Residential exposure to chlorinated hydrocarbons from groundwater contamination and the impairment of renal function-An ecological study.

ABSTRACT: Groundwater pollution from the petrochemical industry causes serious deterioration of soil and groundwater quality and impacts on human health worldwide. However, few studies have examined the effect of residential exposure to petrochemical chlorinated hydrocarbon-contaminated groundwater on renal function impairment in humans. We conducted an ecological study to investigate the two. A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant was located in one of the six villages, the study area, in Kaohsiung city of southwestern Taiwan. Based on the direction of groundwater flow and previous groundwater measurements of chlorinated hydrocarbons from Taiwan Environmental Protection Bureau, we divided the six villages into highly-polluted villages, moderately-polluted villages, and a non-polluted village. All inhabit

SUBMITTER: Chen HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5220340 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature