Influence of nitrate in drinking water on the prevalence of thyroid cancer and other diseases (literature review and experience in post-chernobyl period in Belarus)

V M Drozd; I Branovan; N Shiglik; M L Lushchyk; T Y Platonova; V I Pashkevich; A V Kudelsky; I Shimanskaya; L I Danilova; J Biko; C Reiners

Influence of nitrate in drinking water on the prevalence of thyroid cancer and other diseases (literature review and experience in post-chernobyl period in Belarus)

Tsitol Genet. 2016 Nov-Dec;50(6):23-8.

[Article in English, Russian]

Authors

V M Drozd, I Branovan, N Shiglik, M L Lushchyk, T Y Platonova, V I Pashkevich, A V Kudelsky, I Shimanskaya, L I Danilova, J Biko, C Reiners

PMID: 30484598

Abstract

In the last 60 years dramatically increased the content of nitrates in groundwater due to intensive use of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture. Research in post-Chernobyl period has shown that a sharp increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer depends not only on the level of thyroid dose, but also on the level of nitrates in groundwater.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Agriculture / ethics
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident*
Child
Environmental Monitoring
Fertilizers / adverse effects*
Gamma Rays / adverse effects*
Groundwater / analysis
Humans
Incidence
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / epidemiology*
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / pathology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / surgery
Nitrates / adverse effects*
Nitrates / analysis
Radiation Dosage
Republic of Belarus / epidemiology
Soil / chemistry
Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Thyroid Neoplasms / etiology
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
Ukraine

Substances

Fertilizers
Nitrates
Soil