Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd ed. Volume 2: Health criteria and other supporting information. Addendum

Overview

This addendum to Volume 2 of the second edition of the Guidelines for drinking-water quality contains evaluations of a number of chemical substances that may be found in drinking-water, including inorganic substances (aluminium, boron, copper, nickel, nitrate, nitrite and uranium), organic substances (edetic acid, microcystin-LR, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons), pesticides (bentazone, carbofuran, cyanazine, 1 ,2-dibromoethane, 2,4-D, 1,2-dichloropropane, diquat, glyphosate, pentachlorophenol and terbuthylazine), and a disinfectant by-product (chloroform).

 

Editors
World Health Organization
Number of pages
294
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/EOS/98.1
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