SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS REPORT Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Lead
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This project builds on our previous published work using the stable isotope dilution method to estimate the bioavailability of soil Pb in human volunteers who ingest milligram quantities of soil (and microgram quantities of Pb) in gelatin capsules. The primary aims of this project are to: 1) determine estimates of the bioavailability of Pb in soils from a mining site, smelting site and urban site; 2) to test the hypothesis that phosphate-based soil amending agents reduce this bioavailability in humans.
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