Description
This slide presentation outlines information on the federal and state process forregulating chemicals in drinking water(MCLs, MCLGs, PHGs, and ALs);perchlorate risk assessment;perchlorate scientific issues; and,status of perchlorate standards. Specific topics focused on in the paper include: perchlorate risk assessment on the thyroid gland; feedback mechanism ofthyroid hormones; perchlorate effects; inhibition of thyroid uptake of iodide; evaluation of iodide uptakeinhibition in the Greer et al. (2002) study; critical endpointschosen by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; why not choose changes inserum T4 as the endpoint; perchlorate scientific issues; exposure calculations; health effects of perchlorate at environmental concentrations; status of perchlorate standards both federally and in the state of California; and, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) contacts.
Product Details
- Edition:
- Vol. – No.
- Published:
- 06/17/2004
- Number of Pages:
- 22
- File Size:
- 1 file , 670 KB
- Note:
- This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus
