Seventeen-Year Observation on Urinary Cadmium and β2-Microglobulin in Inhabitants After Cessation of Cadmium-Exposure in Japan

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The purpose of this study was to clarify the change and relationship of urinary cadmium (Cd) and β2-microglobulin (β2-MG) concentrations of inhabitants in Cd-polluted areas after soil restoration. The urinary Cd and β2-MG concentrations of 25 males and 28 females did not show a significant change, 22 years after the Cd-polluted soil was restored. Once exposed to Cd, it was found to remain in the body, 22 years after the Cd -polluted soil was restored. However, this did not influence renal tubular dysfunction in most of the younger generation compared with elders heavily exposed to Cd. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.