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In Vivo Validation of the Unified BARGE Method to Assess the Bioaccessibility of Arsenic, Antimony, Cadmium, and Lead in Soils

The relative bioavailability of arsenic, antimony, cadmium, and lead for the ingestion pathway was measured in 16 soils contaminated by either smelting or mining activities using a juvenile swine model. The soils contained 18 to 25 000 mg kg–1 As, 18 to 60 000 mg kg–1 Sb, 20 to 184 mg kg–1 Cd, and 1460 to 40 214 mg kg–1 Pb. The bioavailability in the soils was measured in kidney, liver, bone, and urine relative to soluble salts of the four elements. The variety of soil types, the total concentrations of the elements, and the range of bioavailabilities found were considered to be suitable for calibrating the in vitro Unified BARGE bioaccessibility method. The bioaccessibility test has been developed by the BioAccessibility Research Group of Europe (BARGE) and is known as the Unified BARGE Method (UBM). The study looked at four end points from the in vivo measurements and two compartments in the in vitro study (“stomach” and “stomach and intestine”). Using benchmark criteria for assessing the “fitness for p...

Authors:   Sébastien Denys; Julien Caboche; Karine Tack; Guido Rychen; Joanna Wragg; Mark Cave; Catherine Jondreville; Cyril Feidt
Journal:   Environmental Science & Technology
Year:   2012
DOI:   10.1021/es3006942
Publication date:   24-05-2012

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