06226nam 2201525z- 450 991034666450332120231214133557.0(CKB)4920000000095022(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/45455(EXLCZ)99492000000009502220202102d2019 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDrinking Water Quality and Human HealthMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20191 electronic resource (374 p.)3-03897-726-8 The quality of drinking water is paramount for public health. Despite important improvements in the last decades, access to safe drinking water is not universal. The World Health Organization estimates that almost 10% of the population in the world do not have access to improved drinking water sources. Among other diseases, waterborne infections cause diarrhea, which kills nearly one million people every year, mostly children under 5 years of age. On the other hand, chemical pollution is a concern in high-income countries and an increasing problem in low- and middle-income countries. Exposure to chemicals in drinking water may lead to a range of chronic non-communicable diseases (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular disease), adverse reproductive outcomes, and effects on children’s health (e.g., neurodevelopment), among other health effects. Although drinking water quality is regulated and monitored in many countries, increasing knowledge leads to the need for reviewing standards and guidelines on a nearly permanent basis, both for regulated and newly identified contaminants. Drinking water standards are mostly based on animal toxicity data, and more robust epidemiologic studies with accurate exposure assessment are needed. The current risk assessment paradigm dealing mostly with one-by-one chemicals dismisses the potential synergisms or interactions from exposures to mixtures of contaminants, particularly at the low-exposure range. Thus, evidence is needed on exposure and health effects of mixtures of contaminants in drinking water. Finally, water stress and water quality problems are expected to increase in the coming years due to climate change and increasing water demand by population growth, and new evidence is needed to design appropriate adaptation policies.This Special Issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge on the links between drinking water quality and human health.risk assessmenttime series studyrisk contextammoniafluorideexposure assessmentwater safety planHWTS implementationhuman healthsimulation studydrinking water guidancechlorination by-productadverse reproductive outcomesspatial variationsTHMszincradioactivitythyroid diseaserisk managementinfantswater contaminationinfant healthsmall for gestational agedrinking water qualitymethemoglobinemiamagnesiummonitoringeffect measure modificationnitritehealth-based guidelineenvironmental exposureorganic matterMarylandtap waterimpact assessmentturbiditychronic kidney diseasefeverdiarrhoeal diseaserural water resourcesdrinking wateracute gastroenteritisNigeriaE. colipharmacokinetic modelingchemical risk assessmentuncertainty factorscommunity water systemgroundwaterdental healthinorganic manganeseatrazineduration extrapolationhealth insurance dataspace–time detectionseasonalityfecal coliformswater safety planspreterm birthdissolved oxygengravity-fed piped water schemeurban areacoughwater operation datascreening methodendogenous nitrosationinfant exposuresanitary inspectionwaterborne disease outbreakN-nitroso compoundsend-stage renal diseasearsenicdiarrheasodiumprivate wellsanimal feeding operationendocrine disruptorVibrio pathogensLTDdisinfection by-productchemical oxygen demandpotassiumbiomonitoringnitrateannual effective dosesub-Saharan AfricaFrancecarcinogenicpublic healthenterococcicalciumwater and sanitationpharmaceuticalsenvironmentdrinking water distribution systemswater contaminantsAsia-Pacific regionDenmarktrihalomethanesriskcancerlow birth weightdrug labelsVillanueva Belmonte Cristinaauth1320427Levallois PatrickauthBOOK9910346664503321Drinking Water Quality and Human Health3034294UNINA