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Human Health

A human health criterion is the highest concentration of a pollutant in water that is not expected to pose a significant risk to human health.

Drinking Water
Surface Water

Standards and Health Advisories

Drinking Water and Health Advisory summary tables

Drinking Water Contaminants & Maximum Contaminant Level (MCLs)

Health and Consumer Advisories

Related Technical Documents

Estimated Per Capita Water Ingestion in the United States

Criteria Documents

Revised Human Health Water Quality Criteria (December 31, 2003)

Human Health Methodology

Criteria Documents

Criteria Table

Microbes

Related Technical Documents

Technical Summary of Information Available on the Bioaccumulation of Arsenic in Aquatic Organisms (January 14, 2004)

Estimated Per Capita Fish Consumption in the United States (EPA-821-C-02-003) (August 2002) (PDF, 3.3MB)

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