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Soil Selenium Concentration and Residents Daily Dietary Intake in a Selenosis Area: A Preliminary Study in Yutangba Village, Enshi City, China

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In 1963, selenosis occurred in Yutangba Village, Enshi City, China. Subsequently, local residents migrated to a new area of Yutangba to avoid high selenium (Se) exposure. In this study, 19 soil samples, 43 food samples, 60 hair samples and 58 plasma samples from local residents were randomly collected in New Yutangba Village. The mean total Se concentrations in cultivated soil samples were 1753.6 ± 742.8 µg/kg (n = 14). The estimated daily Se intake in New Yutangba Village decreased to 63.2 ± 39.8 µg/day, slightly higher than the recommended dietary Se intake for adults in China (60 µg/day). The mean Se concentrations in hair and plasma samples were 549.7 ± 165.2 µg/kg (n = 60) and 98.4 ± 32.1 µg/L (n = 58), respectively. The result indicated that appropriate activities, such as relocation, consuming a mixture of local foods and market foods containing low Se concentration, could effectively reduce the risk of high Se exposure.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Science and Technology Bureau of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (Grant No. XYJ2018000080), Guangxi Innovation Special Project (Grant Nos. GKAA17202026, AA17202027-3, AA17202038-1, AA17202010, AA17202044-1, AA17202019-2), Shanxi Keypoint Research and Invention Program (Grant No. 201703D211001), Special Plan of Scientific Research for Shanxi Agriculture Valley Construction of China (Grant No. SXNGJSKYZX201706), and the Natural Selenium Biofortification Program (NBP) by the International Society for Selenium Research (ISSR). Thanks for the local CDC for collecting blood samples. Thanks should go to Ning Zhang and Xu Tian for sampling and questionnaire serveying. Thanks for students from School of Public Health in Soochow University for questionnaire investigation. We also thank International Science Editing (http://www.internationalscienceediting.com) for editing this manuscript.

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  1. School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China

    Zedong Long, Jia** Song, **aodong Liu & Xuebin Yin

  2. Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China

    Zedong Long

  3. Enshi Tujia & Miao Autonomous Prefecture Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi, 445000, Hubei, China

    Jiqian **ang, Hongqing Yin, Yunfen Zhu & Yu Kang

  4. Advanced Lab for Functional Agriculture, Suzhou Institute of University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China

    Yapu Lu, Zhangmin Wang & Xuebin Yin

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    Liqiang Qin

  6. Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, USDA, 9611 S. Riverbend Ave, Parlier, 93648-9757, CA, USA

    Gary S. Bañuelos

  7. Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, **’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China

    Linxi Yuan

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Long, Z., **ang, J., Song, J. et al. Soil Selenium Concentration and Residents Daily Dietary Intake in a Selenosis Area: A Preliminary Study in Yutangba Village, Enshi City, China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 105, 798–805 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-02983-x

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