Issue 34
The Public Health Newsletter of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
June 2004
In this Issue:

WHO Study On Child Health
Draft Australian Recreational Water Guidelines
Canada Issues Multi-Barrier Guidance
Conference Reports
Risk Management Strategies for Drinking Water Utilities: The Role of HACCP, Management Systems and Water Safety Plans
11th Canadian National Conference and 2nd Policy Forum on Drinking Water
News Items
Circulation Report
From the Literature
    Aeromonas
    Arsenic
    Cancer
    Copper
    Cryptosporidium
    
Disinfection Byproducts
    Fluoride
    Hepatitis
    Outbreak Investigation
    Water Quality

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From the Literature

Aeromonas

Outbreak of Aeromonas hydrophila wound infections with mud football.
Vally H, Whittle A, Cameron S, Dowse GK and Watson T (2004) Clin Infect Dis 38 104-1089.

Arsenic

Bladder cancer and arsenic exposure: differences in the two populations enrolled in a study in southwest Taiwan.
Lamm S H, Byrd D M, Kruse M F et al. Biomed Environ Sci 2003;16 (4):355-368.

Environmental hypothesis: is poor dietary selenium intake an underlying factor for arsenicosis and cancer in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India?
Spallholz JE, Mallory Boylan L, Rhaman MM. Science of the Total Environment. 2004 323:21-32.

Arsenic in drinking water and bladder cancer mortality in the United States: an analysis based on 133 U.S. counties and 30 years of observation.
Lamm SH, Engel A, Kruse MB, et al. Journal of Occup Environ Med 2004 46(3):298-306.

Cancer


Association between residence on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and breast cancer.
McKelvey W, Green Brody J, Aschengrau A, Swartz CH. Ann Epidemiol. 2003;14 (2):89-94.

Copper


Health and aesthetic impacts of copper corrosion on drinking water.
Dietrich A M, Glindermann D, Pizarro F, et al. Water Sci Technol 2004;49 (2):55-62

Cryptosporidium

Sporadic cryptosporidiosis case-control study with genotyping.
Hunter P, Hughes S, Woodhouse S et al. (2004) Emerging Infectious Diseases 10(7) 1241-1249.

Serological evidence of Cryptosporidium infections in a Russian city and evaluation of risk factors for infections.
Egorov A, Frost F, Muller T, et al. Ann Epidemiol 2003;14 (2):129-136.


Sporadic cryptosporidiosis, North Cumbria, England, 1996-2000.
Goh S, Reacher M, Casemore DP et al. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2004 10(6) 1007-1015.

Disinfection Byproducts

Trihalomethanes in public water supplies and risk of stillbirth.
Dodds L, King W, Allen AC et al. Epidemiology 2004;15 (2):179-186.

Fluoride


Groundwater quality in some villages of Haryana, India: focus on fluoride and fluorosis.
Meenakshi, Garg VK, Kavita, Renuka, Malik A. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2004 106(1):55-60.

Hepatitis



Assessment of HAV and HEV seroprevalence in children living in post-earthquake camps from Düzce, Turkey.
Sencan I, Sahin I, Kaya D, et al. Eur J Epidemiol 2004;19 (5):461-465.
Outbreak Investigation
Internet use and epidemiologic investigation of gastroenteritis outbreak.
Kuusi M, Pekka Nuorti J, Maunula I et al. Emerg Infect Dis 2004;10 (3):447-450.

Water Quality


Drinking-water quality and issues associated with water vending machines in the city of Los Angeles.
Schillinger J, Du Vall Knorr S. Journal of Environmental Health. 2004 66(6):25-31.

Influence of hygiene on gastrointestinal illness among wilderness backpackers.
Boulware DR. J Travel Medicine. 2004 Jan-Feb;11(1):27-33.