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    Gastrointestinal Illness
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From the Literature

Arsenic
	Males in rural Bangladeshi communities are more susceptible to chronic arsenic poisoning than females: Analyses based on urinary arsenic. Watanabe C, Inaoka T, Kadono T, Nagano M, Nakamura S, Ushijima K, Murayama N, Miyazaki K, Ohtsuka R. Environ Health Perspect (2001) 109(12) p1265-70.
	Elevated mortality from lung cancer associated with arsenic exposure for a limited duration. Nakadaira H, Endoh K, Katagiri M, Yamamoto M. J Occup Environ Med (2002) 44(3) p291-9.
	Evaluation of costs and benefits of a lower arsenic MCL. Frost FJ, Tollestrup K, Craun GF, Raucher R, Stomp J, Chwirka J. J AWWA (2002) 94(3) p71-80.
Bottled Water
	Norwalk-Like Virus Sequences in Mineral Waters: One-Year Monitoring of Three Brands. Beuret C, Kohler D, Baumgartner A, Luthi TM. Appl Environ Microbiol (2002) 68(4) p1925-31.
	Chemical quality of bottled waters from three cities in eastern Alabama. Ikem A, Odueyungbo S, Egiebor NO, Nyavor K. Sci Total Environ (2002) 285(1-3) p165-75.
Cancer
	Relationship between mineral and trace element concentrations in drinking water and gastric cancer mortality in Japan. Nakaji S, Fukuda S, Sakamoto J, Sugawara K, Shimoyama T, Umeda T, et al. Nutr Cancer -An International Journal (2001) 40(2) p99-102.
Cholera
	Cholera prevention with traditional and novel water treatment methods: An outbreak investigation in Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar. Reller ME, Mong YJM, Hoekstra RM, Quick RE. Am J Public Health (2001) 91(10) p1608-10.
Cryptosporidium
	Novel Cryptosporidium genotypes in sporadic cryptosporidiosis cases: First report of human infections with a cervine genotype. Ong CSL, Eisler DL, Alikhani A, Fung VWK, Tomblin J, Bowie WR, Isaac-Renton JL. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 8(3) p263-68.
Detection Methods
	Improved method for concentration of Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and poliovirus from water. Watt PM, Johnson DC, Gerba CP. J Environ Sci Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering (2002) 37(3) p321-30.
	Interference between enterovirus and reovirus as a limiting factor in environmental virus detection. Carducci A, Cantiani L, Moscatelli R, Casini B, Rovini E, Mazzoni F, Giuntini A, Verani M. Lett Appl Microbiol (2002) 34(2) p110-13.
Disinfection Byproducts
	Use of mechanism-based structure-activity relationships analysis in carcinogenic potential ranking for drinking water disinfection by-products. Woo YT, Lai D, McLain JL, Manibusan MK, Dellarco V. Environ Health Perspect (2002) 110(Suppl 1) p75-87.
	Analysis of the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of drinking water disinfection by-products in Salmonella typhimurium. Kargalioglu Y, McMillan BJ, Minear RA, Plewa MJ. Teratog Carcinog Mutagen (2002) 22(2) p113-28.
	Drinking water contaminants and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a review. Bove F, Shim Y , Zeitz P. Environ Health Perspect (2002) 110(Suppl 1) p61-74.
	Cancer risk associated with household exposure to chloroform. Levesque B, Ayotte P, Tardif R, Ferron L, Gingras S, Schlouch E, et al. J Toxicol Environ Health (2002) Part A. 65(7) p489-502.
	Distribution and determinants of trihalomethane concentrations in indoor swimming pools. Chu, H. and M.J. Nieuwenhuijsen Occup Environ Med (2002) 59(4) p243-7.
Drinking Water Treatment
	The effect of drinking water treatment on the spatial heterogeneity of micro-organisms: implications for assessment of treatment efficiency and health risk. Gale P, Pitchers R , Gray P. Wat Res (2002) 36(6) p1640-8.
E. coli O157
	A waterborne outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 infections and hemolytic uremic syndrome: Implications for rural water systems. Olsen SJ, Miller G, Breuer T, Kennedy M, Higgins C, Walford J, et al. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 8(4) p370-5.
Gastrointestinal Illness
	Risk factors in HIV-associated diarrhoeal disease: the role of drinking water, medication and immune status. Eisenberg JNS, Wade TJ, Charles S, Vu M, Hubbard A, Wright CC, Levy D, Jensen P, Colford JM, Jr. Epidemiol Infect (2001) 128(1) p73-81.
Legionella
	Legionnaires' disease associated with habitual drinking of hot spring water. Tominaga M, Aoki Y, Haraguchi S, Fukuoka M, Hayashi S, Tamesada M, Yabuuchi E, Nagasawa K. Intern Med (2001) 40(10) p1064-7.
	Control of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease by keeping the circulating hot water temperature above 55 degrees C: experience from a 10-year surveillance programme in a district general hospital. Darelid J, Lofgren S , Malmvall BE. J Hosp Infect (2002) 50(3) p213-19.
Leptospirosis
	Leptospirosis, water sports, and chemoprophylaxis. Haake DA, Dundoo M, Cader R, Kubak BM, Hartskeerl RA, Sejvar JJ, et al. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 34(9) E40-E43.
Wastewater Contaminants
	Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in US streams, 1999-2000: A national reconnaissance. Kolpin DW, Furlong ET, Meyer MT, Thurman EM, Zaugg SD, Barber LB, Buxton HT. Environ Sci Technol (2002) 36(6) p1202-11.

Additional Articles

Detection and enumeration of coliforms in drinking water: current methods and emerging approaches [Review].
Rompre A, Servais P, Baudart J, de-Roubin MR, Laurent P. J Microbiol Methods (2002) 49(1) p31-54.

Detection of excess arsenic-related cancer risks.
Frost F, Craun G, Brown KG. Environ Health Perspect (2002) 110(1) pA12-A13.

Arsenic poisoning in groundwater - Health risk and geochemical sources in Bangladesh.
Anawar HM, Akai J, Mostofa KMG, Safiullah S, Tareq SM. Environ Int (2002) 27(7) p597-604.

U.S. drinking water challenges in the twenty-first century.
Levin RB, Epstein PR, Ford TE, Harrington W, Olson E, Reichard EG. Environ Health Perspect (2002) 110(Suppl 1) p43-52.

Implications of fluoride - An endless uncertainty.
Pillai KS, Stanley VA. J Environ Biol (2002) 23(1) p81-7.

The effect of heating against Cryptosporidium oocysts.
Fujino T, Matsui T, Kobayashi F, Haruki K, Yoshino Y, Kajima J, et al. J Vet Med Sci (2002) 64(3) p199-200.

Assessing exposure in epidemiologic studies to disinfection by-products in drinking water: Report from an international workshop [Review]
Arbuckle TE, Hrudey SE, Krasner SW et al. Environmental Health Perspectives. 110(Suppl 1):53-60, 2002

A waterborne outbreak of Norwalk-like virus in a winter holiday resort in Sweden.
Carriqué-Mas JJ, Andersson Y, Hedlund K-O and Giesecke J Eurosurveillance Weekly: Thursday 18 April 2002. Volume 6, Issue 16.