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organizations dedicated to water quality || water and health sites || water testing sites
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From WHO (World Health Organization). An online book: Water Quality: Guidelines, Standards and Health will be useful to all those concerned with issues relating to microbial water quality and health, including environmental and public health scientists, water scientists, and policy-makers. This book is available both in html and in pdf formats. |
| EPA List of Regulated Contaminants | The EPA maximum contaminant levels, the maximum contaminant level goals or treatment technique, the effects these contaminants have on health and the sources for the contaminant. |
| EPA List of Unregulated
Contaminants
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Sometimes there is a link to a .pdf file titled "More Information". Of Course, there are also links to many more pages on the EPA concerning water information that you could access from this and the previous page. |
| Environmental Defense Org's "Drinking Water Quality" | Feb. 2000 PDF File. -The report lists some of the contaminants in the drinking water and how the levels compare to federal health standards, referred to as Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs). |
| NRDC's "What's on Tap"? | This June 2003 NRDC study of drinking water quality in 19 U.S. cities finds that pollution and deteriorating, out-of-date plumbing are sometimes delivering drinking water that might pose health risks to some residents -- and unless steps are taken now, tap water will get worse. |
| Clean Water Action | Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. They have recent water news posted. |
| Clean Water Fund | Clean Water Fund (CWF), a national 501(c)3 nonprofit, brings diverse communities together to work for changes that improve our lives, promoting sensible solutions for people and the environment. |
| Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water | The Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water (CSADW) is an alliance of over 300 organizations working to protect drinking water in the United States. The Steering Committee includes representatives from environmental, consumer, public health and HIV/AIDS organizations. |
| Clean
Water Network
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The Clean Water Network is an alliance of over 1,100 organizations that endorse our platform paper, the National Agenda for Clean Water. The Agenda outlines the need for strong clean water safeguards in order to protect public health and the environment. They post a summary of pending clean water related legislation, as well as updates on the threats to the Clean Water Act, as well as state by state information on water quality. |
| Breast Cancer Chlorine
Connection
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The conference's centerpiece is a new study released by Greenpeace which argues that chlorine-based compounds--that basis of plastics, pesticides, and paper bleaching--make a significant contribution to malignant tumors in the breast. |
| Drinking Water and Human
Health
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The goal of the CSREES National Water Quality Program is to protect or improve the quality of water resources throughout the United States and its territories through research, education and extension efforts. The CSREES Water Quality Program has identified Drinking Water and Human Health as a theme on which to focus these efforts. |
| Water&Health.org
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This is their drinking water page. There are many, many current news articles on drinking water. They present the Chlorine Chemistry Council's "Fact Sheets", among others, and links to their newsletter. |
| Water's Medical
Benefits
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The site of (or about) Dr. Batmanghelidj and his famous book Your Body's Many Cries For Water. He has a new book, as well as many articles about specific health problems and the solution -- drink more water. |
No claims are made as to the competitiveness of these sites. I did a little shopping and found these sites. There are surely others.
| e-watertest.com
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The "Priority 100" is a comprehensive 100+ parameter water test. In addition to a coliform bacteria test, the "Priority 100" also includes testing for a battery of inorganic chemicals, violate organic compounds, PCBs and pesticides, including nitrates, lead, mercury, MTBE, arsenic, benzene, THMs, DDT, and many more. |
| h2otest.com
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Many levels of testing up to a test that Tests for coliform bacteria, nitrate, nitrite, fluoride, chloride, sulfate, lead, 25 VOC’s, 10 inorganic metals, and 24 chlorinated pesticides. It also has a list of choices to help you choose which test to use. |
| hometest.com | A link to their test for lead, iron, bacteria, nitrates, and nitrites |
| watersafetestkits.com | A link to their test for bacteria, lead, pesticides, nitrates, nitrites, chlorine, ph, and hardness |
| watertesters.com
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Several levels of testing up to the most comprehensive that tests 2 bacteria 15 pesticides, 24 inorganics, 61 VOC's, and radon. Also has a list of water test profiles to help you choose which test to use. |