Water Sanitation and Health
Our vision and mission are the attainment by all peoples of the lowest possible burden of water and sanitation-related disease through primary prevention.
Saxitoxins
Saxitoxins are considered in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (GDWQ).
For individual chemicals, the GDWQ also consider:
Previous editions of the background document
Chemical hazards in drinking water
Other publications of interest
15 May 2016
Protecting surface water for health: Identifying, assessing and managing drinking-water quality risks...
Protecting surface water for health provides a structured approach to understanding surface waters and their catchments to support the identification,...
This book provides guidance on the chemical safety of drinking-water. Chemical contaminants of drinking-water are often considered a lower priority than...
28 February 2021
Toxic cyanobacteria in water - Second edition
Cyanobacterial toxins are among the most hazardous substances, widely found in waterbodies. They occur naturally, but human activity influences the extent...