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NITRATE‐RICH GROUNDWATER IN AUSTRALIA: A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF METHEMOGLOBINEMIA IN INFANTS
Author(s) -
Johns M. W.,
Lawrence C. R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb129822.x
Subject(s) - methemoglobinemia , groundwater , nitrate , medicine , environmental science , anesthesia , geology , biology , ecology , geotechnical engineering
Methsemoglobinaemia, cyanosis and fatal illness in infants can be caused by the ingestion of water which contains dissolved nitrates. Groundwater, derived from wells, bores or springs, which contains sufficient nitrate to cause illness in infants, is available and being used for domestic purposes in many rural and outback areas of Australia. These localities are described and the danger of feeding infants with groundwater is emphasized.