Issue 36
Public Health Newsletter of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
December 2004
In this Issue:

UK DBP And Birth Study
Giardia Outbreak In Norway
US Drinking Water Outbreaks
US Recreational Water Outbreaks
News Items
From the Literature
   Arsenic
   Campylobacter
   Cancer
   Cryptosporidium
   Cyclospora
  
 Disinfection Byproducts
   Gastroenteritis
   Legionella
   Melioidosis
   Nitrate
   Rainwater
   Recreational Water
   Viruses
   Water Quality
   
   
   

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From the Literature

Arsenic

Arsenic toxicity at low doses: epidemiological and mode of action considerations.
Schoen A, Beck B, Sharma R, Dubé E (2004) Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 198; 253-267.
Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Reduction in an Arseniasis-Endemic Area in Southwestern Taiwan After a Switch in the Tap-Water Supply System.
Chang CC, Ho SC, Tsai SS, Yang CY (2004) Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 67; 1353-1361.

Nutritional factors and susceptibility to arsenic-caused skin lesions in West Bengal, India.
Mitra SR, Mazumder GDN, Basu A, et al. (2004) Environmental Health Perspectives 112(10):1104-1109.

Campylobacter



Swimming and Campylobacter Infections.
Schoenberg-Norio D, Takkinen J, Hanninen MJ, et al. (2004) Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(8); 1474-1477.

Cancer


Magnesium and calcium in drinking water and risk of death from ovarian cancer.
Chiu HF, Chang CC and Yang CY. (2004) Magnesium Research 17 (1):28-34.

Cryptosporidium

Detection of infectious Cryptosporidium in filtered drinking water.
Aboytes R, Di Giovanni GD, Abrams FA, et al. (2004) J AWWA 96(9) 88-98.
Cyclospora

Human Challenge Pilot Study with Cyclospora cayetanensis.
Alfano-Sobsey EM, Eberhard ML, Seed JR et al. 2004) Emerging Infectious Diseases; 10(4); 726-728.

Disinfection Byproducts


Disinfection byproducts and bladder cancer: A pooled analysis.
Villaneuva CM, Cantor KP, Codier S et al. (2004) Epidemiology 15(3):357-367.

Gastroenteritis

Did A Severe Flood in the Midwest Cause an Increase in the Incidence of Gastrointestinal Symptoms?
Wade TJ, Sandhu SK, Levy D et al. (2004) American Journal of Epidemiology. 159(4); 398-405.

Predictors of Infectious-Disease Symptoms in Inner-City Households.
Larson EL, Lin SX, Gomez-Pichardo C (2004) Nursing Research, 53(3); 190-197.

Legionella


Biofilms, thermophilic amoeba and Legionella pneumophila - a quantitative risk assessment for distributed water.
Storey MV, Ashbolt NJ and Stenstrom TA. (2004) Water Science and Technology 150(1) 77-82.
Melioidosis

Preliminary Report on the Northern Australian Melioidosis Environmental Surveillance Project.
Inglis TJJ, Foster NF, Gal D, et al. (2004) Epidemiology and Infection. 132; 813-820.

Nitrate

Nitrate and human health.
Addiscott TM, Benjamin N (2004) Soil Use and Management, 20; 98-104.

Rainwater



Rainwater First Flush Devices - Are They Effective?
Gardner T, Baisden J and Millar G (2004) 'Sustainable Water in the Urban Environment, 2004 Conference', Brisbane, Australia. August 30-31, 2004.

Recreational Water



Prospective study of swimmer's itch incidence and severity.
Verbrugge LM, Rainey JJ Reimink RL and Blankespoor HD (2004) J Parasitology 90(4):697-704.

Viruses



Vulnerability of Drinking Water Wells in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, to Enteric-Virus Contamination From Surface Water Contributions.
Borchardt MA, Haas NL, Hunt RJ (2004) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70 (10); 5937-5946.

Water Quality



Water quality deterioration: A study of household drinking water quality in rural Honduras.
Trevett AF, Carter RC and Tyrrel SF. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 2004;14(4):273-283.