ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Water Quality and Brain Function.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- Private, public, and bottled drinking water: Shared contaminant-mixture exposures and effects challenge.Environment international · 2025Pooled it
- Prenatal Water Fluoride Exposure and Children's Behavioral Problems.JAMA network open · 2026Observational
- Integrated Chemical and Toxicity Screening of Tap Drinking Water across Western Oregon Using Suspect and Nontarget Screening.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- The Therapeutic Home Environment for Chronic Diseases: A Transdisciplinary Ecosystem for Achieving Migraine Freedom and Managing Comorbid Anxiety, Insomnia, and Chronic Pain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Considering the interconnected nature of social identities in neuroimaging research.Nature neuroscience · 2025Review
- A systematic review on health risks of water pollutants: classification, effects and innovative solutions for conservation.Toxicology research · 2025Review
- Foreign Contaminants Target Brain Health.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Water pollution and the brain.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Healthy Drinking Water as a Necessity in Developing Countries Like India: A Narrative review.Cureus · 2023Review
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- Exposures and potential health implications of contaminant mixtures in linked source water, finished drinking water, and tapwater from public-supply drinking water systems in Minneapolis/St. Paul area, USA.Environmental science : water research & technology · 2023Article
- Juxtaposition of intensive agriculture, vulnerable aquifers, and mixed chemical/microbial exposures in private-well tapwater in northeast Iowa.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Examining Community Engagement Research Strategies Used in Flint, Michigan: The Church Challenge.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2023Article
- Oxidative stress responses as a marker of toxicity in mice exposed to polluted groundwater from an automobile junk market in South-Western Nigeria.Cell stress & chaperones · 2022Article
- Associations between urban birth or childhood trauma and first-episode schizophrenia mediated by low IQ.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Nature-based coagulants for drinking water treatment: An ecotoxicological overview.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2022Article
- Cortical Synaptic Reorganization Under Chronic Arsenic Exposure.Neurotoxicity research · 2021Article
- Public and private tapwater: Comparative analysis of contaminant exposure and potential risk, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.Environment international · 2021Article
- Structured water: effects on animals.Journal of animal science · 2021Review
- Mixed organic and inorganic tapwater exposures and potential effects in greater Chicago area, USA.The Science of the total environment · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
In the United States, regulations are in place to ensure the quality of drinking water. Such precautions are intended to safeguard the health of the population. However, regulatory guidelines may at times fail to achieve their purpose. This may be due to lack of sufficient data regarding the health hazards of chronic low dose exposure to contaminants or the introduction of new substances that pose a health hazard risk that has yet to be identified. In this review, examples of different sources of contaminants in drinking water will be discussed, followed by an evaluation of some select individual toxicants with known adverse neurological impact. The ability of mixtures to potentially cause additive, synergistic, or antagonistic neurotoxic responses will be briefly addressed. The last section of the review will provide examples of select mechanisms by which different classes of contaminants may lead to neurological impairments. The main objective of this review is to bring to light the importance of considering trace amounts of chemicals in the drinking water and potential brain abnormalities. There is continued need for toxicology studies to better understand negative consequences of trace amounts of toxins and although it is beyond the scope of this brief overview it is hoped that the review will underscore the paucity of studies focused on determining how long-term exposure to minute levels of contaminants in drinking water may pose a significant health hazard.
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