| Autor: |
Ward MH; Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Dr. Room 6E138, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. wardm@mail.nih.gov., Jones RR; Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Dr. Room 6E138, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. rena.jones@nih.gov., Brender JD; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University, School of Public Health, College Station, TX 77843, USA. jdbrender@sph.tamhsc.edu., de Kok TM; Department of Toxicogenomics, GROW-school for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. t.dekok@maastrichtuniversity.nl., Weyer PJ; The Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, The University of Iowa, 455 Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. peter-weyer@uiowa.edu., Nolan BT; U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, National Water Quality Program, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, USA. btnolan@usgs.gov., Villanueva CM; ISGlobal, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. cvillanueva@isiglobal.org.; IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), 08003 Barcelona, Spain. cvillanueva@isiglobal.org.; Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain. cvillanueva@isiglobal.org.; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain. cvillanueva@isiglobal.org., van Breda SG; Department of Toxicogenomics, GROW-school for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. s.vanbreda@maastrichtuniversity.nl. |
| Abstrakt: |
Nitrate levels in our water resources have increased in many areas of the world largely due to applications of inorganic fertilizer and animal manure in agricultural areas. The regulatory limit for nitrate in public drinking water supplies was set to protect against infant methemoglobinemia, but other health effects were not considered. Risk of specific cancers and birth defects may be increased when nitrate is ingested under conditions that increase formation of N -nitroso compounds. We previously reviewed epidemiologic studies before 2005 of nitrate intake from drinking water and cancer, adverse reproductive outcomes and other health effects. Since that review, more than 30 epidemiologic studies have evaluated drinking water nitrate and these outcomes. The most common endpoints studied were colorectal cancer, bladder, and breast cancer (three studies each), and thyroid disease (four studies). Considering all studies, the strongest evidence for a relationship between drinking water nitrate ingestion and adverse health outcomes (besides methemoglobinemia) is for colorectal cancer, thyroid disease, and neural tube defects. Many studies observed increased risk with ingestion of water nitrate levels that were below regulatory limits. Future studies of these and other health outcomes should include improved exposure assessment and accurate characterization of individual factors that affect endogenous nitrosation. |
