INFANTILE PSYCHOGENIC WATER DRINKING

Infantile methemoglobinemia: reexamining the role of drinking water nitrates.

Ingestion of nitrates in drinking water has long been thought to be a primary cause of acquired infantile methemoglobinemia, often called blue baby syndrome. However, recent research and a review of historical cases offer a more complex picture of the causes of infantile methemoglobinemia. Gastrointestinal infection and inflammation and the ensuing overproduction of nitric oxide may be the caus...

Drinking water and leukemia.

that this combination of three different tests gives the best overall concordance with rodent carcinogenicity. It is well known that the Ames test gives only just over 50% concordance with rodent carcinogenicity, but it is still extensively used. This is because it has a well-defined endpoint that one can readily understand in biological terms, i.e., genotoxicity. However, there is overwhelming...

Drinking water in schools.

Children do not drink enough during the school day--and the resulting dehydration contributes to continence problems (Box 1). One important part of treating these problems is an adequate and regular fluid intake during the day (Haines et al, 2000). However, it is not uncommon for pupils to go six or seven hours without a single drink, and those who do drink usually drink less than they need (Al...

Drinking water and cancer.

Any and all chemicals generated by human activity can and will find their way into water supplies. The types and quantities of carcinogens present in drinking water at the point of consumption will differ depending on whether they result from contamination of the source water, arise as a consequence of treatment processes, or enter as the water is conveyed to the user. Source-water contaminants...

Drinking Water Chlorination