artisanal cookware</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lead exposure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">low income countries</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7-9/11/2022</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON METROLOGY IN FOOD AND NUTRITION</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dubrovnik, Croatia</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;AIM The objective of this study was to investigate the exposure to lead (Pb) among artisan&lt;br&gt;
workers manufacturing cookware from scrap metal and their community.&lt;br&gt;
METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey in six cookware manufacturing&lt;br&gt;
workshops and, for comparison, eight carpentry workshops (negative controls) and 14 lead&lt;br&gt;
batteries repairing workshops (positive controls). All workshops are located in areas without&lt;br&gt;
mining activities of Lubumbashi city. We collected surface dust samples of the workspaces,&lt;br&gt;
and blood and urine samples of the workers and residents from the sites where the&lt;br&gt;
workshops are installed. Element determination was performed using Inductively Coupled&lt;br&gt;
Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).&lt;br&gt;
RESULTS In the artisanal cookware manufacturers (ACM) group, bood and urinary lead&lt;br&gt;
concentration geometric mean {121.5 μg/L [interquartile range(IQR 79.1-206.5)] and [3.3&lt;br&gt;
μg/g (1.5-7.1)]} were estimated to be about twice as high as the negative control group {[60.2&lt;br&gt;
μg/L (37.2-94.0)] and [0.9 μg/g, (0.3-3.8)]} and half the value of the positive control goup&lt;br&gt;
{[241.8 μg/L (82.8-591.7)] and [7.2 μg/g (1.1-26.3)]}. Among residents from the site of the&lt;br&gt;
workshop, children had higher urinary Pb concentrations [6.2 μg/g (2.3-19.3)] than the&lt;br&gt;
workers.&lt;br&gt;
CONCLUSION This investigation demonstrates a substantial occupational Pb exposure&lt;br&gt;
among ACM and warns on the hazards for residents, especially children, due to the&lt;br&gt;
installation of these activities in residential sites.&lt;/p&gt;
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