Groundwater contaminated with hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)]: a health survey and clinical examination of community inhabitants (Kanpur, India).

ABSTRACT:

Background

We assessed the health effects of hexavalent chromium groundwater contamination (from tanneries and chrome sulfate manufacturing) in Kanpur, India.

Methods

The health status of residents living in areas with high Cr (VI) groundwater contamination (N = 186) were compared to residents with similar social and demographic features living in communities having no elevated Cr (VI) levels (N = 230). Subjects were recruited at health camps in both the areas. Health status was evaluated with health questionnaires, spirometry and blood hematology measures. Cr (VI) was measured in groundwater samples by diphenylcarbazide reagent method.

Results

Residents from communities with known Cr (VI) contamination had more self-reports of digestive and dermatological disorders a

SUBMITTER: Sharma P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3480439 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature