title: Reproductive toxicology of water contaminants detected by routine water quality testing.
abstract: The presence of a reproductive toxicant in drinking water is one possible explanation of differences in spontaneous abortion rates between women who drink tapwater and those who do not. As part of the investigation conducted by the California Department of Health Services, several routine water quality assays were used to screen water sources available to the populations studied. I reviewed information in the literature about the potential reproductive toxicity of contaminants detected in these assays. None of these contaminants was clearly linked to increased incidence of abortion in the studies reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento 95814.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Golub
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D014878:Water Pollution, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical