Issue 40
Public Health Newsletter of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
December 2005
In this Issue:

Avian Influenza: Is There A Risk To Water Supplies?
Cryptosporidium Outbreak In Wales
Australian Water Recycling Guidelines
EU Agrees On Bathing Directive
Cocaine Rivers Make Headlines
News Items
From the Literature
   E coli O157
   Fluoride
   
Helicobacter
   Indicators
   Lead
   
Manganese
   
Nitrate
   Outbreaks
   Pathogens
   Perchlorate
   
Risk Assessment
   
Water Consumption
   Water Disinfection
   Water Quality

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From the Literature

E coli 0157

Escherichia coli O157:H7 in drinking water from private water supplies in the Netherlands
Schets, F.M., During, M., Italiaander, R., Heijnen, L., Rutjes, S.A., van der Zwaluw, W.K. and de Roda Husman, A.M. (2005) Water Research, 39(18); 4485-93.

The Walkerton Health Study
Richards, A. (2005) Canadian Nurse, 101 (5); 16-21.

Fluoride



Bioavailability of fluoride in drinking water: a human experimental study
Maguire, A., Zohouri, F.V., Mathers, J.C., Steen, I.N., Hindmarch, P.N. and Moynihan, P.J. (2005) Journal of Dental Research, 84 (11); 989-93.


The effective use of fluorides in public health
Jones, S., Burt, B.A., Petersen, P.E. and Lennon, M.A. (2005) Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83 (9); 670-6.

Helicobacter


Rural health alert: Helicobacter pylori in well water
Reavis, C. (2005) Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 17 (7); 283-9.

Indicators

Transport of chemical and microbial compounds from known wastewater discharges: potential for use as indicators of human fecal contamination
Glassmeyer, S.T., Furlong, E.T., Kolpin, D.W., Cahill, J.D., Zaugg, S.D., Werner, S.L., Meyer, M.T. and Kryak, D.D. (2005) Environmental Science & Technology, 39 (14); 5157-69.

Lead



Reducing lead exposure from drinking water: recent history and current status
Maas , R.P., Patch, S.C., Morgan, D.M. and Pandolfo, T.J. (2005) Public Health Reports, 120 (3); 316-21.

Manganese



Neurotoxicity of inhaled manganese: Public health danger in the shower?
Elsner, R.J. and Spangler, J.G. (2005) Medical Hypotheses, 65 (3); 607-16, 2005.

Nitrate



Workgroup report: Drinking-water nitrate and health--recent findings and research needs
Ward, M.H., deKok, T.M., Levallois, P., Brender, J., Gulis, G., Nolan, B.T., VanDerslice, J. and International Society for Environmental, E. (2005) Environmental Health Perspectives, 113 (11); 1607-14.

Outbreaks


Infectious disease outbreaks related to drinking water in Canada , 1974-2001.
Schuster, C.J., Ellis, A.G., Robertson, W.J., Charron, D.F., Aramini, J.J., Marshall , B.J. and Medeiros, D.T. (2005) Canadian Journal of Public Health, 94 (4); 254-58.

Norovirus outbreaks from drinking water.
Manunula, L., Miettinen, I.T. and von Bonsdorff, C.-H. (2005) Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11 (11); 1716-21.


The characterization of waterborne-disease outbreaks
Poullis, D.A., Attwell, R.W. and Powell , S.C. (2005) Reviews on Environmental Health, 20 (2); 141-9.


The 1991 cholera epidemic in Peru : not a case of precaution gone awry
Tickner, J. and Gouveia-Vigeant, T. (2005) Risk Analysis, 25 (3); 495-502.

Pathogens



Concentrations of pathogens and indicators in animal feces in the Sydney watershed
Cox, P., Griffith , M., Angles, M., Deere, D. and Ferguson , C. (2005) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71 (10); 5929-34.

Perchlorate



Long-term environmental exposure to perchlorate through drinking water and thyroid function during pregnancy and the neonatal period.
Tellez, R.T., Chacon, P.M., Abarca, C.R., Blount, B.C., Van Landingham, C.B., Crump, K.S. and Gibbs, J.P. (2005) Thyroid, 15 (9); 963-75.

Risk Assessment


Detection and risk assessment of adenoviruses in swimming pool water
van Heerden, J., Ehlers, M.M. and Grabow, W.O. (2005) Journal of Applied Microbiology, 99 (5); 1256-64.

Water Consumption



Does the provision of cooled filtered water in secondary school cafeterias increase water drinking and decrease the purchase of soft drinks?
Loughridge, J.L. and Barratt, J. (2005) Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics, 18 (4); 281-6.

Water Disinfection

Household based treatment of drinking water with flocculant-disinfectant for preventing diarrhoea in areas with turbid source water in rural western Kenya : cluster randomised controlled trial.
Crump, J.A., Otieno, P.O., Slutsker, L., Keswick, B.H., Rosen, D.H., Hoekstra, R.M., Vulule, J.M. and Luby, S.P. (2005) BMJ, 331 (7515); 478.



Inactivation of Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria in traditional brass and earthenware water storage vessels
Tandon, P., Chhibber, S. and Reed, R.H. (2005) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 88 (1); 35-48.

Water Quality

Microbial contamination of dental unit water systems
Forde, A., O'Reilly, P., Fitzgerald, G., O'Mullane, D., Burke, F.M. and O'Sullivan, M. (2005) Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 51 (3); 115-8.


Private water wells in Minnesota : recommended tests for contaminants
Convery, M.P. (2005) Minnesota Medicine, 88 (5); 46-8.