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Article: "Arsenic Body Burden and Morbidity and Mortality".
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
- Author:
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To the editor.--"Arsenic Body Burden and Morbidity and Mortality." The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is under Congressional mandate to lower the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water.[1] The National Academy of Sciences has recommended a "substantial reduction" in the present 50 [micro]g of arsenic/I water standard (equivalent to 50 ppb), based on increased cancer incidence alone.[2] The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) set the present standard in 1943.[3] The U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and EPA have listed arsenic as the first hazardous substance in their list: "Top 20 Hazardous Substances."[4]
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