Drinking water and health. Volume 5 / [Safe Drinking Water Committee].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water intoxication.

Drinking water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Drinking Water and Health: Volume 5

Copyright

List of Participants

Preface

Contents

I Introduction

REFERENCES

II Toxicity of Selected Contaminants in Drinking Water

ALDICARB

Metabolism

Health Aspects

Observations in Humans

Observations in Other Species

Conclusions and Recommendations

Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL)

CARBOFURAN

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE

CHLOROBENZENE

O-DICHLOROBENZENE

P-DICHLOROBENZENE

Health Effects

1,2-DICHLOROETHANE

1,1-DICHLOROETHYLENE

1,2-DICHLOROETHYLENE

DICHLOROMETHANE

DINOSEB

Observations in Other Species.

Conclusions and Recommendations

HEXACHLOROBENZENE

METHOMYL

PICLORAM

ROTENONE

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE

1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE

TRICHLOROETHYLENE

VINYL CHLORIDE (MONOCHLOROETHYLENE)

URANIUM (U)

Conclusions

Chronic Toxicity

Research Recommendations

III Epidemiology of the Adverse Health Effects of Arsenic and Asbestos in Drinking Water

ARSENIC

ASBESTOS

Background

Exposure to Asbestos from Drinking Water.

Estimating the Cancer Risk from Swallowed Asbestos Following Occupational Exposure

Studies of Asbestos Workers

Converting Risk to Asbestos Workers to Risk from Swallowed Asbestos

Step 1: Measurement of Dose and Adoption of Risk Model

Step 2: Conversion of Dose of Asbestos Inhaled to Dose of Asbestos Swallowed

Step 3: Conversion of Number of Fibers Seen by Light Microscope to Number of Fibers Seen by Transmis ...

Predicting the Results of Epidemiological Studies of GI Cancer Risk from Asbestos-Contaminated Drink ...

Converting RR's to Lifetime GI Cancer Risks

Epidemiological Studies of Cancer Risk from Asbestos-Contaminated Drinking Water

Duluth

Connecticut

San Francisco Bay Area

Puget Sound Area

EPA Criteria Document Methodology

Step 1: Conversion of LM Fibers/ml Air to TEM Fibers Swallowed

Step 2: Conversion of LM Fibers/ml Air to TEM Fibers/Liter in Drinking Water for a 70-Year Exposure

Step 3: Conversion of TEM Fibers/Liter for 70 years to Additional Lifetime Cancer Risk per 100,000

Animal Experiments

Summary and Conclusions

Arsenic

Asbestos

Appendix 1977 Amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act

REFERENCE

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-24574-3

9786610245741

0-309-57326-2

0-585-24095-7

OCLC:

70772903