The amount of contaminants found in a human's system. A study conducted by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, to measure the amounts of environmental contaminants found in humans, found an average of 91 industrial compounds, pollutants, and other chemicals in the blood and urine of volunteers. Some chemicals were known carcinogens while others were banned or are untested for their potential health hazards. Using organic products is a great way to avoid toxins and is a good way to detoxify and lower one's body burden. Click here for an article about organic products and body burden.
The amount of radioactive material in a person's body.
a chemical residue stored by the body and detected in blood, urine, and breast milk
The amount of various contaminants retained in a person’s tissues.
Total amount of a chemical present in an organism at a given time. Note: This can be a misleading term in that it suggests that the detection of a substance always means that it is causing adverse effects.
The amount of a radioactive material present in a body over a long time period. It is calculated by considering the amount of material initially present and the reduction in that amount due to elimination and radioactive decay. It is commonly used in reference to radionuclides having a long biological half-life. A body burden that subjects the body's most sensitive organs to the highest dose of a particular radionuclide that regulators allow is known as a maximum permissible body burden (MPBB).
The total toxic material a person has ingested or inhaled from all sources over time and retained in the body. for example, lead can be ingested form drinking water channeled through lead-soldered pipes, lead glazes on dishes, or flakes from painted surfaces, as well as from many industrial operations.
The amount of a particular chemical stored in the body at a particular time, especially a potentially toxic chemical, resulting from exposure. Body burdens can be the result of long-term storage (eg of a metal in bone or of a lipophilic substance such as polychlorinated biphenyls in adipose tissue) or short-term storage (eg carbon monoxide [as carboxyhaemoglobin] in the blood).
The amount of a particular chemical stored in the body at a particular time, especially a potentially toxic chemical in the body as a result of exposure. Body burdens can be the result of long-term or short-term storage, for example, the amount of a metal in bone, the amount of a lipophilic substance such as PCB in adipose tissue, or the amount of carbon monoxide (as carboxyhemoglobin) in the blood.
the amount of radioactive material which if deposited in the total body will produce the maximum permissible dose rate to the critical organ.
The total amount of a chemical in the body. Some chemicals build up in the body because they are stored in fat or bone or are eliminated very slowly.
The total amount of a specific substance (for example, lead) in an organism, including the amount stored, the amount that is mobile, and the amount absorbed.
Body burden refers to the amount of a chemical, or a number of chemicals, stored in the body at a given time, especially a potential toxin in the body as the result of exposure.
Total amount of substance of a chemical present in an organism at a given time
The total amount of toxins that have built up over time in a person's body.
That amount of radioisotope deposited in the body which will result in the dose limit to the critical organ (if the level remains constant).
The total amount of a substance such as lead that is deposited in the body.
Body burden is the amount of a harmful substance that is permanently present in a person's body. It is usually expressed in mass units, such as grams and milligrams. The substance may be radioactive or it might be chemically toxic.
