Disinfectants & Disinfectants By-products: Environmental Health Criteria Series No. 216

by UNEP and International Labour Office

This book evaluates the risks to human health posed by disinfectants and disinfectant by-products found in treated drinking-water. Noting that chlorine and other widely-used disinfectants were approved for use almost 100 years ago, when toxicological data were limited, the report responds to the need for reassurance that consumption of treated drinking-water will not have adverse effects on health. Particular concern centres on the potential of chlorine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9241572167
• ISBN13: 9789241572163
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"