Ferdosi Hamid, Dissen Elisabeth K, Afari-Dwamena Nana Ama, Li Ji, Chen Rusan, Feinleib Manning, Lamm Steven H
Center for Epidemiology and Environmental Health, CEOH, LLC, 3401 38th Street NW, Suite 615, Washington, DC 20016, USA; Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
Center for Epidemiology and Environmental Health, CEOH, LLC, 3401 38th Street NW, Suite 615, Washington, DC 20016, USA.
J Environ Public Health. 2016;2016:1602929. doi: 10.1155/2016/1602929. Epub 2016 Jun 13.
Background. To examine whether the US EPA (2010) lung cancer risk estimate derived from the high arsenic exposures (10-934 µg/L) in southwest Taiwan accurately predicts the US experience from low arsenic exposures (3-59 µg/L). Methods. Analyses have been limited to US counties solely dependent on underground sources for their drinking water supply with median arsenic levels of ≥3 µg/L. Results. Cancer risks (slopes) were found to be indistinguishable from zero for males and females. The addition of arsenic level did not significantly increase the explanatory power of the models. Stratified, or categorical, analysis yielded relative risks that hover about 1.00. The unit risk estimates were nonpositive and not significantly different from zero, and the maximum (95% UCL) unit risk estimates for lung cancer were lower than those in US EPA (2010). Conclusions. These data do not demonstrate an increased risk of lung cancer associated with median drinking water arsenic levels in the range of 3-59 µg/L. The upper-bound estimates of the risks are lower than the risks predicted from the SW Taiwan data and do not support those predictions. These results are consistent with a recent metaregression that indicated no increased lung cancer risk for arsenic exposures below 100-150 µg/L.
背景。研究美国环境保护局(2010年)根据台湾西南部高砷暴露水平(10 - 934微克/升)得出的肺癌风险估计值,是否能准确预测美国低砷暴露水平(3 - 59微克/升)的情况。方法。分析仅限于完全依赖地下水源供应饮用水且砷含量中位数≥3微克/升的美国各县。结果。发现男性和女性的癌症风险(斜率)与零无显著差异。加入砷含量水平并未显著提高模型的解释力。分层分析或分类分析得出的相对风险约为1.00。单位风险估计值为非正值且与零无显著差异,肺癌的最大(95%上置信限)单位风险估计值低于美国环境保护局(2010年)的数据。结论。这些数据并未表明饮用水中砷含量中位数在3 - 59微克/升范围内会增加肺癌风险。风险的上限估计值低于台湾西南部数据预测的风险,不支持那些预测。这些结果与最近的一项元回归结果一致,该元回归表明砷暴露低于100 - 150微克/升时肺癌风险不会增加。