Arsenic exposure: A public health problem leading to several cancers

I Palma-Lara, M Martínez-Castillo… - Regulatory Toxicology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arsenic, a metalloid and naturally occurring element, is one of the most abundant elements
in the earth's crust. Water is contaminated by arsenic through natural sources (underground …

Heavy metal pollution in drinking water-a global risk for human health: A review

F Fernandez-Luqueno, F Lopez-Valdez… - African journal of …, 2013 - ajol.info
Water resources in the world have been profoundly influenced over the last years by human
activities, whereby the world is currently facing critical water supply and drinking water …

Seasonal variation of drinking water quality and human health risk assessment in Hancheng City of Guanzhong Plain, China

Y Ji, J Wu, Y Wang, V Elumalai, T Subramani - Exposure and health, 2020 - Springer
This research was conducted to understand the seasonal characteristics of water quality for
domestic purpose in Hancheng City of the Guanzhong plain, China. The health risks were …

Estimating the high-arsenic domestic-well population in the conterminous United States

JD Ayotte, L Medalie, SL Qi, LC Backer… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Arsenic concentrations from 20 450 domestic wells in the US were used to develop a logistic
regression model of the probability of having arsenic> 10 μg/L (“high arsenic”), which is …

Arsenic in drinking water and urinary tract cancers: a systematic review of 30 years of epidemiological evidence

N Saint-Jacques, L Parker, P Brown, TJB Dummer - Environmental health, 2014 - Springer
Background Arsenic in drinking water is a public health issue affecting hundreds of millions
of people worldwide. This review summarizes 30 years of epidemiological studies on …

Molecular features in arsenic-induced lung tumors

R Hubaux, DD Becker-Santos, KSS Enfield… - Molecular cancer, 2013 - Springer
Arsenic is a well-known human carcinogen, which potentially affects~ 160 million people
worldwide via exposure to unsafe levels in drinking water. Lungs are one of the main target …

Influences on domestic well water testing behavior in a Central Maine area with frequent groundwater arsenic occurrence

SV Flanagan, RG Marvinney, Y Zheng - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2001 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted a new standard for
arsenic (As) in drinking water of 10 μg/L, replacing the old standard of 50 μg/L. However, for …

Human health risk assessment of antibiotics in binary mixtures for finished drinking water

M Kumari, A Kumar - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study developed a new step-wise approach to estimate the potential human
health risk of antibiotics in binary mixture for drinking water samples for two different sub …

Associations between arsenic exposure and global posttranslational histone modifications among adults in Bangladesh

Y Chervona, MN Hall, A Arita, F Wu, H Sun… - Cancer epidemiology …, 2012 - aacrjournals.org
Abstract Background: Exposure to arsenic (As) is associated with an increased risk of
several cancers as well as cardiovascular disease, and childhood neuro-developmental …

Human health risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in water: An uncertainty analysis for meprobamate, carbamazepine, and phenytoin

A Kumar, I Xagoraraki - Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
This study presents a step-wise development of a quantitative pharmaceutical risk
assessment (QPhRA, hereafter) framework, including Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis for …