Is EPA's radium-226 drinking water standard justified?

Abstract:

:The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed drinking water standard for radium-226 (226Ra) of 5 pCi/l is evaluated according to its health basis and carcinogenic implications. Proposed health risks of 226Ra in drinking water by other leading theoreticians (Evans, Gofman-Tamplin and Peterson) are also considered in light of the EPA proposal. It is concluded that the EPA proposal to raise the standard for 226Ra in drinking water is not justified on the basis of present knowledge of 226Ra carcinogenic effects.

journal_name

Med Hypotheses

journal_title

Medical hypotheses

authors

Riddiough CR,Musselman R,Calabrese EJ

doi

10.1016/0306-9877(77)90002-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1977-09-01 00:00:00

pages

171-3

issue

5

eissn

0306-9877

issn

1532-2777

pii

0306-9877(77)90002-0

journal_volume

3

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