WHO Drinking-water Guidelines Released
Ranger Uranium Mine Incident
Arsenic Removal Plants Failing
Fern Toxin Found In Water Supplies
Water Suspected In Ohio Outbreak
Book Review
Safe Drinking Water: Lessons from Recent Outbreaks in Affluent Nations
News Items
From the Literature
   Arsenic
   Cryptosporidium
   Disinfection Byproducts
   Endocrine Disruptors
   Fluoride
   Nitrate
   Magnesium
   Outbreaks
   Pharmaceuticals and PCPs
   POU Treatment
   Recycled Water

Email notification service
Register to receive email notification whenever a new issue is placed on our web site.

Download PDF of this issue

View Past Issues

Archive Search
A searchable archive of Health Stream articles, news items and literature summaries is available.

Disclaimer
Whilst every effort is made to reliably report the data and comments from the journal articles reviewed, no responsibility is taken for the accuracy of articles appearing in Health Stream, and readers are advised to refer to the original papers for full details of the research.

Web bonus articles are available only from this web page and do not appear in the print or PDF editions of Health Stream.

From the Literature

Arsenic
	The effect of arsenic mitigation interventions on disease burden in Bangaldesh. Lokuge KM, Smith W, Caldwell B, Dear K and Milton AH. Environmental Health Perspectives (2004) 112(11):1172-1177.
Cryptosporidium
	Risk factors for Sporadic Cryptosporidiosis among Immunocompetent Persons in the United States from 1999 to 2001. Roy, S L, DeLong, S M, Stenzel, S A et al. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 42(7):2977-2951.
Disinfection Byproducts
	Drinking water contaminants, gene polymorphisms, and fetal growth. Infante-Rivard, C. Environmental Health Perspectives (2004) 112:1213-1216.
	Does ozonation of drinking water reduce the risk of bladder cancer? Chevrier D, Junod B and Cordier S. Epidemiology (2004) 15(5):605-614.
Endocrine Disruptors
	The need to decide if all estrogens are intrinsically similar. Moggs JG AJ, Tinwell H, Lim FL, Moore DJ, Kimber I and Orphanides G. Environmental Health Perspectives (2004) 112:1137-1142.
Fluoride
	Fluoride in the drinking water and the geographical variation of coronary heart disease in Finland. Kaipio J, Nayha S and Valtonen V. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (2004) 11:56-62.
	Water fluoridation and the environment: Current perspectives in the United States. Pollick HF (2004) Int J Occup Envir Health 10:343-350.
Magnesium
	New data on ecological analysis of possible relationship between magnesium in drinking water and liver cancer. Tukiendorf A, Rybak Z. Magnesium Res 2004;17(1):46-52.
Nitrate
	Dietary nitrites and nitrates, nitrosatable drugs, and neural tube defects. Brender JD, Olive JM, Felkner M et al. Epidemiology (2004) 15: 330-336.
	Drinking-water nitrate, methemoglobinemia, and Global Burden of Disease: A discussion. Fewtrell L Envir Health Perspectives (2004) 112: 1371-1374.
Outbreaks
	Waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis in a religious summer camp in Norway, 2002. Nygard K, Vold L, Halvorsen E, Bringeland E, Rottingen JA and Aavitsland P. Epidemiol. Infect. (2004) 132:223-229.
	Wading pool water contaminated with both norovirus and astroviruses as the source of a gastroenteritis outbreak. Maunula L, Kalso S, Von Bonsdorff CH and Ponka A. Epidemiol. Infect. 2004;132:737-743.
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
	Potential ecological and human health risks associated with the presence of pharmaceutically active compounds in the aquatic environment. Jones OAH, Voulvoulis N and Lester JN. Critical Reviews in Toxicology (2004) 34(4):335-350.
POU Treatment
	Safe household water treatment and storage using ceramic drip filters: a randomised controlled trial in Bolivia. Clasen T, Brown J, Suntura O, and Collin S. Water Science and Technology 2004;50(1):111-115.
Recycled Water
	Recycled Water Groundwater recharge with reclaimed municipal wastewater: health and regulatory considerations. Asano T, Cotruvo J A. Water Research (2004) 38:1941-1951.