Increased Mortality Associated with Well-water Arsenic Exposure in Inner Mongolia, China

Overview

Journal Int J Environ Res Public Health

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Environmental Health
Public Health

Date 2009 May 15

PMID 19440436

Citations 28

Authors

Timothy J Wade

Yajuan Xia

Kegong Wu

Yanhong Li

Zhixiong Ning

X Chris Le

Xiufen Lu

Yong Feng

Xingzhou He

Judy L Mumford

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Abstract

We conducted a retrospective mortality study in an Inner Mongolian village exposed to well water contaminated by arsenic since the 1980s. Deaths occurring between January 1, 1997 and December 1, 2004 were classified according to underlying cause and water samples from household wells were tested for total arsenic. Heart disease mortality was associated with arsenic exposure, and the association strengthened with time exposed to the water source. Cancer mortality and all-cause mortality were associated with well-water arsenic exposure among those exposed 10-20 years. This is the first study to document increased arsenic-associated mortality in the Bayingnormen region of Inner Mongolia.

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