Issue 42
Public Health Newsletter of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
June 2006
In this Issue:

Asbestos In Drinking Water
Fluoride And Bone Cancer
Waterborne Outbreaks In England And Wales 1992-2003
US Groundwater Study
Circulation Report
News Items
From the Literature
   Arsenic
  
Bottled Water
   
Bromate
   Cancer
   
Chemicals
  
Diarrhoea prevention
   
Disinfection by-products
   
Metals
  
Protozoa
   
Public Perception
   
Recreational Water
   Salmonella
   Water Disinfection
   Water Quality
   

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From the Literature

Arsenic


Does arsenic exposure increase the risk for diabetes mellitus?
Chiu, H.F., Chang, C.C., Tsai, S.S. and Yang, C.Y. (2006) Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 48 (1); 63-7.


Intake of arsenic from water, food composites and excretion through urine, hair from a studied population in West Bengal , India
Uchino, T., Roychowdhury, T., Ando, M. and Tokunaga, H. (2006) Food & Chemical Toxicology, 44 (4); 455-61.


Distribution of urinary selenium and arsenic among pregnant women exposed to arsenic in drinking water.
Christian, W.J., Hopenhayn, C., Centeno, J.A. and Todorov, T. (2006) Environmental Research, 100 (1); 115-22.


Arsenic-contaminated water and extent of acute childhood malnutrition (wasting) in rural Bangladesh.
Minamoto, K., Mascie-Taylor, C.G., Moji, K., Karim, E. and Rahman, M. (2005) Environmental Sciences, 12 (5); 283-92.


Assessing the measurement precision of various arsenic forms and arsenic exposure in the National Human Exposure Assessment Survey (NHEXAS).
Pellizzari, E.D. and Clayton , C.A. (2006) Environmental Health Perspectives, 114 (2); 220-7.

Bottled Water


Microbiological evaluation of bottled non-carbonated ("still") water from domestic brands in Greece.
Venieri, D., Vantarakis, A., Komninou, G. and Papapetropoulou, M. (2006) International Journal of Food Microbiology, 107 (1); 68-72.

Bromate



Bromate: concern for developmental neurotoxicity?
Crofton, K.M. (2006) Toxicology, 221 (2-3); 212-6.

Cancer

The association between drinking water source and colorectal cancer incidence in Jiashan County of China : a prospective cohort study.
Chen, K., Yu, W., Ma, X., Yao , K. and Jiang, Q. (2005) European Journal of Public Health, 15 (6); 652-6.

Chemicals



Trichloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and congenital heart defects: a critical analysis of the literature.
Watson, R.E., Jacobson, C.F., Williams, A.L., Howard, W.B. and DeSesso, J.M. (2006) Reproductive Toxicology, 21 (2); 117-47.


Impact of tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water on the risk of breast cancer: using a dose model to assess exposure in a case-control study.
Vieira, V., Aschengrau, A. and Ozonoff, D. (2005) Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 4 (1); 3.

Disinfection Byproducts



Chlorination disinfection by-products in drinking water and the risk of adult leukemia in Canada.
Kasim, K., Levallois, P., Johnson, K.C., Abdous, B., Auger, P. and Group, C.C.R.E.R. (2006) American Journal of Epidemiology, 163 (2); 116-26.

Metals



Lead and copper in drinking water fountains--information for physicians.
Cech, I. , Smolensky, M.H., Afshar, M., Broyles, G., Barczyk, M., Burau, K. and Emery, R. (2006) Southern Medical Journal, 99 (2); 137-42.

Protozoa



Emerging opportunistic protozoa and intestinal pathogenic protozoal infestation profile in children in western Nepal .
Easow, J.M., Mukhopadhyay, C., Wilson , G., Guha, S., Jalan, B.Y. and Shivananda, P.G. (2005) Nepal Medical College Journal, 7 (2); 134-7.

Public Perception


Public perceptions of drinking water: a postal survey of residents with private water supplies.
Jones, A.Q., Dewey, C.E., Dore, K., Majowicz, S.E., McEwen , S.A. , David, W.T., Eric, M., Carr, D.J. and Henson, S.J. (2006) BMC Public Health, 6: 94.

Recreational Water



Spa, springs and safety.
Sukthana, Y., Lekkla, A., Sutthikornchai, C., Wanapongse, P., Vejjajiva, A. and Bovornkitti, S. (2005) Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine & Public Health, 36 Suppl 4: 10-6.

Salmonella


Salmonella Mississippi infections in Tasmania : the role of native Australian animals and untreated drinking water.
Ashbolt, R. and Kirk, M.D. (2006) Epidemiology and Infection, (published on-line 4 May 2006 ). doi: 10.1017/S0950268806006224

Water Disinfection




Combining drinking water treatment and hand washing for diarrhoea prevention, a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Luby, S.P., Agboatwalla, M., Painter, J., Altaf, A., Billhimer, W., Keswick, B. and Hoekstra, R.M. (2006) Tropical Medicine & International Health, 11 (4); 479-89.

Reducing diarrhoea in Guatemalan children: randomized controlled trial of flocculant-disinfectant for drinking-water.
Chiller, T.M., Mendoza, C.E., Lopez, M.B., Alvarez, M., Hoekstra, R.M., Keswick, B.H. and Luby, S.P. (2006) Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84 (1); 28-35.

Water Quality


Drinking water in Michigan : source, quality, and contaminants.
Nathan, V.R. (2006) Journal of Water & Health, 4 Suppl 1;67-73.