Mixed contaminant exposure in tapwater and the potential implications for human-health in disadvantaged communities in California.

ABSTRACT: Water is an increasingly precious resource in California as years of drought, climate change, pollution, as well as an expanding population have all stressed the state's drinking water supplies. Currently, there are increasing concerns about whether regulated and unregulated contaminants in drinking water are linked to a variety of human-health outcomes particularly in socially disadvantaged communities with a history of health risks. To begin to address this data gap by broadly assessing contaminant mixture exposures, the current study was designed to collect tapwater samples from communities in Gold Country, the San Francisco Bay Area, two regions of the Central Valley (Merced/Fresno and Kern counties), and southeast Los Angeles for 251 organic chemicals and 32 inorganic constituents. Sa

SUBMITTER: Smalling KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12376194 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature