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RECORD NUMBER: 243 OF 314| Main Title | Report to the United States Congress on radionuclides in drinking water : multimedia risk and cost assessment of radon in drinking water. | |||||||||||
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| CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Water. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1993 | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB93-209427 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Radon--Environmental aspects--United States ; Drinking water--Contamination--United States ; Radioactive pollution of water--United States ; Drinking water--United States--Contamination | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Radon ; Risk assessment ; Cost analysis ; Radionuclide migration ; Path of pollutants ; Public health ; Natural radioactivity ; Ingestion(Biology) ; Inhalation ; Law(Jurisprudence) ; Pollution regulations ; Drinking water ; Dose-response relationships | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 156 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm | |||||||||||
| Abstract | EPA prepared the report in response to the Congressional mandate in Public Law 102-389 (the Chafee-Lautenberg Amendment to EPA's Appropriation Bill, enacted October 6, 1992) which directs the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to Congress on EPA's findings regarding the risks of human exposure to radon, the costs for controlling or mitigating that exposure, and the risks posed by treating water to remove radon. The Chafee-Lautenberg Amendment called for an explicit multimedia comparison of the risks from radon in indoor air and drinking water. Congress placed the requirement on the Agency because of the concern voiced in the United States over the costs to be incurred by public water systems in the control of radon in drinking water while a larger threat from indoor air was not being addressed except through voluntary measures. Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1986 called for the regulation of radon in drinking water. |
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| Notes | "Draft"--Cover. "July 15, 1993." "Prepared for PL 102-389"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references. Microfiche. |