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Transdisciplinary Research Highlights and Challenges Encountered During EPA’s Four Lab Study of Risks posed by Disinfection By-product Mixtures; Preparation of Concentrates: Challenges and Unique Solutions
Citation:
Speth, T. AND J. Pressman. Transdisciplinary Research Highlights and Challenges Encountered During EPA’s Four Lab Study of Risks posed by Disinfection By-product Mixtures; Preparation of Concentrates: Challenges and Unique Solutions. Presented at Society of Risk Analysis Webinar, NA, May 05, 2021.
Impact/Purpose:
To present on the historical prospective of EPA's Four Lab Study, specifically regarding producing the concentrated disinfection byproduct materials that were ultimately used in the health effect studies.
Description:
For successful completion of the Four Lab Study, a concentrated disinfection byproduct (DBP) solution needed to be produced in large volumes, the formed DBPs and their ratios needed to be representative of real drinking waters, the DBPs needed to be stable, the concentrates needed to be palatable to experimental animals and had no free chlorine, and no confounding artifacts from treatment and concentration processes could be present.