Full Length Research Paper
References
Abou-Arab AAK (2001). Heavy metal contents in Egyptian meat and the role of detergent washing on their levels. Food Chem. Toxicol. 39(6):593-599. |
|
Akabzaa T, Darimani A (2001). Impact of mining sector investment in Ghana: a study of the Tarkwa mining region. Health Impacts 6(4):60. |
|
Alfven T, Elinder CG, Carlsson MD, Grubb A, Hellstrom L, Persson B, Pettersson C, Spång G, Schütz A, Järup L(2000). Low-level cadmium exposure and osteoporosis. J. Bone Miner. Res. 15:1579-1586. |
|
Amonoo-Neizer EH, Nyamah D, Bakiamoh SB (1995). Mercury and arsenic pollution in soil and biological samples around mining towns if Obuasi, Ghana. Water Air Soil Pollut. 91:363-373. |
|
Asante KA, Agusa T, Subramanian A, Ansa-Asare OD, Biney CA, Tanabe S (2007). Contamination status of arsenic and other trace elements in drinking water and residents from Tarkwa, a historic mining township in Ghana. Chemosphere 66:1513-1522. |
|
ATSDR (2013). Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Minimum risk levels (MRLs). |
|
Barhoumi R, Faske J, Liu X, Tjalkens RB (2004). Manganese potentiates lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of NOS2 in C6 glioma cells through mitochondrial-dependent activation of nuclear factor kappaB. Mol. Brain Res. 122:167-179. |
|
Battaglia A, Ghidini S, Campanini G, Spaggiari R (2005). Heavy metal contamination in little owl (Athene noctua) and common buzzard (Buteo buteo) from northern Italy. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 60:61-66. |
|
Berglund M, Akesson A, Nermell B, Vahter M (1994). Intestinal absorption of dietary cadmium in women depends on body iron stores and fiber intake. Environ. Health Perspect. 102:1058-1066. |
|
Blagojevic J, Jovanović V, Stamenković G, Jojić V, Bugarski-Stanojević V, AdnaÄ‘ević T, Vujošević M (2012). Age differences in bioaccumulation of heavy metals in populations of the black-striped field mouse, Apodemusagrarius (Rodentia, Mammalia). Int. J. Environ. Res. 6(4):1045-1052. |
|
Bortey-Sam N, Nakayama SM, Akoto O, Ikenaka Y, Baidoo E, Mizukawa H, Ishizuka M (2015a). Ecological Risk of Heavy Metals and a Metalloid in Agricultural Soils in Tarkwa, Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 12(9):11448-11465. |
|
Bortey-Sam N, Nakayama SM, Akoto O, Ikenaka Y, Fobil JN, Baidoo E, Mizukawa H, Ishizuka M (2015c). Accumulation of heavy metals and metalloid in foodstuffs from agricultural soils around Tarkwa area in Ghana, and associated human health risks. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 12(8):8811-8827. |
|
Bortey-Sam N, Nakayama SM, Ikenaka Y, Akoto O, Baidoo E, Mizukawa H, Ishizuka M (2015b). Health risk assessment of heavy metals and metalloid in drinking water from communities near gold mines in Tarkwa, Ghana. Environ. Monit. Assess. 187(7):1-12. |
|
Bortey-Sam N, Nakayama SM, Ikenaka Y, Akoto O, Baidoo E, Yohannes YB, Mizukawa H, Ishizuka M (2015d). Human health risks from metals and metalloid via consumption of food animals near gold mines in Tarkwa, Ghana: Estimation of the daily intakes and target hazard quotients (THQs). Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 111:160-167. |
|
Brzoska MM, Majewska K, Moniuszko-Jakoniuk J (2004). Mineral status and mechanical properties of lumbar spine of female rats chronically exposed to various levels of cadmium. Bone 34(3):517-526. |
|
Ceruti R, Ghisleni G, Ferretti E, Cammarata S, Sonzogni O, Scanziani E (2002). Wild rats as monitors of environmental lead contamination in the urban area of Milan, Italy. Environ. Pollut. 117:255-259. |
|
Chen X, Wang G, Li X, Gan C, Zhu G, Jin T, Wang Z (2013). Environmental level of cadmium exposure stimulates osteoclasts formation in male rats. Food Chem. Toxicol. 60:530-535. |
|
Crossgrove J, Zheng W (2004). Manganese toxicity upon overexposure. NMR Biomed. 17:544-553. |
|
Damek-Poprawa M, Sawicka-Kapusta K (2004). Histopathological changes in the liver, kidneys, and testes of bank voles environmentally exposed to heavy metal emissions from the steelworks and zinc smelter in Poland. Environ. Res. 92:72-78. |
|
Daniell HW (1976). Osteoporosis of the slender smoker. Obstet. Gynecol. Surv. 31(11):808-810. |
|
Dorman DC, Struve MF, Marshall MW, Parkinson CU, James RA, Wong BA (2006). Tissue manganese concentrations in young male rhesus monkeys following subchronic manganese sulfate inhalation. Toxicol. Sci. 92:201-210. |
|
EC (2006). European Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuff. Off. J. Eur. Union. |
|
Finley JW (1998). Manganese uptake and release by cultured human hepato-carcinoma (Hep-G2) cells. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 64:101-118. |
|
Flanagan PR, McLellan JS, Haist J, Cherian MG, Chamberlain MJ, Valberg LS (1978). Increased dietary cadmium absorption in mice and human subjects with iron deficiency. Gastroenterology 74:841–846. |
|
Florea AM, Busselberg D (2006). Occurrence, use and potential toxic effects of metals and metal compounds. Biometals 19(4):419-427. |
|
Ghana Statistical Service (2010). Population and Housing census. |
|
Godowicz B (1988). Cadmium-induced liver and spleen damage in inbred mouse strains. Folia Biol. 36:47-52. |
|
Guerrero-Castilla A, Olivero-Verbel J, Marrugo-Negrete J (2014). Heavy metals in wild house mice from coal-mining areas of Colombia and expression of genes related to oxidative stress, DNA damage and exposure to metals. Mutat. Res Gen. Tox. Environ. 762:24-29. |
|
Gupta UC (1998). Trace element toxicity relationships to crop production and livestock and human health: implications for management. Commun. Soil Sci. Plan. 29:1491-1522. |
|
Hamilton DL, Valberg LS (1974). Relationship between cadmium and iron absorption. Am. J. Physiol. 227:1033–1037. |
|
Hayford EK, Amin A, Osae EK, Kutu J (2008). Impact of gold mining on soil and some staple foods collected from selected mining communities in and around Tarkwa Prestea Area. West African J. Appl. Ecol. 14:1-12. |
|
Homady M, Helmi H, Jiries A, Mahasneh A, AlNasir F, Khleifat K (2002). Survey of some heavy metals in sediments from vehicular service stations in Jordan and their effects on social aggression in prepubertal male mice. Environ. Res. 8 (1):43-49. |
|
Honda R, Tsuritani I, Noborisaka Y, Suzuki H, Ishizaki M (2003). Urinary cadmium excretion is correlated with calcaneal bone mass in Japanese women living in an urban area. Environ. Res. 91:63-70. |
|
Hunter BA, Johnson MS, Thompson DJ (1989). Ecotoxicology of copper and cadmium in contaminated grassland ecosystem. 4. Tissue distribution and age accumulation in small mammals. J. Appl. Ecol. 26:89–99. |
|
Husain A, Al-Rashdan A, Al-Awadhi A, Mahgoub B, Al-Amiri H (1996). Toxic metals in food products originating from locally reared animals in Kuwait. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 57:549-555. |
|
Jarup L (2002). Cadmium overload and toxicity. Nephrol. Dial Transplant 17(2):35-39. |
|
Kabata-Pendias A, Pendias H (1992). Trace Elements in Soils and Plants, second ed. CRC Press, London, P 413. |
|
Kowel NE (1988). Urinary cadmium and beta2-microglobulin: correlation with nutrition and smoking history. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 25:179–183. |
|
Licata P, Naccari F, Lo Turco V, Rando R, Di Bella G, Dugo G (2010). Levels of Cd (II), Mn (II), Pb (II), Cu (II), and Zn (II) in Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) from Sicily (Italy) by Derivative Stripping Potentiometry. Int. J. Ecol. 1-7. |
|
Lindsay R, Dempster DW, Clemens T, Herrington BS, Wilt S (1984). Incidence, cost, and risk factors of fracture of the proximal femur in the USA. Osteoporosis 1:311-315. |
|
Liu J, Liu Y, Goyer RA, Achanzar W, Waalkes MP (2000). Metallothionein-I/II null mice are more sensitive than wild-type mice to the hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic effects of chronic oral or injected inorganic arsenicals. Toxicol. Sci. 55:460-467. |
|
López-Alonso M, Miranda M, García-Partida P, Cantero F, Hernández J, Benedito JL (2007). Use of dogs as indicators of metal exposure in rural and urban habitats in NW Spain. Sci. Total Environ. 372:668-675. |
|
Ma WC (2011). Lead in mammals. In Beyer & Meador (Eds.), Environmental contaminants in biota: interpreting tissue concentrations (2nd ed.). New York: CRC Press pp. 595-607. |
|
Ma WC, Denneman W, Faber J (1991). Hazardous exposure of ground living small mammals to cadmium and lead in contaminated terrestrial ecosystem. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 20:266-270. |
|
Martinez-Finley EJ, Gavin CE, Aschner M, Gunter TE (2013). Manganese neurotoxicity and the role of reactive oxygen species. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 62:65-75. |
|
Naccari C, Cristani M, Cimino F, Arcoraci T, Trombetta D (2009). Common buzzards (Buteo buteo) bio-indicators of heavy metals pollution in Sicily (Italy). Environ. Int. 35:594-598. |
|
Nakayama SM, Ikenaka Y, Hamada K, Muzandu K, Choongo K, Teraoka H, Mizuno N, Ishizuka M (2011). Metal and metalloid contamination in roadside soil and wild rats around a Pb–Zn mine in Kabwe, Zambia. Environ. Pollut. 159(1):175-181. |
|
Nakayama SM, Ikenaka Y, Hamada K, Muzandu K, Choongo K, Yabe J, Umemura T, Ishizuka M (2013). Accumulation and biological effects of metals in wild rats in mining areas of Zambia. Environ. Monit. Assess. 185(6):4907-4918. |
|
Obiri S (2007). Determination of heavy metals in water from boreholes in Dumasi in the Wassa West District of the Western Region of the Republic of Ghana. Environ. Monit. Assess. 130:455-463. |
|
Pereira R, Pereira ML, Ribeiro R, Gonçalves F (2006). Tissues and hair residues and histopathology in wild rats (Rattus rattus L.) and Algerian mice (Mus spretus Lataste) from an abandoned mine area (Southeast Portugal). Environ. Pollut. 139:561-575. |
|
Pompe-Gotal J, Crnic AP (2002). Cadmium in tissue of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Croatia. Vet. Arh. 72:303-310. |
|
Saville PD, Nilsson BE (1966). Height and weight in symptomatic postmenopausal osteoporosis. Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 45:49-54. |
|
Sawicka-Kapusta K, Zakrzewska M, Kowalska A, Lenda B, Skrobacz M (1995). Heavy metal |
|
Scheuhammer AM (1987). The chronic toxicity of aluminium, cadmium, mercury, and lead in birds: A review. Environ. Pollut. 46:263-295. |
|
Soewu DA, Agbolade OM, Oladunjoye RY, Ayodele IA (2014). Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) in Ogun State, Nigeria. J.Toxicol. Environ. Health Sci. 6(8):154-160. |
|
Swiergosz R (2001). Cadmium distribution and toxicity in tissues of small rodents. Microsc. Res. Tech. 55:208-222. |
|
Taguchi T, Suzuki S (1981). Influence of sex and age on the biological half-life of cadmium in mice. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 7:239–249. |
|
Tohyama C, Sugihira N, Saito H (1987). Critical concentration of cadmium for renal toxicity in rats. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 22:255-259. |
|
Uriu K, Morimoto I, Kai K, Okazaki Y, Okada Y, Qie YL, et al. (2000). Uncoupling between bone formation and resorption in ovariectomized rats with chronic cadmium exposure. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 164:264-272. |
|
USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) (2004). Framework for Inorganic Metals Risk Assessment; USEPA: Washington, DC, USA. |
|
USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) (2012). Ground water and drinking water. |
|
Waalkes MP, Ward JM, Liu J, Diwan BA (2003). Transplacental carcinogenicity of inorganic arsenic in the drinking water: induction of hepatic, ovarian, pulmonary, and adrenal tumors in mice. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 186:7-17. |
|
Whelton BD, Peterson DP, Moretti ES, Dare H, Bhattacharyya MH (1997). Skeletal changes in multiparous, nulliparous and ovariectomized mice fed either a nutrient-sufficient or -deficient diet containing cadmium. Toxicology 119:103-121. |
|
WHO (World Health Organization) (1981). Environmental Health Criteria 18. Arsenic. International Programme on Chemical Safety.World Health Organization, Finland. |
|
WHO (World Health Organization) (1996). Trace Elements in Human Nutrition and Health. Geneva. |
|
WHO (World Health Organization) (2011). Guidelines for drinking-water quality. Geneva |
|
Wronski TJ, Schenk PA, Cintron M, Walsh CC (1987). Effect of body weight on osteopenia in ovariectomized rats. Calcif. Tissue Int. 40(3):155-159. |
Copyright © 2024 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.
This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0