Drinking-water nitrate and cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Eno E EssienKassim Said AbasseAndré CôtéKassim Said MohamedMirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf BaigMurad HabibMuhammad NaveedXiaojin YuWeihua XieSun JinfangMuhammad Abbas

Published in: Archives of environmental & occupational health (2020)

This study showed that there is an association between the intake of nitrate from drinking water and a type of cancer in humans. The effective way of controlling nitrate concentrations in drinking water is the prevention of contamination (water pollution). Further research work on this topic is needed.

Keyphrases

drinking water
health risk assessment
health risk
papillary thyroid
heavy metals
risk assessment
particulate matter
nitric oxide
squamous cell carcinoma
human health
weight gain
climate change