Studies for Intervention and Effect Assessment on Arsenism

Yajuan Xia, Kegong Wu, Zhiwei Guo, Weihong Yang, Yanhong Li, Jun Liu

Inner Mongolia Center for Endemic Disease Control & Research, Huhhot, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jwarp.2013.58A006                

Abstract

Chronic exposed to high arsenic via drinking water is worldwide public health problem. A large number of epidemiological studies showed that exposed to arsenic cause the human body skin lesions and also induce cancer, cardiovascular and other kind of diseases. So arsenism not only affect the person’s work capability and life quality but also result in economic losses and mental suffering. How to prevent and control the effects of high arsenic? What intervention is more important and necessary for arsenism? How to scientifically assess the interventions effect of short-term and long-term? Through a systematic follow-up investigation in different high arsenic regions in Inner Mongolia, the environmental arsenic and human body internal arsenic exposure were analyzed, the clinical characteristics and signs of arsenism patients were examined. We established the evaluation system of intervention and control measures for population exposed to high arsenic. This evaluation system and control measures included government and exposed population. For government, change water supply and keep it work well and health education is very important. For exposed population, improving the diet and treating the symptoms or signs related to arsenic is more necessary. Arsenic in human body such as nail or urine sample arsenic must be reduced to normal value and this index show that the subject if still or not expose to high arsenic.

Keywords

Exposed to Arsenic; Intervention; Assessment

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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