Drinking water contaminants in California and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.

ABSTRACT: Environmental pollutants have been associated with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy including gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia, though few have focused on drinking water contamination. Water pollution can be an important source of exposures that may contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Methods

We linked water quality data on 13 contaminants and two violations from the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool to birth records from vital statistics and hospital discharge records (2007-2012) to examine the relationship between drinking water contamination and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. We examined contaminants in single- and multipollutant models. Additionally, we examined if the relationship between water contamination and hyper

SUBMITTER: Padula AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8043732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature