Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39806042›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2025

Health risk assessment via ingestion of disinfection by-products in drinking water.

Lei Wang, Zisi Fang, Xiaocong Zhou, Keyi Cheng, Yanjun Ren, Chaokang Li, Bing Gao, Ye Lv, Shanshan Xu, Hong Xu

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Predictive Modeling of Bacterial Inactivation With Hydrogen Peroxide Over a Cobalt Ferrite Catalyst.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Lei Wang *Department of Neurosurgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, 310022, China.
Zisi Fang *School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China.
Xiaocong ZhouSchool of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China.
Keyi ChengDepartment of Health Hazards Surveillance, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Hangzhou Health Supervision Institution), Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Yanjun RenDepartment of Health Hazards Surveillance, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Hangzhou Health Supervision Institution), Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Chaokang LiDepartment of Health Hazards Surveillance, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Hangzhou Health Supervision Institution), Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Bing GaoDepartment of Health Hazards Surveillance, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Hangzhou Health Supervision Institution), Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Ye LvDepartment of Health Hazards Surveillance, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Hangzhou Health Supervision Institution), Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Shanshan XuDepartment of Health Hazards Surveillance, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Hangzhou Health Supervision Institution), Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Hong XuDepartment of Health Hazards Surveillance, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Hangzhou Health Supervision Institution), Hangzhou, 310021, China. xuhong-123456@hotmail.com.

Funding

Health Science and Technology Program for Young Innovative Talent Project of Zhejiang 2022RC063Health Science and Technology Program Key Projects of Hangzhou ZD20210026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disinfection is a critical process to ensure the safety of drinking water. To curb the spread of various bacteria and viruses, disinfectants are extensively employed in communities, hospitals, sewage treatment plants, and other settings. However, disinfectants can produce disinfection by-products (DBPs) that threaten human health. Despite their importance, research and systematic analyses of these risks remain limited. This study monitored DBPs in drinking water across 13 districts and counties in Hangzhou, conducting a risk assessment based on the health risk assessment model recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Concentrations of 12 DBPs ranged from 0.01 µg/L to 120 µg/L, with levels in 2020-2022 generally exceeding those in 2018-2019. Notably, median concentrations of trichloromethane peaked at 18.00 µg/L in 2021. Most DBPs are detected at higher concentrations in the central and northern parts. However, the spatial distribution of DBPs in drinking water was determined to be random. The health risks associated with most DBPs were higher in 2021 compared to other years. Cancer risks of DBPs ranged between 10

Indexed as

DisinfectantsDisinfectionDrinking WaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalChinaHumansRisk AssessmentWater PurificationDisinfectantsDrinking WaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalDisinfection by-productsDrinking waterHaloacetic acidsHealth risk assessmentTrihalomethanes

Identifiers

PMID39806042
PMCPMC11730310

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.