A rugged and transferable method for determining blood cadmium, mercury, and lead with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

McShane, William J.; Pappas, R. Steven; Wilson-McElprang, Veronica; Paschal, Daniel C.

doi:10.1016/j.sab.2008.03.016

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“…These methods use hydrochloric acid or nitric acid diluents, with the purpose of stabilizing metals in solution [18,20]. Others have used basic diluents prepared from ammonia [8,18] or tetramethylammonium hydroxide [21,22]. The ICP-MS method adopted here for sample dilution is based in part on previous work reported by Palmer et al [20].…”

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Exploiting dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (DRC-ICP-MS) for sequential determination of trace elements in blood using a dilute-and-shoot procedure

Batista

Rodrigues

Nunes

et al. 2009

Analytica Chimica Acta

132

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Section: Preliminary Experimentsmentioning

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Exploiting dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (DRC-ICP-MS) for sequential determination of trace elements in blood using a dilute-and-shoot procedure

Batista

Rodrigues

Nunes

et al. 2009

Analytica Chimica Acta

132

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“…For this reason the values for mercury reported in the present work are those obtained via CVAAT. It has to be noted that a methodology for determination of mercury, cadmium and lead in blood using HR-ICP-MS has been developed, validated and is now in press [41].…”

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Case Study for Selected Heavy Elements in Blood and Plasma from Six Female Patients with Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma, SSc). The Concentrations of Mercury, Lead, Antimony, Cobalt, Copper, and Zinc

Tamasi¹,

Bellini²,

Lorenzini³

et al. 2008

TOACJ

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Samples of total blood (1T-6T) were collected from six patients (1-6) with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) and analyzed for their content of mercury, lead, antimony, cobalt, copper, and zinc through AASGF (atomic absorption spectroscopy -graphite furnace), HR-ICP-MS (high resolution inductively-coupled plasma mass spectroscopy) and CVAAT (cold vapor atomic absorption technique). The blood samples (7CT, 8CT) from two "healthy subjects" (7, 8) were also collected and analyzed. Furthermore, plasma samples (1P-6P, and 7CP and 8CP) were prepared from fresh blood samples and analyzed for the same elements. The summary for Hg, usually considered highly toxic, is as follows. Interestingly, three of six total blood samples had concentrations of mercury (1T, 11.0(4) μg/L; 2T, 8.2(3); 4T, 7.4(3)) significantly higher than the control from this work (5.6(6) μg/L) and the control from the literature (5.3 μg/L). The concentration of lead for the total blood samples is in the range 82.7(5) -36.9(5) μg/L and agrees well with average values for women from literature, 70 μg/L. The average concentration for the essential element zinc for the samples 1T-6T is 6658 μg/L, which compares well with the mean value from literature (5561 μg/L for "healthy subjects").

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“…Sampling was not conducted at White River Marsh in 2008 due to high water making the location inaccessible. Chemical analysis of the blood samples for total Hg was conducted by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, Wisconsin, using a modification of a method developed by McShane et al (2008). Approximately 95% of the Hg present in avian blood is in the organic, methylated form, therefore, total Hg concentration should A known volume of whole blood was added to a diluent, mixed well, and analyzed.…”

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Mercury in swamp sparrows (Melospiza georgiana) from wetland habitats in Wisconsin

Strom

Brady

2011

Ecotoxicology

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Wetlands play a major role in the export of methylmercury (MeHg) to a watershed. The large contribution of wetlands to watersheds in northern Wisconsin, coupled with the acidic environment of this area, makes these habitats especially vulnerable to mercury (Hg) accumulation by biota. The purpose of this study was to compare Hg accumulation between northern Wisconsin wetlands and southern Wisconsin wetlands using the swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) as a representative species. The swamp sparrow was selected as a representative passerine species in which to examine Hg in these habitats, because during their breeding season, they feed at a higher trophic level than many of their counterparts. During the breeding seasons of 2007 and 2008, blood samples were collected from swamp sparrows inhabiting wetlands in both northern and southern Wisconsin and analyzed for total Hg. The mean concentration of total Hg in swamp sparrows from northern wetlands was 0.135 ± 0.064 μg/ml while the mean concentration of total Hg in swamp sparrows from southern wetlands was 0.187 ± 0.106 μg/ml. Results revealed no significant difference (P = 0.17) between Hg accumulation in swamp sparrows from less-acidic wetlands in southern Wisconsin and Hg in swamp sparrows from acidic wetlands in northern Wisconsin. The results are contrary to those observed in other species such as common loon, tree swallow and river otter where higher accumulation has been observed in individuals from acidic habitats. Reasons for the lack of this accumulation pattern in swamp sparrows are unclear and warrant further study.

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A rugged and transferable method for determining blood cadmium, mercury, and lead with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Cited by 83 publications

References 25 publications

Exploiting dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (DRC-ICP-MS) for sequential determination of trace elements in blood using a dilute-and-shoot procedure

Exploiting dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (DRC-ICP-MS) for sequential determination of trace elements in blood using a dilute-and-shoot procedure

Case Study for Selected Heavy Elements in Blood and Plasma from Six Female Patients with Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma, SSc). The Concentrations of Mercury, Lead, Antimony, Cobalt, Copper, and Zinc

Mercury in swamp sparrows (Melospiza georgiana) from wetland habitats in Wisconsin

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