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High Content Screening Analysis to Evaluate the Toxicological Effects of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents HPHC
Published on: May 10, 2016
Cumulative risk analysis of carcinogenic contaminants in United States drinking water
Sydney Evans1, Chris Campbell1, Olga V Naidenko1
1Environmental Working Group, 1436 U Street NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC, 20009, USA.
Abstract:
Cumulative risk analysis of contaminant occurrence in United States drinking water for the period of 2010-2017 indicates that over 100,000 lifetime cancer cases could be due to carcinogenic chemicals in tap water. The majority of this risk is due to the presence of arsenic, disinfection byproducts and radioactive contaminants. For different states within the U.S., cumulative cancer risk for drinking water contaminants ranges between 1 × 10-4 and 1 × 10-3, similar to the range of cumulative cancer risks reported for air pollutants. Overall, national attributable risk due to tap water contaminants is approximately 4 × 10-4, which is two orders of magnitude higher than the de minimus cancer risk of one-in-a-million. Thus, decreasing the levels of chemical contaminants in drinking water represents an important opportunity for protecting public health.
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