Water and Health Laboratory
Description
The W&H lab was established in 2008 and took its name, because of a strategic focus of the CII on water and health issues that were historically present for the island. However, over the years, it became evident that the environmental determinants of chronic disease may be found in multiple compartments, such as in both drinking-water, and showering water, food, air, dust, or soil, etc. Thus, the comprehensive characterization of environmental exposures towards the improved understanding of the chronic disease process require the integration of all involved sources and pathways in contact with the human being. Oral ingestion of water is not the sole route of exposure to chemical or microbiological stressors that impact human health. For example, inhalation and dermal uptake are important routes of exposure to water contaminants via a suite of common water use activities (i.e. cooking, showering, cleaning, etc).
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