World Concern about Arsenic in Drinking Water and WHO's Response

Inorganic arsenic in drinking water: an evolving public health concern.

“Drinking Water Arsenic in Utah...”: Response

The letter written by Heinze (1) has serious shortcomings. Heinze wrote that There is not a single study of healthy men from any fertility center or sperm bank that has reported a decline in sperm counts in the United States. This is not true. A number of such studies exist. Leto and Frensilli (2) documented a decline in sperm counts in potential sperm donors from all over the United States in ...

Arsenic in drinking water and pregnancy outcomes.

We studied a group of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who were chronically exposed to arsenic through drinking water to identify the pregnancy outcomes in terms of live birth, stillbirth, spontaneous abortion, and preterm birth. We compared pregnancy outcomes of exposed respondents with pregnancy outcomes of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who were not exposed to arsenic-contami...

Arsenic and drinking water in West Bengal.

To the Editor: I read the research findings of Basu et al. (1) with great interest. However, there are some points which should be discussed. The authors showed that the level of lymphocytes with micronuclei in control (unexposed) persons was extremely low (1.66%). For example, in some European nations it is between 7% and 18% (2-7), and the least is in Turkish subjects—2.8% (8). According to t...

Arsenic and Drinking Water in West Bengal

To the Editor: I read the research findings of Basu et al. (1) with great interest. However, there are some points which should be discussed. The authors showed that the level of lymphocytes with micronuclei in control (unexposed) persons was extremely low (1.66%). For example, in some European nations it is between 7% and 18% (2-7), and the least is in Turkish subjects—2.8% (8). According to t...