Public health risk analysis through evaluation of drinking water safety
Abstract
Some researches in US and China 1, 2 have revealed a relationship between the increased risk of primary liver cancer (PLC) and the quality of surface water, suggesting that cyanotoxins (CTs) from water reservoirs containing cyanobacteria (CB) can trigger the development of PLC. The data obtained from similar studies in Serbia 3–5 confirm these findings. The highest PLC incidence has been found in Nišavski (31.4/100,000 inhabitants), Toplički (27.3/100,000 inhabitants), and Šumadijski (22.1/100,000 inhabitants) districts where CB blooms occur every year in most reservoirs for water supply versus Central Serbia on the average (14/100,000 inhabitants) (Figure 1).
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