Issue 44
Public Health Newsletter of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
December 2006
In this Issue:

Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling (Phase 1) Released
WHO Fluoride Monograph
Canadian First Nations Water Report
Recycled Water Cleared In Outbreak
News Items
From the Literature
   Aluminium
  
Arsenic
   
Copper
   Cyanobacteria
   Endocrine Disrupting Compunds
   
Household Intervention
  
Norovirus
  
Protozoa
  
Perchlorate
   Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
   
Pollution Tracing
   Radium
   Rainwater
   Recreational Water
   Uranium
   Water Consumption
   Water Treatment
  

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From the Literature

Aluminium


Analysis of the effect of aluminum in drinking water and transferrin C2 allele on Alzheimer's disease.
Rondeau, V., Iron, A., Letenneur, L., et al. (2006) European Journal of Neurology, 13 (9); 1022-5.

Arsenic



Association between arsenic exposure from drinking water and anemia during pregnancy.
Hopenhayn, C., Bush, H.M., Bingcang, A. and Hertz-Picciotto, I. (2006) Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 48 (6); 635-43.


Blood arsenic as a biomarker of arsenic exposure: results from a prospective study.
Hall, M., Chen, Y., Ahsan, H., Slavkovich, V., van Geen, A., Parvez, F. and Graziano, J. (2006) Toxicology, 225 (2-3); 225-33.

Copper



Evaluation of copper speciation and water quality factors that affect aqueous copper tasting response.
Cuppett, J.D., Duncan , S.E. and Dietrich, A.M. (2006) Chemical Senses, 31 (7); 689-97.

Cyanobacteria

Cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharides and human health - a review.
Stewart, I. , Schluter, P.J. and Shaw, G.R. (2006) Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 5 (7).

Endocrine Disrupting Compounds



Endocrine-disrupting compounds: a review of their challenge to sustainable and safe water supply and water reuse.
Falconer, I.R., Chapman, H.F., Moore, M.R. and Ranmuthugala, G. (2006) Environmental Toxicology, 21 (2); 181-91.

Household Interventions



Preventing diarrhoea with household ceramic water filters: assessment of a pilot project in Bolivia .
Clasen, T.F., Brown, J. and Collin, S.M. (2006) International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 16 (3); 231-9.


The use and performance of BioSand filters in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti : a field study of 107 households.
Duke, W.F., Nordin, R.N., Baker, D. and Mazumder, A. (2006) Rural & Remote Health, 6 (3); 570.


Microbiological performance of a water treatment unit designed for household use in developing countries.
Clasen, T., Nadakatti, S. and Menon, S. (2006) Tropical Medicine & International Health, 11 (9); 1399-405.


Sustained high levels of stored drinking water treatment and retention of hand-washing knowledge in rural Kenyan households following a clinic-based intervention.
Parker, A.A., Stephenson, R., Riley, P.L., Ombeki, S., Komolleh, C., Sibley, L. and Quick, R. (2006) Epidemiology & Infection, 134 (5); 1029-36.

Norovirus



Short- and long-term variations of norovirus concentrations in the Meuse river during a 2-year study period.
Westrell, T., Teunis, P., van den Berg, H., et al. (2006) Water Research, 40 (14); 2613-20.

Perchlorate


Thyroid function and perchlorate in drinking water: an evaluation among California newborns, 1998.
Buffler, P.A., Kelsh, M.A., Lau, E.C., Edinboro, C.H., Barnard, J.C., Rutherford, G.W., Daaboul, J.J., Palmer, L. and Lorey, F.W. (2006) Environmental Health Perspectives, 114 (5); 798-804.

Pollution Tracing



Combined sewer overflows to surface waters detected by the anthropogenic marker caffeine.
Buerge, I.J., Poiger, T., Muller, M.D. and Buser, H.-R. (2006) Environmental Science and Technology, 40 (13); 4096-102.

Protozoa



Evaluating Cryptosporidium and Giardia concentrations in combined sewer overflow.
Arnone, R.D. and Walling, J.P. (2006) Journal of Water & Health, 4 (2); 157-65.


Occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii in water from wells located on farms.
Sroka, J., Wojcik-Fatla, A. and Dutkiewicz, J. (2006) Annals of Agricultural & Environmental Medicine, 13 (1); 169-75.

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products



Evaluation of measured and predicted environmental concentrations of selected human pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
Liebig, M., Moltmann, J.F. and Knacker, T. (2006) Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 13 (2); 110-9.

Radium


Radium-contaminated water: a risk factor for cancer of the upper digestive tract.
Hirunwatthanakul, P., Sriplung, H. and Geater, A. (2006) Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 7 (2); 295-8.

Rainwater


Consumption of untreated tank rainwater and gastroenteritis among young children in South Australia.
Heyworth, J.S., Glonek, G., Maynard, E.J., Baghurst, P.A. and Finlay-Jones, J. (2006) International Journal of Epidemiology, 35 1051-8.

Recreational Water

Rapidly measured indicators of recreational water quality are predictive of swimming-associated gastrointestinal illness.
Wade, T.J., Calderon, R.L., Sams, E., Beach, M., Brenner, K.P., Williams, A.H. and Dufour, A.P. (2006) Environmental Health Perspectives, 114 (1); 24-8.

Uranium

Analysis of uranium in drinking water samples using laser induced fluorimetry.
Rani, A. and Singh, S. (2006) Health Physics, 91 (2); 101-7.

Water Consumption


Validation of a water consumption questionnaire for a study of the adverse health outcomes associated with disinfection by-products.
Maskiell, K.E., Heyworth, J.S. and McCaul, K.A. (2006) International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 16 (2); 145-53.

Water Treatment


Concentrations of inorganic elements in 20 municipal waters in Sweden before and after treatment--links to human health. Rosborg, I. , Nihlgard, B., Gerhardsson, L. and Sverdrup, H. (2006) Environmental Geochemistry & Health, 28 (3); 215-29.