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  • Title: Contaminated soils (II): in vitro dermal absorption of nickel (Ni-63) and mercury (Hg-203) in human skin.
    Author: Moody RP, Joncas J, Richardson M, Petrovic S, Chu I.
    Journal: J Toxicol Environ Health A; 2009; 72(8):551-9. PubMed ID: 19267315.
    Abstract:
    Dermal absorption of heavy metal soil contaminants was tested in vitro with chloride salts of radioactive nickel (Ni-63) and mercury (Hg-203). Aqueous soil suspensions, spiked with either Ni-63 or Hg-203, were applied to fresh viable human breast skin tissue in Bronaugh diffusion cells perfused with Hanks HEPES buffered (pH 7.4) receptor containing 4% bovine serum albumin (BSA). Receptor fractions were collected every 6 h for 24 h when skin was soap washed. Tests were conducted concurrently in triplicate with and without soil for each skin specimen. Mean percent dermal absorption including the skin depot for Ni-63 was 1 and 22.8% with and without soil, respectively, while for Hg-203, values of 46.6 and 78.3% were obtained. Excluding the skin depot and considering only absorption in receptor, there was 0.5 and 1.8% absorption of Ni-63 with and without soil, respectively, and 1.5 and 1.4% for Hg-203. The potential bioavailability of the skin depot is discussed in relation to dermal exposure to these metals in contaminated soil.
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