Nitrate and Nitrite in Drinking Water -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- HAZARD IDENTIFICATION -- DOSE-RESPONSE ASSESSMENT -- EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- RISK CHARACTERIZATION -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 Hazard Identification -- METHEMOGLOBINEMIA -- CANCER -- Animal Studies -- Human Studies -- REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY -- Animal Studies -- Human Studies -- OTHER EFFECTS -- 3 Dose-Response Assessment -- METHEMOGLOBINEMIA -- CANCER -- REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY -- OTHER EFFECTS -- 4 Exposure Assessment -- EXPOSURE FROM FOOD AND WATER -- Dietary Exposure -- Drinking-Water Exposure -- ENDOGENOUS SYNTHESIS -- ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKE -- BIOLOGIC FATE -- 5 Risk Characterization -- CANCER RISKS -- NONCANCER RISKS -- Appendix A Physiologically Based Pharmakinetic Model for Assessing the Risk of Cancer Associated… -- References.