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Drinking Water and Health.
Title:
Drinking Water and Health.
Author:
Staff, National Research Council.
ISBN:
9780309573269
Physical Description:
1 online resource (157 pages)
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 -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- CARBON TETRACHLORIDE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- CHLOROBENZENE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- O-DICHLOROBENZENE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL) -- P-DICHLOROBENZENE -- Metabolism -- Health Effects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE -- Metabolism -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- 1,1-DICHLOROETHYLENE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL) -- 1,2-DICHLOROETHYLENE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- DICHLOROMETHANE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- DINOSEB -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species.

Conclusions and Recommendations -- Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL) -- HEXACHLOROBENZENE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- METHOMYL -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL) -- PICLORAM -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL) -- ROTENONE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL) -- TETRACHLOROETHYLENE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- TRICHLOROETHYLENE -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- VINYL CHLORIDE (MONOCHLOROETHYLENE) -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- URANIUM (U) -- Metabolism -- Health Aspects -- Observations in Humans -- Observations in Other Species -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL) -- Conclusions -- Chronic Toxicity -- Research Recommendations -- REFERENCES -- III Epidemiology of the Adverse Health Effects of Arsenic and Asbestos in Drinking Water -- ARSENIC -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- Arsenic -- Asbestos -- Appendix 1977 Amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act -- REFERENCE -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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