Exposure and body burden of environmental pollution and risk of cancer in a historically contaminated areas

Abstract

This thesis is transdisciplinary, integrating toxicology, epidemiology and risk assessment, and involving academic institutions as well as national, regional and local authorities. Systematic and transparent methods for the characterization of human environmental exposure to site-specific pollutants in populations living in historically contaminated areas were used. Associations between environmental pollutant concentrations, exposure levels and observed or reported health effects were evaluated. Due to the uncertainty regarding exposure and health risks in populations living in contaminated areas, the authorities and some of the people living in the contaminated areas in Gusum village and in the "Kingdom of Crystal" in Nybro and Emmaboda, in the county of Kalmar, contacted the