{"id":3859,"date":"2024-12-18T11:53:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:53:11","slug":"got-your-toenails-guinness-world-record-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/2024\/12\/18\/got-your-toenails-guinness-world-record-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Got Your Toe(nails)! Guinness World Record Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Guinness World Records team<\/strong> is once again reflecting on the record held by the Atlantic PATH cohort.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/toenails-collection-samples-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/toenails-collection-samples-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/toenails-collection-samples.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a new article, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZXvc8o\"><strong>&#8220;<em>Got your toe(nails)! Scientific study holds largest collection of toenail clippings<\/em>,&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> Katherine Gross revisits the collection of toenail samples from Atlantic PATH participants.\u00a0In 2013, Atlantic PATH received a <strong>Guinness Book of World Records for 24,999 toenail samples<\/strong>. Recruitment continued until 2015 and the total number of participants who donated toenails was <strong>30,418<\/strong>!!<\/p>\n<p>Atlantic PATH represents participants across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, a region with the highest rates of cancer and chronic disease in the country. &#8220;Toenails are an important part of our research&#8230;.What we\u2019re particularly interested in, in this context, is the extent to which environmental exposure affects our risk of disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atlantic PATH has used data and biological samples to develop an<strong> established environmental and occupational health research stream<\/strong>. <strong>Stay tuned<\/strong> for more toenail research that is currently in progress, and you can find <strong>recent publications<\/strong> here:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hood, K., <\/span>Sweeney, E., Ilie, G., Keltie, E., Kim, J.S. (2023), Toenail Arsenic Species and Metallome Profiles Associated with Breast, Cervical, Prostate, and Skin Cancer Prevalence in the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow\u2019s Health Cohort. Frontiers in Public Health: Environmental health and Exposome, 11.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpubh.2023.1148283<\/p>\n<p>Smith, N.K., Keltie, E., Sweeney, E., Weerasinghe, S., MacPherson, K., Kim, J.S. (2022). \u201cInvestigating the Association between Arsenic Exposure and Chronic Disease Using Toenail Speciation Biomarkers: A Feasibility Study.\u201d Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecoenv.2022.113269<\/p>\n<p>Keltie, E.; Cui, Y.; Hood, K.; Sweeney, E.; Ilie, G.; Adisesh, A.; Dummer, T.; Kim, J.S. (2022). \u201cThe Association of Prostate Cancer with the Profiles of Arsenic Species and Metallome: An Analysis from the Atlantic PATH Cohort Study.\u201d Frontiers in Public Health, Environmental Health and Exposome.\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpubh.2022.818069<\/p>\n<p>Majouni, S., Kim, J.S., Sweeney, E., Keltie, E., Abidi, S. (2022). Applying Machine Learning to Arsenic Species and Metallomics Profiles of Toenails to Evaluate Associations of Environmental Arsenic with Incident Cancer Cases. Medical Informatics Europe Conference (MIE) Conference Proceedings. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.<\/p>\n<p>Fleming, D., Crook, S., Evans, C., Nader, M., Atia, M., Hicks, J., Sweeney, E., McFarlane, C., Kim, J.S., Keltie, E., Adisesh, A. (2020). \u201cAssessing arsenic in human toenail clippings using portable X-ray fluorescence.\u201d Applied Radiation and Isotopes.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apradiso.2020.109491<\/p>\n<p>Fleming, D., Crook, S., Evans, C., Nader, M., Atia, M., Hicks, J., Sweeney, E., McFarlane, C., Kim, J.S., Keltie, E., Adisesh, A. (2020). \u201cPortable X-ray Fluorescence of Zinc Applied to Human Toenail Clippings.\u201d Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtemb.2020.126603<\/p>\n<p>Dummer, T., Yu, Z.M., Nauta, L., Murimboh, J., Parker, L. (2015). &#8220;Geostatistical modelling of arsenic in drinking water wells and related toenail arsenic concentrations across Nova Scotia, Canada.&#8221; Science of the Total Environment, 505.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2014.02.055<\/p>\n<p>Yu, Z.M., Dummer, T., Adams, A., Murimboh, J., Parker, L. (2014). &#8220;Relationship between drinking water and toenail arsenic concentration among a cohort of Nova Scotians.&#8221; Journal of\u00a0Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 24. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/jes.2013.88<\/p>\n<p>Yu, Z.M, Fung, B., Murimboh, J., Parker, L., Dummer, T. (2014). &#8220;What is the role of obesity in the aetiology of arsenic-related disease?&#8221; Environment International, 66.\u00a0 http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envint.2014.01.028<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guinness World Records team is once again reflecting on the record held by the Atlantic PATH cohort. In a new article, &#8220;Got your toe(nails)! Scientific study holds largest collection of toenail clippings,&#8221; Katherine Gross revisits the collection of toenail samples from Atlantic PATH participants.\u00a0In 2013, Atlantic PATH received a Guinness Book of World Records for 24,999 toenail samples. Recruitment continued until 2015 and the total number of participants who donated toenails was 30,418!! Atlantic PATH represents participants across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, a region with the highest rates of cancer and chronic disease in the country. &#8220;Toenails are an important part of our research&#8230;.What we\u2019re particularly interested in, in this context, is the extent to which environmental exposure affects our risk of disease.\u201d Atlantic PATH has used data and biological samples to develop an established environmental and occupational health research stream. Stay tuned for more toenail research that is currently in progress, and you can find recent publications here: Hood, K., Sweeney, E., Ilie, G., Keltie, E., Kim, J.S. (2023), Toenail Arsenic Species and Metallome Profiles Associated with Breast, Cervical, Prostate, and Skin Cancer Prevalence in the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow\u2019s Health Cohort. Frontiers in Public Health: Environmental health and Exposome, 11.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpubh.2023.1148283 Smith, N.K., Keltie, E., Sweeney, E., Weerasinghe, S., MacPherson, K., Kim, J.S. (2022). \u201cInvestigating the Association between Arsenic Exposure and Chronic Disease Using Toenail Speciation Biomarkers: A Feasibility Study.\u201d Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecoenv.2022.113269 Keltie, E.; Cui, Y.; Hood, K.; Sweeney, E.; Ilie, G.; Adisesh, A.; Dummer, T.; Kim, J.S. (2022). \u201cThe Association of Prostate Cancer with the Profiles of Arsenic Species and Metallome: An Analysis from the Atlantic PATH Cohort Study.\u201d Frontiers in Public Health, Environmental Health and Exposome.\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpubh.2022.818069 Majouni, S., Kim, J.S., Sweeney, E., Keltie, E., Abidi, S. (2022). Applying Machine Learning to Arsenic Species and Metallomics Profiles of Toenails to Evaluate Associations of Environmental Arsenic with Incident Cancer Cases. Medical Informatics Europe Conference (MIE) Conference Proceedings. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. Fleming, D., Crook, S., Evans, C., Nader, M., Atia, M., Hicks, J., Sweeney, E., McFarlane, C., Kim, J.S., Keltie, E., Adisesh, A. (2020). \u201cAssessing arsenic in human toenail clippings using portable X-ray fluorescence.\u201d Applied Radiation and Isotopes.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apradiso.2020.109491 Fleming, D., Crook, S., Evans, C., Nader, M., Atia, M., Hicks, J., Sweeney, E., McFarlane, C., Kim, J.S., Keltie, E., Adisesh, A. (2020). \u201cPortable X-ray Fluorescence of Zinc Applied to Human Toenail Clippings.\u201d Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtemb.2020.126603 Dummer, T., Yu, Z.M., Nauta, L., Murimboh, J., Parker, L. (2015). &#8220;Geostatistical modelling of arsenic in drinking water wells and related toenail arsenic concentrations across Nova Scotia, Canada.&#8221; Science of the Total Environment, 505.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2014.02.055 Yu, Z.M., Dummer, T., Adams, A., Murimboh, J., Parker, L. (2014). &#8220;Relationship between drinking water and toenail arsenic concentration among a cohort of Nova Scotians.&#8221; Journal of\u00a0Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 24. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/jes.2013.88 Yu, Z.M, Fung, B., Murimboh, J., Parker, L., Dummer, T. (2014). &#8220;What is the role of obesity in the aetiology of arsenic-related disease?&#8221; Environment International, 66.\u00a0 http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envint.2014.01.028 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[3],"tags":[88,13,93,175,22],"class_list":["post-3859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-arsenic","tag-atlantic-path","tag-environmental-exposure","tag-guinness-world-record","tag-toenails"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"pathwp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3859"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3866,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions\/3866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}