Uranium exposure of the Swiss population based on 24-hour urinary excretion.

CONCLUSIONS: On the basis of uranium exposure, assessed via 24-hour urinary uranium excretion, and current knowledge of the toxicity of naturally occurring uranium, a substantial corresponding health risk for the general adult population is unlikely. However, as long as no specific sensitive biomarker for the biological impact of low-dose chronic uranium exposure has been identified and validated, assessing subtle health impact of such exposure will remain difficult.
PMID: 32294221 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - April 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jenny-Burri J, Blanc A, Aubert R, Haldimann M, Zürcher U, Burnier M, Paccaud F, Bochud M, Dudler V Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research