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Scientists to Look at Residents Toenails for Signs of Contamination

(Medical-NewsWire.com, April 22, 2013 ) San Francisco, CA -- After the finding of carcinogenic compounds underneath a New Jersey neighborhood, scientists are now turning to residents of the area, specifically to their toenails, to measure the toxicity levels.

Garfield, New Jersey is a town that is located 12 miles west of New York, and was notified of the spread of a hexavalent chromium that put 3,600 individuals at risk of exposure.

Toenails are one way scientists from New York University are analyzing the levels of the compound in a person's system. Given that they grow at a slow pace, researchers can detect the levels of chromium that accumulates in the body in an 18-month time frame, according to Judith Zelikoff, a profession of environmental medicine at New York University.

There are studies that show nail growth and health are influenced by the environment, and have shown that nail clippings are able to express a person's mineral metabolism, such as the totality of calcium ingested. The procedure is often utilized to detect mineral compounds in patients that
have mineral-based diseases.

New Jersey residents living in the immediate vicinity of the exposure could be retaining the chromium at high, and potentially dangerous, levels. Researchers plan to test nearly 250 individuals. Each will be given kits that will instruct them on how to cut the nails to then be submitted. The final results will be created within a few weeks.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has described the hexavalent chromium as a compound that normally is exposed present in manufacturing plants, and is often recognized as a workplace carcinogen.

According to The Environmental Protection Agency, the plume, which is measured at three-quarters of a mile wide, traveled from the Passaic River to the city of Passaic. They are now expecting to drill the spill site and remove the soil they deem contaminated.

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