Long-Term Exposure to Arsenic in Community Water Supplies and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Women in the California Teachers Study
Medgyesi D, Bangia K, Spielfogel E, Fisher J, Madrigal J, Jones R, Ward M, Lacey J, Sanchez T. Long-Term Exposure to Arsenic in Community Water Supplies and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Women in the California Teachers Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2024, 132: 107006. PMID: 39440943, PMCID: PMC11498017, DOI: 10.1289/ehp14410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexIschemic heart diseaseHazard ratioCardiovascular diseaseHealth care administrative recordsSmoking statusCalifornia Teachers Study cohortIschemic heart disease casesRisk of ischemic heart diseaseParticipant's residential addressNeighborhood socioeconomic statusCalifornia Teachers StudyCardiovascular disease casesCases of ischemic heart diseaseCardiovascular disease riskRisk of cardiovascular diseaseIncreased cardiovascular disease riskResidential addressesFollow-upSocioeconomic statusYears of ageStratified analysisBaseline ageTeachers StudyCommunity water suppliesNitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells
Skalaban T, Thompson D, Madrigal J, Blount B, Espinosa M, Kolpin D, Deziel N, Jones R, Beane Freeman L, Hofmann J, Ward M. Nitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells. The Science Of The Total Environment 2024, 919: 170922. PMID: 38350573, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDietDrinking WaterFarmersHumansIowaNitratesProspective StudiesUnited StatesWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater SupplyConceptsMaximum contaminant levelUrinary nitrate concentrationDietary intakeNitrate concentrationsNitrate excretionNitrate exposureDietary nitrateDrinking waterDietary assessment toolsPrivate wellsAssociated with adverse health risksVulnerable to nitrate contaminationWater nitrate concentrationsNitrate ingestionAdverse health risksAgricultural Health StudyDrinking water intakeMedian intakeProspective cohortUrinary nitrateDietary nitrate ingestionContamination levelsNitrate contaminationNitrate intakeHealth Study