Arsenic in drinking water and kidney cancer: a systematic review.

IF 3 4区医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Reviews on Environmental Health Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI:10.1515/reveh-2021-0168

Nematollah Jaafarzadeh, Ali Poormohammadi, Halime Almasi, Zeinab Ghaedrahmat, Fakher Rahim, Amir Zahedi

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Abstract

Object: Arsenic as a chemical is found in rock, soil, air and used in various industries and their products, such as colors, hairs, and fertilizers. Humans may be exposed to arsenic mainly through food and drinking water. Due to its adverse health effects, its presence in drinking water has become a public health concern.

Methods: In this systematic review, we investigated the relationship between arsenic concentration in drinking water and the risk of kidney cancer in humans. For this reason, various electronic databases were searched from 1992 February to November 2021. In this review, three ecological studies, two case-control studies, and four cohort studies were investigated.

Results: High levels of arsenic (100 μg/L) have been reported in many countries such as southwest Taiwan, Niigata, Argentine, and northern Chile. A significant relationship was observed between kidney cancer incidence and its mortality rate with high arsenic levels in drinking water.

Conclusions: Despite the limitations in some previous studies, reviewing and comparing the data of different regions indicates a scientific relationship between kidney cancer incidence and high concentrations of arsenic in drinking water.

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饮用水中的砷与肾癌:一项系统综述。

目的:砷作为一种化学物质存在于岩石、土壤、空气中，并用于各种工业及其产品，如颜色、头发和肥料。人类可能主要通过食物和饮用水接触到砷。由于其对健康的不利影响，它在饮用水中的存在已成为一个公共卫生问题。方法:在这篇系统综述中，我们调查了饮用水中砷浓度与人类肾癌风险的关系。为此，从1992年2月到2021年11月，检索了各种电子数据库。本综述包括3项生态学研究、2项病例对照研究和4项队列研究。结果:台湾西南部、新泻、阿根廷、智利北部等地均有砷超标(100 μg/L)的报道。研究发现，饮用水中砷含量高与肾癌发病率及其死亡率之间存在显著关系。结论:尽管以往的一些研究存在局限性，但回顾和比较不同地区的数据表明，肾癌发病率与饮用水中高浓度砷之间存在科学关系。

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Reviews on Environmental Health Social Sciences-Health (social science)

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7.20

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2.60%

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期刊介绍： Reviews on Environmental Health (REVEH) is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to fill the need for publication of review articles on hot topics in the field of environmental health. Reviews on Environmental Health aims to be an inspiring forum for scientists, environmentalists, physicians, engineers, and students who are concerned with aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physiological and psychosociological interactions between man and physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in the environment. Reviews on Environmental Health is an important niche served by no other journal, that’s being a site where thoughtful reviews can be published on a variety of subjects related to both health and environment. One challenge is to bridge the research on environmental causes of disease with the clinical practice of medicine. Reviews on Environmental Health is a source of integrated information on environment and health subjects that will be of value to the broad scientific community, whether students, junior and senior professionals, or clinicians.