Issue 46
Public Health Newsletter of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
June 2007
In this Issue:

DBPs And Healthy Men Study
Galway Cryptosporidium Outbreak
NHMRC Water Quality Advisory Committee
Potable Reuse Guidelines For Public Comment
News Items
From the Literature
   Arsenic
   Cancer
   
Cryptosporidium
   Disinfection Byproducts
   E. coli
   Fluoride
   Household Interventions
   
Lead
  
Mycobacteria
   Perchlorate
  
Recycled Water
  
Silica
   Taste and Odour
   Wastewater
   Water Consumption
   Water Quality
   
Water Safety Plans
   
  

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From the Literature

Arsenic


Arsenic in drinking water and cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease in Michigan : a standardized mortality ratio analysis.
Meliker, J.R., Wahl, R.L., Cameron, L.L. and Nriagu, J.O. (2007) Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 6 (4), doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-4


Neurosensory effects of chronic human exposure to arsenic associated with body burden and environmental measures
Otto, D., Xia, Y., Li, Y., Wu, K., He, L., Telech, J., Hundell, H., Prah, J., Mumford, J. and Wade, T. (2007) Human & Experimental Toxicology, 26 (3); 169-77.

Cancer

Possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and renal pelvic cancer in northwestern Louisiana , USA .
Bunnell JE, Tatu CA, Bushon RN, et al. (2006) Environmental Geochemistry & Health, 28 ; 577-87.

Cryptosporidium



Critical processes affecting Cryptosporidium oocyst survival in the environment.
King, B.J. and Monis, P.T. (2007) Parasitology, 134 (Pt 3); 309-23.

Disinfection Byproducts

Breakpoint chlorination and free-chlorine contact time: Implications for drinking water N -nitrosodimethylamine concentrations.
Charrois JWA , and Hrudey SE. (2007) Water Research 41 :674-682.


Drowning in disinfection byproducts? Assessing swimming pool water.
Zwiener, C., Richardson , S.D. , De Marini, D.M., Grummt, T., Glauner, T. and Frimmel, F.H. (2007) Environmental Science & Technology, 41 (2); 363-72.

E. coli


Occurrence of virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolates from different aquatic ecosystems within the St. Clair River and Detroit River areas.
Hamelin, K., Bruant, G., El-Shaarawi, A., Hill, S., Edge, T.A., Fairbrother, J., Harel, J., Maynard, C., Masson, L. and Brousseau, R. (2007) Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 73 (2); 477-84.

Fluoride



An attempt to estimate the global burden of disease due to fluoride in drinking water.
Fewtrell, L., Smith, S., Kay, D. and Bartram, J. (2006) Journal of Water & Health 4 (4) 533—542.

Household Interventions


Integrating disease control strategies: balancing water sanitation and hygiene interventions to reduce diarrheal disease burden.
Eisenberg, J.N., Scott, J.C. and Porco, T. (2007) American Journal of Public Health, 97 (5); 846-52.


Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea: systematic review and meta-analysis.[see comment]
Clasen, T., Schmidt, W.P., Rabie, T., Roberts, I. and Cairncross, S. (2007) BMJ, 334 (7597); 782.


Bringing safe water to remote populations: an evaluation of a portable point-of-use intervention in rural Madagascar.
Ram, P.K., Kelsey, E., Rasoatiana, Miarintsoa, R.R., Rakotomalala, O., Dunston, C. and Quick, R.E. (2007) American Journal of Public Health, 97 (3); 398-400.


Treating water with chlorine at point-of-use to improve water quality and reduce child diarrhea in developing countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Arnold , B.F. and Colford, J.M., Jr. (2007) American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 76 (2); 354-64.

Lead



Changes in blood lead levels associated with use of chloramines in water treatment systems.
Miranda, M.L., Kim, D., Hull , A.P., Paul, C.J. and Overstreet Galeano, M.A. (2007) Environmental Health Perspectives, 115 (2); 221-5.

Mycobacteria



A case-control study of drinking water and dairy products in Crohn's Disease--further investigation of the possible role of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis.
Abubakar, I., Myhill, D.J., Hart, A.R., Lake, I.R., Harvey , I., Rhodes , J.M., Robinson, R., Lobo, A.J., Probert, C.S. and Hunter, P.R. (2007) American Journal of Epidemiology, 165 (7); 776-83.

Perchlorate



Evaluation of the U.S. EPA/OSWER preliminary remediation goal for perchlorate in groundwater: focus on exposure to nursing infants.
Ginsberg, G.L., Hattis, D.B., Zoeller, R.T. and Rice, D.C. (2007) Environmental Health Perspectives, 115 (3); 361-9.

Recycled Water



Removal of antibiotics in conventional and advanced wastewater treatment: Implications for environmental discharge and wastewater recycling.
Watkinson AJ , Murby EJ, Costanzo SD (2007) Water Research Available online 23 May 2007 ,  doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.04.005

Silica


The potential influence of silica present in drinking water on Alzheimer's disease and associated disorders.
Gillette-Guyonnet, S., Andrieu, S. and Vellas, B. (2007) The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 11 (2); 119-24.

Taste and Odour

Minerals in drinking water: impacts on taste and importance to consumer health.
Whelton A.J., Dietrich A.M., Burlingame G.A., Schechs M. and Duncan S.E. (2007) Water Science & Technology, 55 (5); 283-91.



A nose for trouble - the role of off-flavours in assuring safe drinking water.
Hrudey, S.E. and Hrudey, E.J. (2007) Water Science & Technology, 55 (5); 239-47.

Wastewater


The treatment of hospital wastewater: an appraisal.
Pauwels, B. and Verstraete, W. (2006) Journal of Water & Health, 4 (4) 405-416.

Water Consumption



Predictors of use and consumption of public drinking water among pregnant women.
Forssen, U.M., Herring, A.H., Savitz, D.A., Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J., Murphy, P.A., Singer, P.C. and Wright, J.M. (2007) Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 17 (2); 159-69.

Water Quality


An audit improves the quality of water within the dental unit water lines of three separate facilities of a United Kingdom NHS Trust.
Chate, R.A. (2006) British Dental Journal, 201 (9); 565-9.

Water Safety Plans


Experimental based experiences with the introduction of a water safety plan for a multi-located university clinic and its efficacy according to WHO recommendations.
Dyck, A., Exner, M. and Kramer, A. (2007) BMC Public Health, 7 :34 .