Lead in drinking water of Vienna in comparison to other European countries and accordance with recent guidelines

Haider, Thomas; Haider, M.; Wruss, W.; Sommer, Regina; Kundi, Michael

doi:10.1078/1438-4639-00164

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“…Beside, several European countries are known to have significant numbers of building with elevated concentration of lead in drinking water, such as UK, Austria, and Germany [42-44]. In a study conducted in UK (1996), it was found that 17% of households had water lead concentration of 10 μg/L (48.…”

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A systematic review on status of lead pollution and toxicity in Iran; Guidance for preventive measures

2012

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Lead is an old environmental metal which is presented everywhere and lead poisoning is an important health issue in many countries in the world including Iran. It is known as a silent environmental disease which can have life-long adverse health effects. In children, the most vulnerable population, mental development of children health effects is of the greatest influence. Low level lead exposure can significantly induce motor dysfunctions and cognitive impairment in children. The sources of lead exposure vary among countries. Occupational lead exposure is an important health issue in Iran and mine workers, employees of paint factories, workers of copying centers, drivers, and tile making factories are in higher risk of lead toxicity. Moreover lead processing industry has always been a major of concern which affects surface water, drinking waters, and ground waters, even water of Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf and rivers due to increasing the number of industries in vicinity of rivers that release their waste discharges into river or sea. In addition, lead contamination of soil and air especially in vicinity of polluted and industrialized cities is another health problem in Iran. Even foods such as rice and fishes, raw milk, and vegetables which are the most common food of Iranian population are polluted to lead in some area of Iran. Adding lead to the opium is a recently health hazard in Iran that has been observed among opium addicts. There are few studies evaluated current status of lead exposure and toxicity in the Iranian children and pregnant women which should be taken into account of authorities. We recommend to identify sources, eliminate or control sources, and monitor environmental exposures and hazards to prevent lead poisoning.

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A systematic review on status of lead pollution and toxicity in Iran; Guidance for preventive measures

2012

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“…Referring to the whole population, Conio et al (1996) found 53% of tap water samples to be above the WHO value in the old town of Genoa (Italy) and 21% to be elevated in other zones of the town. Lead in tap water of the city of Vienna, Austria, was investigated by Haider et al (2002). In the first part of the study 288 objects with suspected lead plumbing had been surveyed.…”

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Assessment and management of tap water lead contamination in Lower Saxony, Germany

Zietz¹,

Lass²,

Suchenwirth³

2007

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

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Lead is known to have numerous adverse effects especially to infants and children. The intake of lead through drinking water is commonly due to metal corrosion in the peripheral water distribution system, especially the user's plumbing. The aim of this project was to assess the present state of drinking water contamination with lead in Lower Saxony and to promote replacement of lead pipes. For this purpose a project was initiated comprising three parts. First, a free examination of drinking water was offered in cooperation with local public health departments for private households with young women and families with children living in buildings constructed before 1974. Participants were asked to collect a cold tap water sample in their household after nocturnal stagnation and to complete a questionnaire. The collected samples were analysed by atomic absorption spectrometry for their lead concentration. Second, data from local public health departments on results of lead measurements, especially in buildings for the public, were collected and analysed. Finally a working group 'lead replacement' was initiated. In the project in total 2436 tap water samples from households were collected. Of these, 6.49% had lead concentrations exceeding 10 microg/l (recommended limit of the World Health Organization) and 2.79% had concentrations above the limit of the German drinking water ordinance (25 microg/l). There were remarkable regional differences in the frequency of tap water contamination. Multi-family houses were more frequently affected than single- and double-family houses.

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“…Significant levels of trace metals could be detected after stagnation of the water in distribution system, especially during night -time (Haider et al, 2002;Vasile et al, 2009Vasile et al, , 2011Zietz et al, 2003Zietz et al, , 2007. All these studies reported increased concentration of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and nickel after stagnation in household tap water in Austria, Germany and Romania.…”

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Evaluation of Drinking Water Quality in Three Municipalities of Romania: The Influence of Municipal and Customer's Distribution Systems Concerning Trace Metals

Vasile¹,

Cruceru²,

Dinu³

et al. 2012

Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment

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Lead in drinking water of Vienna in comparison to other European countries and accordance with recent guidelines

Cited by 24 publications

References 11 publications

A systematic review on status of lead pollution and toxicity in Iran; Guidance for preventive measures

A systematic review on status of lead pollution and toxicity in Iran; Guidance for preventive measures

Assessment and management of tap water lead contamination in Lower Saxony, Germany

Evaluation of Drinking Water Quality in Three Municipalities of Romania: The Influence of Municipal and Customer's Distribution Systems Concerning Trace Metals

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