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12463978

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11-12
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
The risk of contamination of drinking water supplies with microbial pathogens is minimised by modern approaches to water management, but continues to be the major public health concern. Chemical contaminants usually pose little health risk except at very high levels, but debate continues over the potential adverse health effects of low-level, chronic exposure to compounds such as disinfection byproducts. Recreational water contact can be associated with adverse health outcomes either from microbial infections or exposure to cyanobacterial toxins. Environmental issues such as increasing salinity and global warming are likely to affect the sustainability of our current drinking water supplies and increase the threat of waterborne disease outbreaks. New technologies, use of alternative water sources, such as rainwater tanks, water reuse and restrictions will undoubtedly be part of the solution to our diminishing water resources, but have the potential to introduce new health threats.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0025-729X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
177
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
609-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Water and the environment: a natural resource or a limited luxury?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC. karin.leder@med.monash.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article