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Drinking Water and Health.

PB269519

Publication Date	1977
Page Count	100
Abstract	The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (PL93-523) required the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to arragne for a study that would serve as a scientific basis for revising the primary drinking water regulations that were promulgated under the Act. The Study was conducted by the Safe Drinking Water Committee of the National Research Council. A thorough study of the scientific literature was undertaken in order to assess the implications for human health of the constituents of drinking water in the United States. Assessment of the health benefits and the economic or technological feasibility of achieving a given level of contaminant control is outside the scope of the study, although the beneficial effects of some constituents of drinking water were considered. The risk to man of contaminants ingested in drinking water was evaluated on the basis of both epidemiological studies and studies of toxicity in laboratory animals.
Keywords	Potable water Public health Assessments Reviews Recommendations Law(Jurisprudence) Legislation Humans United States Contaminants Microorganisms Radioactive isotopes Solutes Health risks Toxicity Epidemiology Laboratory animals Experimental data Water pollution effects(Humans) Environmental health Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 Public Law 93-523 Particulates Appendices
Source Agency	Office of Water Supply National Academy of Science National Research Council
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68D - Water Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Summary rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197721
Contract Number	EPA-68-01-3169

Drinking Water and Health.

Drinking Water and Health.
PB269519

Publication Date	1977
Page Count	100
Abstract	The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (PL93-523) required the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to arragne for a study that would serve as a scientific basis for revising the primary drinking water regulations that were promulgated under the Act. The Study was conducted by the Safe Drinking Water Committee of the National Research Council. A thorough study of the scientific literature was undertaken in order to assess the implications for human health of the constituents of drinking water in the United States. Assessment of the health benefits and the economic or technological feasibility of achieving a given level of contaminant control is outside the scope of the study, although the beneficial effects of some constituents of drinking water were considered. The risk to man of contaminants ingested in drinking water was evaluated on the basis of both epidemiological studies and studies of toxicity in laboratory animals.
Keywords	Potable water Public health Assessments Reviews Recommendations Law(Jurisprudence) Legislation Humans United States Contaminants Microorganisms Radioactive isotopes Solutes Health risks Toxicity Epidemiology Laboratory animals Experimental data Water pollution effects(Humans) Environmental health Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 Public Law 93-523 Particulates Appendices
Source Agency	Office of Water Supply National Academy of Science National Research Council
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68D - Water Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Summary rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197721
Contract Number	EPA-68-01-3169