PMID- 6513829
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19850221
LR  - 20190821
IS  - 0306-9877 (Print)
IS  - 0306-9877 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
DP  - 1984 Oct
TI  - Does chloroform exposure while showering pose a serious public health concern?
PG  - 119-23
AB  - The problem of organic chemicals in drinking water has been well known since 
      1974-1975 when the National Organics Reconnaissance Survey (NORS) and the 
      National Organics Monitoring Survey (NOMS) showed that drinking water 
      contaminated by organics could be found throughout the nation. Of special concern 
      are the trihalomethanes (THMs) one of which, chloroform, is a suspected human 
      carcinogen, and has been proven to be carcinogenic in test animals. In addition 
      to chloroform exposure from drinking water, inhalation of chloroform from air 
      while showering may constitute an additional source of exposure. Since the EPA 
      has not included exposure to airborne chloroform in their risk-assessment 
      calculations, the actual cancer risk to the population due to chloroform in 
      drinking water may be significantly higher than the EPA estimated. It is 
      suggested that a major research effort be directed at the determination of 
      airborne chloroform levels in the domestic shower environment. Effort should also 
      be made to determine what variables affect the magnitude of the chloroform levels 
      if present. Once these variables are known it may be possible to educate the 
      public about the potential hazard and ways to eliminate or reduce it.
FAU - Decker, D
AU  - Decker D
FAU - DiNardi, S R
AU  - DiNardi SR
FAU - Calabrese, E J
AU  - Calabrese EJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Med Hypotheses
JT  - Medical hypotheses
JID - 7505668
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 7V31YC746X (Chloroform)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*toxicity
MH  - Chloroform/*toxicity
MH  - Humans
MH  - Water Pollutants/*toxicity
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*toxicity
EDAT- 1984/10/01 00:00
MHDA- 1984/10/01 00:01
CRDT- 1984/10/01 00:00
PHST- 1984/10/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1984/10/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1984/10/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 0306-9877(84)90116-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0306-9877(84)90116-6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Hypotheses. 1984 Oct;15(2):119-23. doi: 10.1016/0306-9877(84)90116-6.