Project #318

State-of-the-Art Review of the Health Effects Basis of Drinking Water Regulations

$174,418
Completed
Principal Investigator
Robert
Golden
Research Manager
Richard J Karlin
Contractor
Karch & Associates
Risk Assessment
Lead & Copper
Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)
Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs)
Regulations

Abstract

Documents the best scientific data available for assessing risks of contaminants in drinking water, looking specifically at the health effects basis of lead and THM standards and the risk assessment approach delineated in Volume 7 of Drinking Water and Health. The report could assist the USEPA in setting standards by ensuring that all relevant health effects data are considered. Completed in 1989. (Out of print)