Lung Cancer Risk and Low (≤50 μg/L) Drinking Water Arsenic Levels for US Counties (2009⁻2013)-A Negative Association

Steven H Lamm; Isabella J Boroje; Hamid Ferdosi; Jaeil Ahn

doi:10.3390/ijerph15061200

Lung Cancer Risk and Low (≤50 μg/L) Drinking Water Arsenic Levels for US Counties (2009⁻2013)-A Negative Association

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jun 7;15(6):1200. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061200.

Authors

Steven H Lamm^{1

2

3}, Isabella J Boroje^{4

5}, Hamid Ferdosi^{6

7}, Jaeil Ahn⁸

Affiliations

¹ Center for Epidemiology and Environmental Health (CEOH, LLC), Washington, DC 20016, USA. Steve@CEOH.com.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Steve@CEOH.com.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA. Steve@CEOH.com.
⁴ Center for Epidemiology and Environmental Health (CEOH, LLC), Washington, DC 20016, USA. Borojej@gmail.com.
⁵ Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. Borojej@gmail.com.
⁶ Center for Epidemiology and Environmental Health (CEOH, LLC), Washington, DC 20016, USA. Hamid@CEOH.com.
⁷ Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. Hamid@CEOH.com.
⁸ Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA. ja1030@georgetown.edu.

Abstract

While epidemiologic studies clearly demonstrate drinking water with high levels of arsenic as a significant risk factor for lung cancer, the evidence at low levels (≤50 μg/L) is uncertain. Therefore, we have conducted an ecological analysis of recent lung cancer incidence for US counties with a groundwater supply of.

Keywords: arsenic; dose-response; drinking water; lung cancer; risk.

MeSH terms

Arsenic / analysis*
Arsenic / standards
Databases, Factual
Dietary Exposure / analysis*
Dietary Exposure / standards
Drinking Water / chemistry*
Drinking Water / standards
Epidemiologic Studies
Female
Groundwater / analysis
Groundwater / chemistry*
Humans
Incidence
Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Male
Risk Factors
United States / epidemiology
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / standards

Substances

Drinking Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Arsenic