Modern Bedouin exposures to copper contamination: an imperial legacy?

The exposure of a modern Bedouin population living in the deserts and mountains of southwestern Jordan, to metal contamination was assessed via the analysis of sediments, plants, livestock, and foodstuffs. Exposure to copper is demonstrated to be a potential hazard. The Bedouin are shown to be vulne...

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Published in:Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2003-05, Vol.55 (1), p.108-115
Main Authors: Grattan, J.P, Huxley, S.I, Pyatt, F.B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accumulation
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Applied ecology
Arabs
Bedouin
Biological and medical sciences
Copper
Copper - adverse effects
Copper - analysis
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on plants and fungi
Environment. Living conditions
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Monitoring
Exposure
Food Contamination
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Health
Humans
Jordan
Medical sciences
Plants - chemistry
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
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Summary:The exposure of a modern Bedouin population living in the deserts and mountains of southwestern Jordan, to metal contamination was assessed via the analysis of sediments, plants, livestock, and foodstuffs. Exposure to copper is demonstrated to be a potential hazard. The Bedouin are shown to be vulnerable to contamination via several pathways, the most serious of which are familiar in the industrialized environments of the developed world.
ISSN:0147-6513
1090-2414
DOI:10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00135-5