Risk assessment for chemicals in drinking water / [by] : Robert A. Howd , PHD , Chief. Water toxicology section , office of inviromntal Health Hazard Assessment , California Environmental Protecction Agency , Anna M. Fan , PhD , Chief , Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Brunsh , Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment , California Environmental Protection Agency - Hoboken , New Jersey : Wiley , ©2008 - xvi , 371 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to drinking water risk assessment -- Summary of the development of federal drinking water regulations and health-based guidelines for chemical contaminants -- Interpretation of toxicologic data for drinking water risk assessment -- Exposure source and multiroute exposure considerations for the risk assessment of drinking water contaminants -- Toxicokinetics for drinking water risk assessment -- Health risk assessment of chemical mixtures in drinking water -- Protection of infants and children, and other sensitive subpopulations -- Risk assessment for essential nutrients -- Risk assessment for arsenic in drinking water -- Risk assessment for chloroform, reconsidered -- Risk assessment of a thyroid hormone disruptor, perchlorate -- Emerging contaminants in drinking water : a California perspective -- U.S. EPA drinking water field office perspectives and needs for risk assessment -- Risk assessment : emerging issues, recent advances, and future challenges.

9780471723448 (cloth)

2007007076


Drinking water--Contamination--Health aspects
Health risk assessment

RA591 / .H69 2008