Issue 29
The Public Health Newsletter of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
March 2003
In this Issue:

Nevada Cancer Investigation
Copper Toxicity in German Infants
Walkerton Health Study
UN World Water Development Report
Costs of Water Disasters Rise
News Items
From the Literature
    Aeromonas
    Arsenic
    Cancer
    
E.coli O157:H7
    Exposure Assessment
    Giardia
    Lead
    Outbreak Investigation
    Perchlorate
    
Regulation
    Salmonella

    Toxoplasmosis
   
Water Treatment

Additional Articles

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From the Literature

Aeromonas

Aeromonas Isolates from Human Diarrheic Stool and Groundwater Compared by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis.
Borchardt M A, Stemper M E and Standridge J H. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 9(2) p224-8.

Arsenic

Arsenic, drinking water, and health: A position paper of the American Council on Science and Health.
Brown K G and Ross G L. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol (2002) 36(2) p162-174.
Physical injury risks associated with drinking water arsenic treatment.
Frost F J, Chwirka J, Craun G F, Thomson B and Stomps J. Risk Anals (2002) 22(2) p235-43.
Increasing awareness of arsenic in Bangladesh: lessons from a public education programme.
Hanchett S, Nahar Q, Van Agthoven A, Geers C and Rezvi M F J. Health Policy Planning (2002) 17(4) p393-401.
Childhood cancer incidence and arsenic exposure in drinking water in Nevada.
Moore L E, Lu M and Smith A H. Arch Environ Health (2002) 57(3) p201-206.
Arsenic removal from household drinking water by adsorption.
Yuan T, Hu J Y, Ong S L, Luo Q F and Ng W J. J Environ Sci Health Part a-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering (2002) 37(9) p1721-1736.

Cancer

A case-control study of childhood leukemia in Woburn, Massachusetts: the relationship between leukemia incidence and exposure to public drinking water.
Costas K, Knorr R S and Condon S K. Sci Total Environ (2002) 300(1-3) p23-35.
Cancer incidence rates and environmental factors: an ecological study.
Steiner G G. J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol (2002) 21(3) p205-12.

E.coli O157:H7

Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in private drinking water wells: influences of protozoan grazing and elevated copper concentrations.
Artz R R E and Killham K. Fems Microbiology Letters (2002) 216(1) p117-122.

Exposure Assessment

Measured consumption of tap water in German infants and young children as background for potential health risk assessments: data of the DONALD Study.
Hilbig A, Kersting M and Sichert-Hellert W. Food Addit Contam. (2002) 19(9) p829-36.

Giardia

Risk Factors for Sporadic Giardiasis: A Case-Control Study in Southwestern England.
Stuart J M, Orr H J, Warburton F G, Jeyakanth S, Pugh C, Morris I, Sarangi J and Nichols G. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 9(2) p229-33.

Lead

Predicted intake of trace elements and minerals via household drinking water by 6-year-old children from Krakow (Poland). Part 1: Lead (year 2000).
Barton H, Zachwieja Z and Folta M. Food Addit Contam (2002) 19(10) p906-915.

Outbreak Investigation

Managing a large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis: how to investigate and when to decide to lift a 'boil water' notice.
Harrison S L, Nelder R, Hayek L, Mackenzie I F, Casemore D P and Dance D. Commun Dis Public Health. (2002) 5(3) p230-9.

Perchlorate

Neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone level and perchlorate in drinking water.
Xiao Li F, Byrd D M, Deyhle G M, Sesser D E, Skeels M R, Katkowsky S R and Lamm S H. Teratology. (2000) 62(6) p429-31.

Regulation

New approaches to safe drinking water.
Barron G, Buchanan S, Hase D, Mainzer H, Ransom M M and Sarisky J. J Law Med Ethics (2002) 30(3) p105-108.

Salmonella

Potential Salmonella transmission from ornamental fountains.
Escartin E F, Lozano J S, Garcia O R and Cliver D O. J Environ Health (2002) 65(4) p9-12.

Toxoplasmosis

Highly Endemic, Waterborne Toxoplasmosis in North Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.
Bahia-Oliveira L M G, Jones J L, Azevedo-Silva J, Alves C C F, Orefice F and Addiss D G. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 9(1) p55-62.

Water Treatment

Associations between water-treatment methods and diarrhoea in HIV-positive individuals.
Eisenberg J N S, Wade T J, Hubbard A, Abrams D I, Leiser R J, Charles S, Vu M, Saha S, Wright C C, Levy D A, Jensen P and Colford J M. Epidemiol Infect (2002) 129(2) p315-323.


Additional Articles

Comparative Risk Analysis of Six Volatile Organic Compounds in California Drinking Water.
Williams P, Benton L, Warmerdam J, Sheehan P. Environ Sci Technol (2002) 36(22) p4721-8.

Factors Promoting Colonization by Legionellae in Residential Water Distribution Systems: an Environmental Case-Control Survey.
Codony F, Alvarez J, Oliva J M, Ciurana B, Company M, Camps N, Torres J, Minguell S, Jove N, Cirera E, Admetlla T, Abos R, Escofet A, Pedrol A, Grau R, Badosa I, Vila G. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2002) 21(10) p717-21.

Continuous monitoring for Cryptosporidium - a novel approach to public health protection.
Lloyd A, Drury D. Wat Sci Tech (2002) 46(11-12) p297-301.

Caries occurrence in a fluoridated and a nonfluoridated town in Finland: a retrospective study using longitudinal data from public dental records.
Seppa L. Hausen H. Karkkainen S. Larmas M. Caries Research (2002) 36(5):308-14.

Health risks associated with consumption of untreated water from household roof catchment systems.
Lye D J. J Am Wat Res Assoc (2002) 38(5) p1301-1306.

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs): Developing a public health response.
Backer L C. Lake and Reservoir Management (2002) 18(1) p20-31.

Sampling private wells at past homes to estimate arsenic exposure: a methodologic study in New England.
Colt JS. Baris D. Clark SF. et al. Journal of Exposure Analysis & Environmental Epidemiology (2002) 12(5):329-34.