Investigation and analysis of iodine content of drinking water in different ecological regions of Gansu Province
10.3760/cma.j.cn231583-20200421-00098
- VernacularTitle:甘肃省不同类型生态区生活饮用水碘含量调查分析
- Author:
Yongqin CAO
;
Yanling WANG
;
Wei SUN
;
Yugui DOU
;
Jing ZHENG
;
Xiaonan ZHU
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endemiology
2021;40(5):377-380
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the iodine level of drinking water in different ecological regions in Gansu Province, and to provide a basis for preventing iodine deficiency disorders in accordance with local conditions.Methods:In May to July 2017, according to different topography, landforms and climatic conditions, Gansu Province was divided into six ecological regions: desert area, Hexi Corridor gobi area, Loess Plateau hilly area, Qinling Zhongshan gorge area, Gannan Plateau grassland and meadow area, and Loess Plateau gully area. One county was selected from each of the five districts in the east, west, south, north, and central areas in each ecological regions. Drinking water samples were collected in each county based on the township, and the water iodine content was determined by arsenic-cerium catalytic spectrophotometry.Results:A total of 4 037 water samples were collected in 527 townships of six ecological regions, the water iodine range was 0.10 - 97.60 μg/L, with a median of 2.10 μg/L. Among them, the medians water iodine of the six ecological regions were less than 40 μg/L, the difference between different ecological regions was statistically significant ( H = 1 007.440, P < 0.01); the unified centralized, partially centralized and dispersed water supply water samples were 157, 2 263 and 1 617, and the medians water iodine were 1.61, 2.42, and 1.83 μg/L, respectively, and there was statistically significant difference among different water supply methods ( H = 37.164, P < 0.01). Stratified by water supply method, the differences in water iodine between different ecological regions of the same water supply method were statistically significant ( H = 32.628, 580.630, 391.070, P < 0.01); stratified by ecological region type, the differences of different water supply methods in desert area, Hexi Corridor gobi area, Qinling Zhongshan gorge area, Gannan Plateau grassland and meadow area were statistically significant ( Z = - 2.770, H = 6.369, 9.936, 12.666, P < 0.05). Conclusions:The six ecological regions in Gansu Province are all iodine-deficient areas. The water iodine content varies among different ecological region types and different water supply methods. Surveys on water iodine content and the operating status of water supply facilities should be carried out regularly, and measures should be adjusted in time to prevent and control iodine deficiency disorders in accordance with local conditions.
