drinking water

THE US EPA'S N-METHYL CARBAMATE CUMULATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT (NMCRA) ASSESSES THE EFFECT ON ACETYLCHOLINE ESTERASE (AChE) ACTIVITY OF EXPOSURE TO 10 N-METHLY CARBAMATE (NMC)PESTICIDES THROUGH DIETARY, DRINKING WATER, AND RESIDENTIAL EXPOSURES.

THESE DATA THUS INFORM, BUT DO NOT COMPLETELY DETERMINE, THE UNCERTAINTY FACTORS ACTUALLY USED IN THE RISK ASSESSMENT.

David Kreamer's vision is to return old ships to the seas where they belong. But he'd like to see them fulfill a new purpose: turning seawater into drinking water through desalination facilities.

Presentation material from the Workshop on the Design and Operation of the Adsorptive Media Process for the Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water.

To request a copy of this CD contact Tom Sorg, USEPA, email: sorg.thomas@epa.gov Phone: 513 569-7370 or Fax: 513 569-7172.

This project summary describes an improved approach for estimating route-specific exposures and tissue doses for trihalomethane (THM) compounds found in drinking water.

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country.

Invasive species are a menace to U.S. drinking water supplies, native plants and animals, and they cost billions to contain.

Yet Congress is moving to address the problem at the pace of a plain old garden snail.

A new survey finds the top worries of respondents threatened or hit by Hurricane Katrina are that they would not have enough fresh water to drink (42 percent very worried) and that they would not be able to get needed medical care (41 percent very worried).

A recent look at what is known about the health effects of drinking water reveals that most supposed benefits are not backed by solid evidence.

The findings indicate that most people do not need to worry about drinking their recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces of water per day.