Dietary exposure to cadmium from six common foods in the United States.
Food Chem Toxicol
; 178: 113873, 2023 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-37271274
ABSTRACT
Recently, the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a Closer to Zero Action Plan to assess the risks of and develop action levels for certain heavy metals in food including cadmium (Cd). The problem of foodborne metal contamination has taken on new urgency, thanks in part to a 2021 US Congressional Report detailing high levels of metals found in infant food. Our risk assessment aids this FDA Action Plan by estimating the American population's Cd exposures in food, by age group and consumption patterns of certain high-risk foods; and by determining circumstances in which exposures exceed tolerable daily intakes developed by policymaking groups in the US and worldwide. We found that the age groups 6-24 months and 24-60 month old are the most highly exposed to Cd in common foodstuffs. American infants and young children of these age groups who regularly consumed rice, spinach, oats, barley, potatoes, and wheat had mean Cd exposures exceeding maximum tolerable intake level was set by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). We have identified age groups at highest potential risk, and therefore of interest for developing food safety policies to improve safety of commercial food for children.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cádmio
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Metais Pesados
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Food Chem Toxicol
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos