EPA is committed to protecting human health.  The following programs are designed to reduce human exposure to contaminants in water.

Consumption Advisories

• Fish and Wildlife Consumption Advisories
  Information on United States and Canadian fish and wildlife consumption advisories and EPA guidance documents in issuing advisories.
• Shellfish Protection
• National Fish Tissue Study
  EPA is conducting a screening-level study to estimate the national distribution of selected persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemical residues in fish tissue from lakes and reservoirs of the continental United States.

Other Advisories

• Drinking Water and Health Advisories
  Information on drinking water regulations and health advisories.
• Beach Advisories
  Information to help protect people from waterborne diseases at the beach and EPA's annual National Health Protection Survey of Beaches for last year's swimming season.

Criteria

• Human Health Criteria
  Methodology, technical information and guidance for deriving water quality criteria for the protection of human health.

Risk Assessment

• Federal-State Toxicology and Risk Analysis Committee (FSTRAC)
  Information on the cooperative state and federal effort to develop well-rounded, integrated approaches to the assessment, management, communication of and standard-setting for risks from exposure to pollutants.

See also: Drinking Water and Your Health; Protecting Human Health; Children's Health; Related Human Health Topics

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