Issue 28
The Public Health Newsletter of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
December 2002
In this Issue:

Australian Drinking Water Guidelines Rolling Revision
US Waterborne Disease Outbreaks 1999-2000
Naegleria Deaths In Arizona
UK Fluoride Research Priorities
WHO Report On Home Water Management
News Items
From the Literature
    Aluminium
    Arsenic
    Bottled Water
    Cancer
    Disinfection Byproducts
    Endotoxins
    Metals
    Microsporidia
    Nitrate
    Water Hardness


Additional Articles

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From the Literature

Aluminium

Subacute fatal aluminium poisoning in dialyzed patients: post-mortem toxicological findings.
de Wolff F A, Berend K and van der Voet G B. Forensic Sci Int (2002) 128(1-2) p41-3.

Aluminium content of drinking waters, fruit juices and soft drinks: contribution to dietary intake.
Lopez F F, Cabrera C, Lorenzo M L, et al. Sci Total Environ (2002) 292(3) p205-13.

Arsenic

Toxicology Letters - Special Issue on Arsenic
Vol 133 (1) July 7th 2002, edited by Dr JC Ng.

Bottled Water

Bacterial water quality in the personal water bottles of elementary students.
Oliphant J A, Ryan M C and Chu A. Can J Public Health. Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique (2002) 93(5) p366-7.

Survey of bottled drinking waters sold in Canada for chlorate, bromide, bromate, lead, cadmium and other trace elements.
Dabeka R W, Conacher H B S, Lawrence J F, et al. Food Add Contamin (2002) 19(8) p721-32.

Cancer

Community cancer assessment in response to long-time exposure to perchlorate and trichloroethylene in drinking water.
Morgan J W, Cassady R E. J Occup Environ Med (2002) 44(7) p616-21.

Disinfection Byproducts

Risk of specific birth defects in relation to chlorination and the amount of natural organic matter in the water supply.
Hwang B F, Magnus P and Jaakkola J J K. Am J Epidemiol (2002) 156(4) p374-82.

Swimming and Birth Weight
Nieuwenhuijsen M J, Northstone K and Golding J. Epidemiology (2002) 13(6) p725-8.

Endotoxins

A review of drinking-water-associated endotoxin, including potential routes of human exposure.
Anderson W B, Slawson R M and Mayfield C I. Can J Microbiol (2002) 48(7) p567-87.

Metals

Effect of coagulant treatment on the metal composition of raw water.
Fatoki O S, Ogunfowokan A O. Water SA (2002) 28(3) p293-7.

Microsporidia

Low- and medium-pressure UV inactivation of microsporidia Encephalitozoon intestinalis.
Huffman D E, Gennaccaro A, Rose J B, et al. Wat Res (2002) 36(12) p3161-4.

Nitrate

A nested case-control study of methemoglobinemia risk factors in children of Transylvania, Romania.
Zeman C L, Kross B and Vlad M. Environ Health Perspect (2002) 110(8) p817-22.

Water Hardness

Association of very low birth weight with calcium levels in drinking water.
Yang C Y, Chiu H F, Chang C C, et al. Environ Res (2002) 89(3) p189-94.

Drinking water and cardiovascular disease [Review]
Sauvant M P, Pepin D. Food Chem Toxicol (2002) 40(10) p1311-25.

Calcium nephrolithiasis: Effect of water hardness on urinary electrolytes.
Schwartz B F, Schenkman N S, Bruce J E, et al. Urology (2002) 60(1) p23-7.


Additional Articles

Toxins and bioactive compounds from cyanobacteria and their implications on human health.
Rao P V L, Gupta N, Bhaskar A S B, et al. J Environ Biol (2002) 23(3) p215-224.

Disease Transmission Models for Public Health Decision Making: Analysis of Epidemic and Endemic Conditions Caused by Waterborne Pathogens.
Eisenberg J N S, Brookhart M A, Rice G, Brown M and Colford J M J. Environ Health Perspect (2002) 110(8) p783-90.

Work related symptoms among sewage workers: a nationwide survey in Sweden.
Thorn J, Beijer L and Rylander R. Occup Environ Med (2002) 59(8) p562-6.

Constructing Scientific Authorities: Issue Framing of Chlorinated Disinfection Byproducts in Public Health.
Driedger S M, Eyles J, Elliott S D and Cole D C. Risk Anal (2002) 22(4) p789-802.

Outbreaks in drinking-water systems, 1991-1998.
Craun GF, Nwachuku N, Calderon RL, Craun MF. Journal of Environmental Health 2002;65(1):16-23.

Assessing the Exposure of Pregnant Women to Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts.
Barbone F, Valent F, Brussi V, Tomasella L, Triassi M, Di Lieto A, Scognamiglio G, Righi E, Fantuzzi g, Casolari L and Aggazzotti G. Epidemiology (2002) 13(5) p540-44.

Environmental risk factors of young onset Parkinson's disease: a case-control study.
Tsai C H, Lo S K, See L C, Chen H Z, Chen R S, Weng Y H, Chang F C and Lu C S. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (2002) 104(4) p328-33.

Zero exposure - a goal for environmental and occupational health?
Aitio A. Toxicology Letters 2002;134(1-3):3-8.

Analysis of transmission pathways of Pseudomonas aeruginosa between patients and tap water outlets.
Reuter S, Sigge A, Wiedeck H, Trautmann M. Critical Care Medicine 2002;30(10):2222-2228.