Drinking Water and Health, Volume 3 (1980) / Chapter Skim
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I Executive Summary
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The methodological complexities inherent in epidemiological studies of human populations exposed to multiple contaminants at low concentrations (ppb) in drinking water make it virtually impossible to establish a causal link between THM's and an increase in cancer of the bladder or of any other site.
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RISK ESTIMATION Chapter III, Problems of Risk Estimation, examines the prediction of risks to human health using acute and chronic toxicity data from laboratory animals. The concentration of most potentially toxic chemicals in drinking water is usually so low that it is difficult to predict potentially adverse ejects from drinking the water.
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In addition to providing information on chronic toxicity, the subcommittee evaluated the potential acute toxicity insofar as justified by the available data. These data provide a basis for making judgments of possible health effects resulting from accidental spills of chemicals into drinking water.
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At their typical levels in drinking water, the nutrients reviewed in this report usually make a small, but by no means negligible, contribution to the mineral nutrition of humans. When the intake of a particular nutrient by the general population or a particular group is marginal, the contribution by water may be important in preventing deficiency and ill health.
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