Drinking water salinity and risk of hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Talukder, Mohammad Radwanur Rahman; Rutherford, Shannon; Huang, Cunrui; Phung, Dung; Islam, Mohammad Zahirul; Chu, Cordia

doi:10.1080/19338244.2016.1175413

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“…The central and western coastal areas of Bangladesh are likely to have different conditions of drinking water salinity levels and salt consumption. The quantitative findings of previous studies conducted in the southwest of Bangladesh showed that the sodium levels of drinking water collected from sample ponds and tube wells ranged from 374.3 to 817.0 mg/L, levels that are much higher than the results for the study area presented here (Khan et al 2014;Talukder et al 2017). However, as it was shown in this study, the salinity level changes and enormous effort in monitoring work is required to fully describe the true situation and people's actual exposure profiles.…”

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“…As safe salinity levels in drinking water have not been suggested , except that sodium levels greater than 0.2 g/L are unacceptable in terms of taste (WHO 2008), the problem needs attention and the development of emergency countermeasures. In the past decade, studies on the impact of saline drinking water on health in Bangladesh were bolstered (Khan et al 2008(Khan et al , 2014Vineis et al 2011;Rasheed et al 2014Rasheed et al , 2016Talukder et al 2017). Khan et al (2011) studied the influence of saline water on pregnant women living in the coastal zones of Bangladesh.…”

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Saline Drinking Water and Salt in Diet: An Approximate Picture of the Situation in a Coastal Area of Southeastern Bangladesh

Sakamoto

2017

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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Coastal areas of Bangladesh have been facing increasing salinity of surface water and groundwater. This study provides the approximate scope of the problem in a coastal area of southeastern Bangladesh by using less-accurate, but lower-cost salinity measuring devices that enable local people to assess the situation. Ten local women were employed to monitor 10 tube wells each on a weekly basis, from mid-February to mid-May, during the 2016 dry season. Geographical Information System and time series clustering were used to visualize the spatial distribution and seasonal change of the salinity levels. In addition, the tube well users were asked about the salt consumption in their daily diet. One-third of the monitored tube wells were found to contain more sodium than the tolerable level in terms of taste suggested by the World Health Organization. However, the mean salinity level across all monitored tube wells was much lower. The salinity level varied depending on the depth of the tube wells rather than their locations or altitudes, and those deeper than 200 m were likely to be salt free. The results of the diet survey showed that wealthier households tended to use more salt in their daily diets, but at the same time they tended to have deeper tube wells that are less likely to contain high levels of sodium.

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Saline Drinking Water and Salt in Diet: An Approximate Picture of the Situation in a Coastal Area of Southeastern Bangladesh

Sakamoto

2017

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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“…Among the Jewish infants in New York City it was shown that diluting milk formula with tap water containing a high concentration of sodium will result in the infant being fed a high-salt diet and a spike in blood pressure (Pomeranz et al, 2002). A meta-analysis of several studies linked salt in drinking water to hypertension (Talukder et al, 2017). Overall globally, climate change is likely to increase salinity in drinking water and adversely affect the health of the population in developing countries.…”

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Impact of Salinity on Infant and Neonatal Mortality in Bangladesh

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Chellaraj³

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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“…Salt is a well-known trigger of hypertension. Recent studies have raised concern over the increased risk of hypertension from exposure to salinity in coastal Bangladesh ) and additionally have found an association between drinking water salinity and high blood pressure (Talukder et al 2017).…”

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