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Burden of disease of dietary exposure to four chemical contaminants in Denmark, 2019

Sofie Theresa Thomsen, Lea S. Jakobsen, Hernan G. Redondo, Malene Outzen, Sisse Fagt, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Max Hansen, Freja A. Fabricius and Sara M. Pires
(2022) EXPOSURE AND HEALTH. 14(4). p.871-883
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Exposure to chemical contaminants found in foods has been associated with diverse adverse health effects. The aim of this study was to estimate the burden of disease associated with dietary exposure to four chemicals in Denmark in 2019: lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), methylmercury (MeHg), and inorganic arsenic (i-As). We collected national food consumption and chemical food monitoring data from Danish databases, dose-response and severity data from the scientific literature, and disease incidence and population numbers from national statistics. We adopted a risk assessment approach to estimate disease burden, quantifying incidence, mortality, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) attributable to dietary exposure to the chemicals. In all models, we propagated uncertainty around the input parameters through the calculations using Monte Carlo simulation. We estimated that, among these chemicals, Pb and MeHg were responsible for the highest disease burden. MeHg led to the loss of nearly 600 healthy life years, or approximately 10 DALYs per 100,000 inhabitants. Dietary exposure to Pb was estimated to cause 383 to 1,261 DALYs, corresponding to 6.6 (lower bound) to 22 (upper bound) DALYs/100,000 per year. The foods contributing most to disease burden were fish (MeHg) and sweets, fruit, and bread and cereals (Pb). The burden attributed to dietary exposure to i-As (5 DALYs) and Cd (0.04 DALY) was substantially lower. Interpretation of estimates needs to consider all underlying uncertainties, linked with data and knowledge gaps. These estimates are useful supplements to traditional risk assessment to guide food safety interventions and inform dietary guidelines for different population groups.
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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Methylmercury, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, DALY, DIET, Healh impact, CHRONIC KIDNEY-DISEASE, GLOBAL BURDEN, CADMIUM, RISK, LEAD, AGE

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Thomsen, Sofie Theresa, et al. “Burden of Disease of Dietary Exposure to Four Chemical Contaminants in Denmark, 2019.” EXPOSURE AND HEALTH, vol. 14, no. 4, 2022, pp. 871–83, doi:10.1007/s12403-022-00461-9.
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Thomsen, S. T., Jakobsen, L. S., Redondo, H. G., Outzen, M., Fagt, S., Devleesschauwer, B., … Pires, S. M. (2022). Burden of disease of dietary exposure to four chemical contaminants in Denmark, 2019. EXPOSURE AND HEALTH, 14(4), 871–883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-022-00461-9
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Thomsen, Sofie Theresa, Lea S. Jakobsen, Hernan G. Redondo, Malene Outzen, Sisse Fagt, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Max Hansen, Freja A. Fabricius, and Sara M. Pires. 2022. “Burden of Disease of Dietary Exposure to Four Chemical Contaminants in Denmark, 2019.” EXPOSURE AND HEALTH 14 (4): 871–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-022-00461-9.
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Thomsen, Sofie Theresa, Lea S. Jakobsen, Hernan G. Redondo, Malene Outzen, Sisse Fagt, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Max Hansen, Freja A. Fabricius, and Sara M. Pires. 2022. “Burden of Disease of Dietary Exposure to Four Chemical Contaminants in Denmark, 2019.” EXPOSURE AND HEALTH 14 (4): 871–883. doi:10.1007/s12403-022-00461-9.
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Thomsen ST, Jakobsen LS, Redondo HG, Outzen M, Fagt S, Devleesschauwer B, et al. Burden of disease of dietary exposure to four chemical contaminants in Denmark, 2019. EXPOSURE AND HEALTH. 2022;14(4):871–83.
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S. T. Thomsen et al., “Burden of disease of dietary exposure to four chemical contaminants in Denmark, 2019,” EXPOSURE AND HEALTH, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 871–883, 2022.
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