Ebook: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology: Continuation of Residue Reviews, United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Drinking Water Health Advisories

Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ­ ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations. These three publications are integrated and scheduled to pro­ vide in international communication the coherency essential for nonduplicative and current progress in a field as dynamic and complex as environmental con­ tamination and toxicology. Until now there has been no journal or other publica­ tion series reserved exclusively for the diversified literature on "toxic" chemicals in our foods, our feeds, our geographical surroundings, our domestic animals, our wildlife, and ourselves. Around the world immense efforts and many talents have been mobilized to technical and other evaluations of natures, locales, magnitudes, fates, and toxicology of the persisting residues of these chemicals loosed upon the world. Among the sequelae of this broad new emphasis has been an inescapable need for an articulated set of authoritative publications where one could expect to find the latest important world literature produced by this emerging area of science together with documentation of pertinent ancil­ lary legislation.

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This third volume prepared by the Office of Drinking Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency, contains health advisories for 13 compounds. The substances were selected for the Advisories according to the following criteria: 1) they are either known to occur or might reasonably be expected to occur in drinking water supplies; 2) they have the potential to cause adverse health effects in exposed humans. Each Advisory contains information on the nature of the adverse health effects associated with the contaminant and the concentrations of the contaminant that would not be anticipated to cause an adverse effect following various periods of exposure. In addition, the Health Advisories summarize information on available analytical methods and treatment techniques for the contaminant.

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This third volume prepared by the Office of Drinking Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency, contains health advisories for 13 compounds. The substances were selected for the Advisories according to the following criteria: 1) they are either known to occur or might reasonably be expected to occur in drinking water supplies; 2) they have the potential to cause adverse health effects in exposed humans. Each Advisory contains information on the nature of the adverse health effects associated with the contaminant and the concentrations of the contaminant that would not be anticipated to cause an adverse effect following various periods of exposure. In addition, the Health Advisories summarize information on available analytical methods and treatment techniques for the contaminant.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Acrylamide....Pages 1-12
Barium....Pages 13-23
Cadmium....Pages 25-37
Chromium....Pages 39-52
Cyanide....Pages 53-64
Epichlorohydrin....Pages 65-77
Control of Legionella in Plumbing Systems....Pages 79-92
Mercury....Pages 93-102
Nickel....Pages 103-115
Nitrate and Nitrite....Pages 117-130
Styrene....Pages 131-145
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin....Pages 147-163
Vinyl Chloride....Pages 165-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-189

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This third volume prepared by the Office of Drinking Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency, contains health advisories for 13 compounds. The substances were selected for the Advisories according to the following criteria: 1) they are either known to occur or might reasonably be expected to occur in drinking water supplies; 2) they have the potential to cause adverse health effects in exposed humans. Each Advisory contains information on the nature of the adverse health effects associated with the contaminant and the concentrations of the contaminant that would not be anticipated to cause an adverse effect following various periods of exposure. In addition, the Health Advisories summarize information on available analytical methods and treatment techniques for the contaminant.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Acrylamide....Pages 1-12
Barium....Pages 13-23
Cadmium....Pages 25-37
Chromium....Pages 39-52
Cyanide....Pages 53-64
Epichlorohydrin....Pages 65-77
Control of Legionella in Plumbing Systems....Pages 79-92
Mercury....Pages 93-102
Nickel....Pages 103-115
Nitrate and Nitrite....Pages 117-130
Styrene....Pages 131-145
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin....Pages 147-163
Vinyl Chloride....Pages 165-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-189
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