Drinking Water Toxicology in Its Regulatory Framework

Treatise on Water Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 377-415

  Dieter, H ^a  

^a Federal Environment Agency (UBA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bromate; Copper; Cyanotoxins; Disinfection side products; Drinking water standards; Fluoride; History; Hygiene; Lead; Manganese; New analytes; Nitrate; Nitroaromatic compounds; Perception of drinking water; Perfluorinated compounds; Pesticides; Precautionary principle; Radioactivity; Threshold of toxicological concern; Toxicological evaluation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865562842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53199-5.00067-1     Document Type: Chapter

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