scholarly journals Cancer risks from arsenic in drinking water.

1992 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
A H Smith ◽  
C Hopenhayn-Rich ◽  
M N Bates ◽  
H M Goeden ◽  
I Hertz-Picciotto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Cancer Risks

scholarly journals Estimation of Potential Lifetime Cancer Risks for Trihalomethanes from Consuming Chlorinated Drinking Water in Taiwan

2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Hung Hsu ◽  
Woei-Lih Jeng ◽  
Ruey-Mai Chang ◽  
Ling-Chu Chien ◽  
Bor-Cheng Han
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Cancer Risks ◽  
Chlorinated Drinking Water

scholarly journals Cancer Risks from Arsenic in Drinking Water

1999 ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan H. Smith ◽  
Mary Lou Biggs ◽  
Lee Moore ◽  
Reina Haque ◽  
Craig Steinmaus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Cancer Risks

scholarly journals Drinking Water Arsenic in Northern Chile: High Cancer Risks 40 Years after Exposure Cessation

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig M. Steinmaus ◽  
Catterina Ferreccio ◽  
Johanna Acevedo Romo ◽  
Yan Yuan ◽  
Sandra Cortes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
Cancer Risks

Cancer and non‐cancer risks in humans exposed to trace elements in drinking water from a crater lake (Bosumtwi/Bosomtwe)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Amankwaa ◽  
Xifeng Yin ◽  
Stephen Akyeampong ◽  
Liming Zhang ◽  
Weihong Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Crater Lake ◽  
Cancer Risks

scholarly journals Association between lung cancer risk and inorganic arsenic concentration in drinking water: a dose–response meta-analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1257-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanwei Yuan ◽  
Hongbo zhang ◽  
Bin Chen ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Shasha Tao
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
Lung Cancer Risk ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Arsenic Concentration ◽  
Inorganic Arsenic ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Cancer Risks ◽  
Dose Response Relationship

High dose arsenic in drinking water (≥100 μg L−1) is known to induce lung cancer, but lung cancer risks at low to moderate arsenic levels and its dose–response relationship remains inconclusive.

scholarly journals Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Kampala (Uganda) Drinking Water

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bamuwamye ◽  
Patrick Ogwok ◽  
Vivian Tumuhairwe ◽  
Richard Eragu ◽  
Henriettah Nakisozi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Hazard Index ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cancer Risks ◽  
Guideline Values

Levels of aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, mercury, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc in tap water, groundwater-fed protected spring and bottled water were determined. The cancer and non-cancer risks associated with ingestion of heavy metals (HM) were also assessed for both children and adults. Forty seven water samples obtained from five divisions of Kampala city were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Cancer and non-cancer risks were determined using incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) and non-carcinogenic hazard quotient (HQ), respectively. Lead content was higher than permissible limits (PL) according to East African Standard, World Health Organization, European Union and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Arsenic showed minor exceedances above guideline values in tap water and groundwater-fed protected spring, whereas mercury, manganese and nickel were higher than PL. Levels of aluminium, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, and zinc were below the PL. The lifetime risk of developing cancer through the oral route was greater than the USEPA acceptable level for both children and adults, revealing that exposure to HM in drinking water posed an unacceptable potential cancer risk. Arsenic contributed ca. 90% of the ILCR in tap water and groundwater-fed protected spring. The combined non-cancer risk of the HM expressed as hazard index (HI) was greater than one, with values for children being higher than those for adults. Lead contribution towards HI was in all cases above 90%. These results demonstrate the presence of alarming non-cancer risks for children.

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