Lead Contamination: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress; December 10, 1987--lead Contamination of Drinking Water; July 13, 1988--Lead Contamination Control Act (H.R. 4939).U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 677 pagini |
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Pagina 229 - Administrator, upon receipt of information that a contaminant which is present in or is likely to enter a public water system or an underground source of drinking water may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons...
Pagina 168 - Administrator's judgment based on such report, no known or anticipated adverse effects on the health of persons occur and which allows an adequate margin of safety.
Pagina 185 - For purposes of this paragraph, the term "feasible" means feasible with the use of the best technology, treatment techniques, and other means, which the Administrator finds are generally available (taking cost into consideration).
Pagina 395 - ... Maximum contaminant level" means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water which is delivered to the free flowing outlet of the ultimate user of a public water system, except in the case of turbidity where the maximum permissible level is measured at the point of entry to the distribution system. Contaminants added to the water under circumstances controlled by the user, except those resulting from corrosion of piping and plumbing caused by water quality, are excluded from this...
Pagina 230 - maximum contaminant level" means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water which is delivered to any user of a public water system. (4) The term "public water system...
Pagina 345 - Plan and operation of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1976-80.
Pagina 226 - SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the Administrator upon receipt of evidence that a pollution source or combination of sources (including moving sources) is presenting an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons, and that appropriate State or local authorities have not acted to abate such sources...
Pagina 49 - ... contains criteria and procedures to assure a supply of drinking water which dependably complies with such maximum contaminant levels; including quality control and testing procedures to insure compliance with such levels and to insure proper operation and maintenance of the system, and requirements as to (i) the minimum quality of water which may be taken into the system and (ii) siting for new facilities for public water systems. (2) The term "secondary drinking water regulation...
Pagina 94 - ... To measure the neuropsychologic effects of unidentified childhood exposure to lead, the performance of 58 children with high and 100 with low dentine lead levels was compared. Children with high lead levels scored significantly less well on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) than those with low lead levels. This difference was also apparent on verbal subtests. on three other measures of auditory or speech processing and on a measure of attention. Analysis of variance showed...
Pagina 455 - The nature and extent of lead poisoning in children in the United States: a report to Congress.