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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been considering a more stringent regulation of arsenic in water. A significant reduction in the maximum contaminant level (MCL) could increase compliance costs for water utilities. This book discusses the adequacy of the current EPA maximum contaminant level for protecting human health in the context of stated EPA policy and provides a scientific basis for deriving the arsenic standard for drinking water and surface water. The text evaluates epidemiological data on the carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic health effects of arsenic exposure of Taiwanese populations and compares those effects with the effects of arsenic exposure demonstrated in other countries-including the United States. The book also reviews data on toxico-kinetics, metabolism, and mechanism and mode of action of arsenic to ascertain how these data could assist in assessing human health risks from arsenic exposures. It goes on to recommend specific changes to improve the toxicity analyses and risk characterization. The implications of the changes for EPA's current MCL for arsenic are also described.

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Subcommittee on Arsenic in Drinking Water, National Research Council

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