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Potentially Toxic Elements in Drinking Water in Alphabetic Order

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Most toxic elements in drinking water are regulated by WHO and EU. Elevated levels of aluminum in drinking water are suspected to be related to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease; arsenic is linked to skin disorders and lung cancers. Cadmium may cause renal effects. Pb can cause decreased IQ in children, hypertension, and damaged red blood cell production. Nitrite and nitrate change the ability of hemoglobin to bind oxygen, which is unsuitable for transportation of oxygen in the blood. Radon may cause lung cancer, uranium kidney diseases and decreased fertility, antimony increased cholesterol levels, and barium intestinal and cardiovascular diseases. However, elements like calcium in drinking water may decrease the negative health effects of a toxic element and should not be eliminated.

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    Ingegerd Rosborg Ph.D.

  2. Independent Water Researcher, B-1 Anjali, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Road, Andheri – East, 400069, Bombay, India

    Vasant Soni M.Sc.

  3. Department of Water Hygiene, National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, CZ-10042, Prague, Czech Republic

    Frantisek Kozisek M.D., Ph.D.

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Rosborg, I., Soni, V., Kozisek, F. (2015). Potentially Toxic Elements in Drinking Water in Alphabetic Order. In: Rosborg, I. (eds) Drinking Water Minerals and Mineral Balance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09593-6_5

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