Objective:The arsenic content of drinking water in Aksu Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (referred to as Xinjiang) was analyzed to understand the distribution of arsenic content and arsenic form of water in each county and city.Methods:In 2020, a total of 117 waterworks and villages (towns) under the jurisdiction of waterworks in 7 counties and 2 cities were randomly sampled, arsenic content in water was detected by atomic fluorescence spectrometry, and arsenic form in water was detected by liquid chromatography atomic fluorescence spectrometry.Results:A total of 626 water samples were collected, 614 water samples with water arsenic content < 0.01 mg/L, accounting for 98.08%; 12 water samples with water arsenic content 0.01 - < 0.05 mg/L, accounting for 1.92%; and there was no water sample with arsenic content ≥0.05 mg/L. The form of arsenic in excessive water sample in Aksu Prefecture was found to be five-valent arsenate. The arsenic content in the water of Awati County was the highest (0.004 6 mg/L).Conclusions:There are still some counties and cities with high arsenic content in water in Aksu Prefecture, and there are still hidden dangers of drinking-water brone endemic arsenism. Therefore, the water treatment technology should be improved or the water sources should be changed to prevent endemic arsenism.

Objective:To study the relation between promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML) and gastric and colorectal cancers , and explore the relation between PML and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) .Methods:The expression situations of PML ,EGFR ,and VEGF in gastric and colorectal cancer were detected by immunohistochemistry ,and their relations with tumor invasions ,lymph node metastases ,TNM stages and patients’ survival were analyzed .Results:PML was positively expressed in normal tissue adjacent to gastrointestinal cancer .The rate of PML deficiency was 33 .8% (54/160) in gastric cancer tissue ,while it was 38 .1% (64/168) in colorectal cancer tissue .PML deficiency in gastric cancer tissue was positively correlated with gastric wall invasion (P<0 .001) ,lymph node metastases (P=0 .018) and TNM stage (P<0 .001) ,and the survival period of patients with positive PML was longer than that of patients with negative PML (52 months vs 39 months , P<0 .001) .Age ,PML deficiency and TNM stage were the independent risk factors of gastric cancer prognosis .PML deficiency in colorectal cancer tissue was positively correlated with TNM stage (P=0 .012) ,and the survival period of patients with positive PML was longer than that of patients with negative PML (53 months vs 44 months , P= 0 .001) .The positive expression of EGFR was positively correlated with colorectal wall invasion (P<0 .001) ,lymph node metastases (P<0 .001) and TNM stage (P<0 .001) .PML deficiency ,TNM stage and EGFR expression were the independent risk factors of colorectal cancer prognosis .PML expression was negatively correlated with EGFR and VEGF expression (P<0 .05) .Conclusions:PML deficiency may promote the progression of gastric and colorectal cancer by up‐regulating the expression of EGFR and VEGF .PML deficiency is correlated with prognosis of gastric and colorectal cancer patients .