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Assessing Health Risk due to Exposure to Arsenic in Drinking Water in Hanam Province, Vietnam

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  • Tung Bui Huy

    (Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER), Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, 138 Giang Vo Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
    Hanoi Medical College, 35 Doan Thi Diem Street, Hanoi, Vietnam)

  • Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh

    (Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER), Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, 138 Giang Vo Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
    Department of Environmental Health, Hanoi School of Public Health, 138 Giang Vo Street, Hanoi, Vietnam)

  • Richard Johnston

    (Sandec-Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Ueberlandstrass 133, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
    Now with the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP), Department of Public Health and the Environment, World Health Organization, Geneva 1211, Switzerland)

  • Hung Nguyen-Viet

    (Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER), Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, 138 Giang Vo Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
    Sandec-Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Ueberlandstrass 133, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
    Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Socinstrasse 57, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
    International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Hanoi, Vietnam)

Abstract

We assessed health risks related to Arsenic (As) in contaminated drinking water in Hanam, applying the Australian Environmental Health Risk Assessment Framework, which promotes stakeholder involvement in risk assessments. As concentrations in 300 tube-well water samples, before and after filtration, were analyzed and the water consumption levels in 150 households were estimated. Skin cancer risk was characterized using Cancer Slope Factor index and lifetime average daily dose with a probabilistic approach. The results showed that arsenic concentrations in tube-well water ranged from 8–579 ppb (mean 301 ppb) before filtration and current sand filters used by the households did not meet the standard for As removal. Arsenic daily consumption of 40% of the adults exceeded the level of TDI (Tolerable Daily Intake) at 1 µg/kg/day. The average skin cancer risk in adults due to consuming filtered tube-well water for drinking purpose were 25.3 × 10 −5 (using only well water) and 7.6 × 10 −5 (using both well and rain water). The skin cancer risk would be 11.5 times higher if the water was not filtered. Improvement of filtration measures or the replacement of the current drinking water sources to minimize the health risks to the local population is urgently needed.

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  • Tung Bui Huy & Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh & Richard Johnston & Hung Nguyen-Viet, 2014. "Assessing Health Risk due to Exposure to Arsenic in Drinking Water in Hanam Province, Vietnam," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-17, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:11:y:2014:i:8:p:7575-7591:d:38543
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    1. Laura A. Richards & Arun Kumar & Prabhat Shankar & Aman Gaurav & Ashok Ghosh & David A. Polya, 2020. "Distribution and Geochemical Controls of Arsenic and Uranium in Groundwater-Derived Drinking Water in Bihar, India," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-26, April.
    2. Xiao Huang & Liping He & Jun Li & Fei Yang & Hongzhuan Tan, 2015. "Different Choices of Drinking Water Source and Different Health Risks in a Rural Population Living Near a Lead/Zinc Mine in Chenzhou City, Southern China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-18, November.
    3. Delia B. Senoro & Kevin Lawrence M. De Jesus & Cris Edward F. Monjardin, 2023. "Pollution and Risk Evaluation of Toxic Metals and Metalloid in Water Resources of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-35, February.

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