US drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles for seven legacy and emerging contaminants

R Levin, CM Villanueva, D Beene… - Journal of exposure …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Advances in drinking water infrastructure and treatment throughout the 20th
and early 21st century dramatically improved water reliability and quality in the United States …

Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse reproductive and birth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Lin, S St Clair, GD Gamble, CA Crowther, L Dixon… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Exposure to low levels of nitrate in drinking water may have adverse reproductive effects.
We reviewed evidence about the association between nitrate in drinking water and adverse …

Integrating different tools and technologies to advance drinking water quality exposure assessments

J Schullehner, D Cserbik, P Gago-Ferrero… - Journal of Exposure …, 2024 - nature.com
Contaminants in drinking water are a major contributor to the human exposome and adverse
health effects. Assessing drinking water exposure accurately in health studies is …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal exposure to tap water containing nitrate and the risk of small-for-gestational-age: A nationwide register-based study of Danish births, 1991–2015

AS Jensen, VR Coffman, J Schullehner… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Prenatal nitrate exposure from household tap water has been associated with
increased risk of fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, birth defects, and childhood cancer …

When the first barrier fails: public health and policy implications of nitrate contamination of a municipal drinking water source in Aotearoa New Zealand

M Prickett, T Chambers, S Hales - Australasian Journal of Water …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Safe, good-quality drinking water is a foundation of public health. Its provision relies on
multiple barriers, the first being the protection of source water. Source water refers to the …

Prenatal Exposure to Nitrate in Drinking Water and Adverse Health Outcomes in the Offspring: a Review of Current Epidemiological Research

PJ Clemmensen, J Schullehner, N Brix… - Current Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Recently, several epidemiological studies have investigated
whether prenatal exposure to nitrate from drinking water may be harmful to the fetus, even at …

Urinary perchlorate, thiocyanate, and nitrate and their associated risk factors among Chinese pregnant women

J Guan, Y Wan, J Li, T Zheng, W Xia, S Xu, Y Li - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate are well-known inhibitors of iodide uptake and thyroid-
disrupting chemicals. Widespread human exposure to them has been identified, whereas …

Nitrate in drinking water and pregnancy outcomes: A narrative review of epidemiological evidence and proposed biological mechanisms

H Royal, A 't Mannetje, S Hales, J Douwes, M Berry… - PLOS water, 2024 - journals.plos.org
There is emerging evidence of an association between nitrate contamination in drinking
water and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Few studies have discussed the evidence in the …

Drinking water contaminant concentrations and birth outcomes

RW DiSalvo, EL Hill - Journal of Policy Analysis and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research in the US has found negative health effects of contamination when it
triggers regulatory violations. An important question is whether levels of contamination that …

[HTML][HTML] When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources

M Prickett, T Chambers, J Kerr, M Baker… - Public Health Expert …, 2023 - phcc.org.nz
Safe, good quality drinking water is a foundation of public health. The first, and most
significant, barrier against drinking water contamination and illness is the protection of …