Abstract
Antimony concentrations in soils and products around a antimony smelterwere determined. Using these dataand metabolic model of antimony in human body, health risks of residents around the smelter were evaluated.
The results obtained in this study can be summarized as follows;
1) Farm soils around the smelter were highly contaminated by antimony.
2) Antimony concentrations in products were much lower than that in farm soils. It was considered that low concentration of soluble fraction in soil contributed to this result. Antimony fallout may contribute the high concent rationo bserved in leaf.
3) Vegetable intake by adults and soil ingestion by children were considered for major passways of antimony intake.
4) For dietary intake of vegetables cultivated around the smelter, accumulation of antimony in human body wasrelatively small.
5) For soil ingestion by children, accumulation of antimony was also small, but itis possible that absorption amount of antimony excess the intake limit for children when pH of stomach solution is low (pH=1.3).
