Report to the United States Congress on Radionuclides in Drinking Water
Title | Report to the United States Congress on Radionuclides in Drinking Water PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Drinking water |
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An SAB Report
Title | An SAB Report PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Drinking water |
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States' Compliance Lacking in Meeting Safe Drinking Water Regulations
Title | States' Compliance Lacking in Meeting Safe Drinking Water Regulations PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Drinking water |
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Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water
Title | Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water PDF eBook |
Author | Committee on Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1999-07-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309524741 |
The Safe Drinking Water Act directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the quality of drinking water, including its concentration of radon, an acknowledged carcinogen. This book presents a valuable synthesis of information about the total inhalation and ingestion risks posed by radon in public drinking water, including comprehensive reviews of data on the transfer of radon from water to indoor air and on outdoor levels of radon in the United States. It also presents a new analysis of a biokinetic model developed to determine the risks posed by ingestion of radon and reviews inhalation risks and the carcinogenesis process. The volume includes scenarios for quantifying the reduction in health risk that might be achieved by a program to reduce public exposure to radon. Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water, reflecting research and analysis mandated by 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act, provides comment on a variety of methods to reduce radon entry into homes and to reduce the concentrations of radon in indoor air and in water. The models, analysis, and reviews of literature contained in this book are intended to provide information that EPA will need to set a new maximum contaminant level, as it is required to do in 2000.
EPA National Publications Catalog
Title | EPA National Publications Catalog PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Environmental Protection Agency |
Publisher | |
Pages | 716 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Environmental protection |
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Non-transient, Non-community Water Systems
Title | Non-transient, Non-community Water Systems PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Drinking water |
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Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
Title | Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 1999-02-25 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0309062977 |
Naturally occurring radionuclides are found throughout the earth's crust, and they form part of the natural background of radiation to which all humans are exposed. Many human activities-such as mining and milling of ores, extraction of petroleum products, use of groundwater for domestic purposes, and living in houses-alter the natural background of radiation either by moving naturally occurring radionuclides from inaccessible locations to locations where humans are present or by concentrating the radionuclides in the exposure environment. Such alterations of the natural environment can increase, sometimes substantially, radiation exposures of the public. Exposures of the public to naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) that result from human activities that alter the natural environment can be subjected to regulatory control, at least to some degree. The regulation of public exposures to such technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory and advisory organizations is the subject of this study by the National Research Council's Committee on the Evaluation of EPA Guidelines for Exposures to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials.