Occurrence of bromate in water intended for human consumption

• Autor(a) principal: Dovidauskas, Sergio
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Akemi Okada, Isaura, Rodrigues dos Santos, Felipe, Miyuki Okada, Marina, de Cássia Briganti, Rita, Antonio Moreira Souto, Marco
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Vigilância Sanitária em Debate
• Texto Completo: https://visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br/index.php/visaemdebate/article/view/2015
• topic: Bromate; Water for Human Cosumption; Water Contamination Control; Health Surveillance; Bromato; Água para Consumo Humano; Controle da Contaminação da Água; Vigilância Sanitária; Qualidade da Água; Saúde Pública; Vigilância Sanitária

Introduction: Bromate is mutagenic and a probable carcinogen in humans. It usually does not occur in water for human consumption, but contamination can occur by industrial wastewater and in the disinfection process by ozonization (if bromide is present) or by the use of hypochlorite solution of unsatisfactory quality. Objective: Describe bromateconcentrations in the water supply of 89 municipalities in the state of São Paulo (Brazil), the physicochemical profiles of the waters in which the contaminant occurs, and a joint action between the Public Health Laboratory, the Sanitary Surveillance Regional Group and two Sanitary Surveillance of municipalities where important levels of bromate were found. Method: 4,853 samples were analyzed in 21 physicochemical parameters (including bromate concentration) and 2 microbiological parameters. For multivariate analysis, 4 demographic parameters were included. Results: Bromato was found in 224 samples (4.6% of the total) from 17 municipalities. The concentrations ranged between 3 and 199 μg L-1 and 56 samples (1.1% of the total) presented levels above the Maximum Allowed Value. Principal  Component Analysis in these 17 municipalities indicated KBrO3 as the predominant form of contamination. The contamination rates of two municipalities decreased from the availability to the Sanitary Surveillance of reports that included bromate results. Conclusions: The data suggest that the monitoring of bromate concentrations should be included in the routine of the Water Surveillance Program for Human Consumption in the state of São Paulo. The notifications of the Sanitary Surveillance with those responsible for the water supply of two municipalities were important to improve the quality of the water supplied to the population in relation to contamination.