Drinking Water Quality and Human Health

• Main Author: Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina (auth)
• Other Authors: Levallois, Patrick (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: risk assessment; time series study; risk context; ammonia; fluoride; exposure assessment; water safety plan; HWTS implementation; human health; simulation study; drinking water guidance; chlorination by-product; adverse reproductive outcomes; spatial variations; THMs; zinc; radioactivity; thyroid disease; risk management; infants; water contamination; infant health; small for gestational age; drinking water quality; methemoglobinemia; magnesium; monitoring; effect measure modification; nitrite; health-based guideline; environmental exposure; organic matter; Maryland; tap water; impact assessment; turbidity; chronic kidney disease; fever; diarrhoeal disease; rural water resources; drinking water; acute gastroenteritis; Nigeria; E. coli; pharmacokinetic modeling; chemical risk assessment; uncertainty factors; community water system; groundwater; dental health; inorganic manganese; atrazine; duration extrapolation; health insurance data; space-time detection; seasonality; fecal coliforms; water safety plans; preterm birth; dissolved oxygen; gravity-fed piped water scheme; urban area; cough; water operation data; screening method; endogenous nitrosation; infant exposure; sanitary inspection; waterborne disease outbreak; N-nitroso compounds; end-stage renal disease; arsenic; diarrhea; sodium; private wells; animal feeding operation; endocrine disruptor; Vibrio pathogens; LTD; disinfection by-product; chemical oxygen demand; potassium; biomonitoring; nitrate; annual effective dose; sub-Saharan Africa; France; carcinogenic; public health; enterococci; calcium; water and sanitation; pharmaceuticals; environment; drinking water distribution systems; water contaminants; Asia-Pacific region; Denmark; trihalomethanes; risk; cancer; low birth weight; drug labels
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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 sourc...