Publications by authors named "K P K Olympio"
Environmental exposure of preschool children to mercury can elevate blood mercury levels (BML) and negatively affect their health. This study aimed to determine BML in preschool children from Brazil's largest city and explore potential associated risk factors. Blood samples were collected in 2013 from 2436 children (age 1-5 years) attending 50 daycare centers (DCC) located in São Paulo, Brazil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) have promoted the concept of decent work as a Sustainable Development Goal for 2030 to address critical global problems. Occupational safety and health (OSH) are components of decent work, primarily through the ILO social protection objective of the goal, and are linked to various other objectives.
Objective: This Commentary applies a previously published staging framework to stimulate thinking about how the OSH field can contribute further to the achievement of decent work.
Article Synopsis
- Occupational exposure to toxic elements (like lead and arsenic) was studied among informal jewelry welders and formal steel workers in Brazil, showing higher blood concentrations of these elements in informal workers.
- The study found significant health implications, particularly in informal workers, with increased rates of neurological issues linked to higher lead levels in blood.
- The research highlights the need for better monitoring and interventions to reduce toxic exposure in these occupational environments to protect workers' health.
Essential and Toxic Elements in Infant Cereal in Brazil: Exposure Risk Assessment.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
March 2024
Infant cereals, one of the first solid foods introduced to infants, have been reported to pose risks to human health because they contain toxic elements and an excess of essential elements. The objective of this study was to assess the cancer and non-cancer risk of exposure to essential and toxic elements in infant cereal in Brazil. In our analyses, we included data from 18 samples of infant cereals made from different raw materials and estimated the incremental lifetime cancer risks and non-cancer hazard quotients (HQs) for their consumption.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn 2017 we published a review on blood lead levels (BLL) in children from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for data available up to 14th of March 2014 and recommended the identification and control of "lead hot spots". In the present study, an evaluation of progress toward reducing BLL in the region was carried out. A systematic review of the latest literature on lead exposure in the LAC region held on the PubMed, Web of Science and LILACS databases (January 2014 to March 2022) was conducted using the PRISMA methodology.
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