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Elevated Bladder Cancer in Northern New England: The Role of Drinking Water and Arsenic

2016; Oxford University Press; Volume: 108; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jnci/djw099

1460-2105

Dalsu Baris, Richard Waddell, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Molly Schwenn, Joanne S. Colt, Joseph D. Ayotte, Mary H. Ward, John R. Nuckols, Alan R. Schned, Brian P. Jackson, Castine Clerkin, Nathaniel Rothman, Lee E. Moore, Anne Taylor, Gilpin R. Robinson, GM Monawar Hosain, Karla Armenti, Richard McCoy, Claudine Samanic, Robert N. Hoover, Joseph F. Fraumeni, Alison Johnson, Margaret R. Karagas, Debra T. Silverman,

Air Quality and Health Impacts

Background: Bladder cancer mortality rates have been elevated in northern New England for at least five decades. Incidence rates in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont are about 20% higher than the United States overall. We explored reasons for this excess, focusing on arsenic in drinking water from private wells, which are particularly prevalent in the region.