@article{Ford-2019-Risk,
title = "Risk Perception and Human Health Risk in Rural Communities Consuming Unregulated Well Water in Saskatchewan, Canada",
author = "Ford, Lorelei and
Waldner, Cheryl L. and
S{\'a}nchez, Javier and
Bharadwaj, Lalita",
journal = "Risk Analysis, Volume 39, Issue 11",
volume = "39",
number = "11",
year = "2019",
publisher = "Wiley",
url = "https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G19-3001",
doi = "10.1111/risa.13335",
pages = "2559--2575",
abstract = "Rural communities dependent on unregulated drinking water are potentially at increased health risk from exposure to contaminants. Perception of drinking water safety influences water consumption, exposure, and health risk. A community-based participatory approach and probabilistic Bayesian methods were applied to integrate risk perception in a holistic human health risk assessment. Tap water arsenic concentrations and risk perception data were collected from two Saskatchewan communities. Drinking water health standards were exceeded in 67{\%} (51/76) of households in Rural Municipality {\#}184 (RM184) and 56{\%} (25/45) in Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation (BOFN). There was no association between the presence of a health exceedance and risk perception. Households in RM184 or with an annual income {\textgreater}{\$}50,000 were most likely to have in-house water treatment. The probability of consuming tap water perceived as safe (92{\%}) or not safe (0{\%}) suggested that households in RM184 were unlikely to drink water perceived as not safe. The probability of drinking tap water perceived as safe (77{\%}) or as not safe (11{\%}) suggested households in BOFN contradicted their perception and consumed water perceived as unsafe. Integration of risk perception lowered the adult incremental lifetime cancer risk by 3{\%} to 1.3 {\mbox{$\times$}} 10-5 (95{\%} CI 8.4 {\mbox{$\times$}} 10-8 to 9.0 {\mbox{$\times$}} 10-5 ) for RM184 and by 8.9 {\mbox{$\times$}} 10-6 (95{\%} CI 2.2 {\mbox{$\times$}} 10-7 to 5.9 {\mbox{$\times$}} 10-5 ) for BOFN. Probability of exposure to arsenic concentrations {\textgreater}1:100,000, negligible cancer risk, was 23{\%} for RM184 and 22{\%} for BOFN.",
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%A Ford, Lorelei
%A Waldner, Cheryl L.
%A Sánchez, Javier
%A Bharadwaj, Lalita
%J Risk Analysis, Volume 39, Issue 11
%D 2019
%V 39
%N 11
%I Wiley
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%X Rural communities dependent on unregulated drinking water are potentially at increased health risk from exposure to contaminants. Perception of drinking water safety influences water consumption, exposure, and health risk. A community-based participatory approach and probabilistic Bayesian methods were applied to integrate risk perception in a holistic human health risk assessment. Tap water arsenic concentrations and risk perception data were collected from two Saskatchewan communities. Drinking water health standards were exceeded in 67% (51/76) of households in Rural Municipality #184 (RM184) and 56% (25/45) in Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation (BOFN). There was no association between the presence of a health exceedance and risk perception. Households in RM184 or with an annual income \textgreater$50,000 were most likely to have in-house water treatment. The probability of consuming tap water perceived as safe (92%) or not safe (0%) suggested that households in RM184 were unlikely to drink water perceived as not safe. The probability of drinking tap water perceived as safe (77%) or as not safe (11%) suggested households in BOFN contradicted their perception and consumed water perceived as unsafe. Integration of risk perception lowered the adult incremental lifetime cancer risk by 3% to 1.3 \times 10-5 (95% CI 8.4 \times 10-8 to 9.0 \times 10-5 ) for RM184 and by 8.9 \times 10-6 (95% CI 2.2 \times 10-7 to 5.9 \times 10-5 ) for BOFN. Probability of exposure to arsenic concentrations \textgreater1:100,000, negligible cancer risk, was 23% for RM184 and 22% for BOFN.
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%U https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G19-3001
%U https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13335
%P 2559-2575
Markdown (Informal)
[Risk Perception and Human Health Risk in Rural Communities Consuming Unregulated Well Water in Saskatchewan, Canada](https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G19-3001) (Ford et al., GWF 2019)
ACL
- Lorelei Ford, Cheryl L. Waldner, Javier Sánchez, and Lalita Bharadwaj. 2019. Risk Perception and Human Health Risk in Rural Communities Consuming Unregulated Well Water in Saskatchewan, Canada. Risk Analysis, Volume 39, Issue 11, 39(11):2559–2575.
