Evaluating the potability and human health risk of sachet water in Wukari, Nigeria.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1080/19338244.2022.2063785

Rachel Kusa, Williams Kwari Joshua

引用次数: 1

Abstract

This study assessed physiochemical and biological properties of sachet waters. In general, sachet waters were within standards for all parameters except lead in batch A & B, iron in batch E, and E. coli in all water brands. Human health risk showed the order of THI as NO₃^- > Pb > F^- > Fe for batch A & B samples and NO₃^- > F^- > Pb > Fe for batch C, D & E. This showed nitrate constituting over 50% of the THI while batch B water samples showed THI above the acceptable limit for all age groups. The THI for infants suggests moderate risk. This indicates infants are more likely to be impacted even though water parameters were within standards. Hence, there is a need to monitor sachet water companies to protect public health.

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评估尼日利亚乌卡里的小袋水的饮用性和人类健康风险。

本研究评估了小袋水的物理化学和生物特性。总的来说，除了A和B批的铅、E批的铁和所有品牌的大肠杆菌外，小袋水的所有参数都在标准范围内。人体健康风险显示，A、B批水样的THI顺序为NO3- > Pb > F- > Fe, C、D、e批水样的THI顺序为NO3- > F- > Pb - > Fe。这表明硝酸盐占THI的50%以上，而B批水样的THI高于所有年龄组的可接受限度。婴儿THI提示中度风险。这表明即使水的参数在标准范围内，婴儿也更有可能受到影响。因此，有必要对小袋水公司进行监测，以保护公众健康。

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Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 环境科学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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3.70

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0.00%

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health , originally founded in 1919 as the Journal of Industrial Hygiene, and perhaps most well-known as the Archives of Environmental Health, reports, integrates, and consolidates the latest research, both nationally and internationally, from fields germane to environmental health, including epidemiology, toxicology, exposure assessment, modeling and biostatistics, risk science and biochemistry. Publishing new research based on the most rigorous methods and discussion to put this work in perspective for public health, public policy, and sustainability, the Archives addresses such topics of current concern as health significance of chemical exposure, toxic waste, new and old energy technologies, industrial processes, and the environmental causation of disease such as neurotoxicity, birth defects, cancer, and chronic degenerative diseases. For more than 90 years, this noted journal has provided objective documentation of the effects of environmental agents on human and, in some cases, animal populations and information of practical importance on which decisions are based.