Arsenic in drinking water: 2001 update
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology / Committee on Toxicology / Subcommittee to Update the 1999 Arsenic in Drinking Water Report
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309076296
Date de publication :
26 nov. 2001
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Evaluates epidemiological studies and experimental data that provides information on how and at what level arsenic in drinking water can lead to cancer. This report concludes that men and women who consume water containing 3 parts per billion of arsenic daily have about a 1 in 1,000 risk of developing bladder or lung cancer during their lifetime.