Long-Term Exposure to Arsenic in Community Water Supplies and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Women in the California Teachers Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inorganic arsenic in drinking water (wAs) is linked to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. However, risk is uncertain at lower levels present in US community water supplies (CWS), currently regulated at the federal maximum contaminant level of 10μg/L.

Objectives

We evaluated the relationship between long-term wAs exposure from CWS and cardiovascular disease in the California Teachers Study cohort.

Methods

Using statewide health care administrative records from enrollment through follow-up (1995-2018), we identified fatal and nonfatal cases of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Participants' residential addresses were linked to a network of CWS boundaries and annual wAs concentrations (1990-2020). Most participants resided

SUBMITTER: Medgyesi DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11498017 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature