Issue 54
Public Health Newsletter of Water Quality Research Australia
June 2009
In this Issue:

Recreational Access To Catchments
Brisbane Fluoride Overdose Incident
Stormwater Harvesting For Orange
News Items
From the Literature
  
Alzheimer's Disease
  
Chromium
  
Cyanobacteria
  
Developing Nations
   Disinfection By-products
   Fluoride
  
Fungi
   
Household Interventions
   
Nitrate
  
Regulation
   
Remote Communities
   
Risk Assessment
   
Salmonella
  
Uranium
  
Water Consumption
  
Water Disinfection
   Water Quality

  

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From the Literature

Alzheimer's Disease


Aluminum and silica in drinking water and the risk of Alzheimer's disease or cognitive decline: Findings from 15-year follow-up of the PAQUID cohort.
Rondeau, V., Jacqmin-Gadda, H., Commenges, D., Helmer, C. and Dartigues, J.F. (2009) American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(4); 489-496.

Chromium


Cancer mortality in Chinese populations surrounding an alloy plant with chromium smelting operations.
Kerger, B.D., Butler, W.J., Paustenbach, D.J., Zhang, J. and Li, S. (2009) Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A, 72(5); 329-344.

Cyanobacteria

Freshwater cyanobacterial blooms and primary liver cancer epidemiological studies in Serbia.
Svircev, Z., Krstic, S., Miladinov-Mikov, M., Baltic, V. and Vidovic, M. (2009) Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part C, Environmental Carcinogenesis & Ecotoxicology Reviews, 27; 36-55.

Developing Nations

Estimating the impact on health of poor reliability of drinking water interventions in developing countries.
Hunter, P.R., Zmirou-Navier, D. and Hartemann, P. (2009) Science of the Total Environment, 407 (8); 2621-2624.

Disinfection Byproducts

Chlorination disinfection by-products, public health risk tradeoffs and me.
Hrudey SE. (2009) Water Research 43 (8) ; 2057-2092.


Disinfection by-products and their potential impact on the quality of water produced by desalination systems: A literature review.
Agus, E., Voutchkov, N. and Sedlak, D.L. (2009) Desalination, 237 (1-3); 214-237.

Fluoride

Fluoride and health hazards: community perception in a fluorotic area of central Rajasthan ( India ): an arid environment.
Hussain J, Hussain I and Sharma KC. (2009) Environ. Monit. Assess. DOI 10.1007/s10661-009-0771-6


Public opinions on community water fluoridation.
Quinonez, C.R. and Locker, D. (2009) Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100 (2); 96-100.

Fungi



The study of fungi in drinking water.
Hageskal, G., Lima , N. and Skaar, I. (2009) Mycological Research, 113 (2); 165-172.

Household Interventions



Killing of enteric bacteria in drinking water by a copper device for use in the home: laboratory evidence.
Sudha, V.B.P., Singh, K.O., Prasad, S.R. and Venkatasubramanian, P. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (2009), doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.019


Safe drinking water and clean air: An experimental study evaluating the concept of combining household water treatment and indoor air improvement using the Water Disinfection Stove (WADIS).
Christen, A., Navarro, C.M. and Mäusezahl, D. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, In Press (2009)

Nitrate


Nitrate in drinking water and risk of death from pancreatic cancer in Taiwan.
Yang, C.Y., Tsai, S.S. and Chiu, H.F. (2009) Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A, 72 (6); 397-401.

Regulation


Ensuring safe drinking water in regional NSW: the role of regulation.
Byleveld, P.M., Cretikos, M.A., Leask, S.D. and Durrheim, D.N. (2008) New South Wales public health bulletin, 19 (11-12); 203-207.

Remote Communities


Drinking water in northwestern Alaska : Using or not using centralized water systems in two rural communities.
Marino, E., White, D., Schweitzer, P., Chambers, M. and Wisniewski, J. (2009) Arctic , 62 (1); 75-82.

Risk Assessment


Long-term inactivation study of three enteroviruses in artificial surface and groundwaters, using PCR and cell culture.
De Roda Husman, A.M., Lodder, W.J., Rutjes , S.A. , Schijven, J.F. and Teunis, P.F.M. (2009) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 (4); 1050-1057.


Point-of-use drinking water devices for assessing microbial contamination in finished water and distribution systems.
Miles, S.L., Gerba, C.P., Pepper, I.L. and Reynolds, K.A. (2009) Environmental Science and Technology, 43 (5); 1425-1429.

Salmonella

An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium 9 at a school camp linked to contamination of rainwater tanks.
Franklin , L.J., Fielding, J.E., Gregory, J., Gullan, L., Lightfoot, D., Poznanski, S.Y. and Vally, H. (2009) Epidemiology and Infection, 137 (3); 434-440.

Uranium

Nephrotoxicity of uranium in drinking water from private drilled wells.
Seldén, A.I., Lundholm, C., Edlund, B., Högdahl, C., Ek, B.M., Bergström, B.E. and Ohlson, C.G. Environmental Research, (2009) 109 (4 ): 486-494 .

Water Consumption


Development and Validation of a Self-Administered Questionnaire to Measure Water Exposures in Children.
Gorelick, M.H., Wagner, D. and McLellan, S.L. (2008) Ambulatory Pediatrics, 8 (6); 388-391.


Promotion and provision of drinking water in schools for overweight prevention: randomized, controlled cluster trial.
Muckelbauer, R., Libuda, L., Clausen, K., Toschke, A.M., Reinehr, T. and Kersting, M. (2009) Pediatrics, 123 (4);

Water Disinfection


Synergistic benefits between ultraviolet light and chlorine-based disinfectants for the inactivation of Escherichia coli.
Rand JL, Shupe G and Gagnon GA. (2008) Water Quality Research Journal of Canada , 43 (1); 63-68.

Water Quality

Large-scale freshwater microbiological study: rationale, results and risks.
Till, D., McBride, G., Ball, A., Taylor , K. and Pyle, E. (2008) Journal of Water and Health, 6 (4); 443-460.


Comparing wastewater chemicals, indicator bacteria concentrations, and bacterial pathogen genes as fecal pollution indicators.
Haack, S.K., Duris, J.W., Fogarty, L.R., Kolpin, D.W., Focazio, M.J., Furlong, E.T. and Meyer, M.T. (2009) Journal of Environmental Quality, 38 (1); 248-258.