Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Division, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Aug 31;15(9):1889. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15091889.
Atrazine, a common water contaminant in the U.S., has been associated with adverse birth outcomes in previous studies. This study aimed to determine if atrazine concentrations in drinking water are associated with adverse birth outcomes including small for gestational age (SGA), term low birth weight (term LBW), very low birth weight (VLBW), preterm birth (PTB), and very preterm birth (VPTB). This study included 14,445 live singleton births from Ohio communities served by 22 water systems enrolled in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Atrazine Monitoring Program between 2006 and 2008. Mean gestational and trimester-specific atrazine concentrations were calculated. Significantly increased odds of term LBW birth was associated with atrazine exposure over the entire gestational period (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.10, 1.45), as well as the first (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.08, 1.34) and second trimesters (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.07, 1.20) of pregnancy. We observed no evidence of an association between atrazine exposure via drinking water and SGA, VLBW, PTB, or VPTB. Our results suggest that atrazine exposure is associated with reduced birth weight among term infants and that exposure to atrazine in drinking water in early and mid-pregnancy may be most critical for its toxic effects on the fetus.
在美国,莠去津是一种常见的水中污染物,先前的研究表明它与不良出生结局有关。本研究旨在确定饮用水中的莠去津浓度是否与不良出生结局有关,包括小于胎龄儿(SGA)、足月低出生体重儿(足月 LBW)、极低出生体重儿(VLBW)、早产(PTB)和极早产(VPTB)。本研究包括 2006 年至 2008 年期间,美国环境保护署莠去津监测计划在俄亥俄州 22 个供水系统服务的社区中招募的 14445 例活产单胎。计算了平均妊娠和特定妊娠三期间的莠去津浓度。整个妊娠期间(OR1.27,95%CI1.10,1.45)和妊娠第一(OR1.20,95%CI1.08,1.34)和第二(OR1.13,95%CI1.07,1.20)期间接触莠去津与足月 LBW 出生的几率显著增加。我们没有发现饮用水中莠去津暴露与 SGA、VLBW、PTB 或 VPTB 之间存在关联的证据。我们的结果表明,莠去津暴露与足月婴儿体重降低有关,而且在妊娠早期和中期暴露于饮用水中的莠去津可能对其对胎儿的毒性影响最为关键。