Cadmium body burden and health effects after restoration of cadmium-polluted soils in cadmium-polluted areas in the Jinzu River basin

• Main Authors: Masaru Sakurai (Author), Yasushi Suwazono (Author), Kazuhiro Nogawa (Author), Yuuka Watanabe (Author), Miyuki Takami (Author), Yasumitsu Ogra (Author), Yu-Ki Tanaka (Author), Hirotaro Iwase (Author), Kayo Tanaka (Author), Masao Ishizaki (Author), Teruhiko Kido (Author), Hideaki Nakagawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Itai-itai disease is caused by environmental cadmium (Cd) pollution in the Jinzu River basin in Japan. To reduce the Cd contamination of rice, soil restoration of paddy fields was carried out. We evaluated the effect of soil restoration on the health status of residents of the former Cd-...