European Occupational Health Series : Public Health in Europe; European, Public Health in Europe, No. 1-(Part 2): Evaluation of Health Laboratory Services

By A. H. Wahba, Dr.

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Title:	European Occupational Health Series : Public Health in Europe; European, Public Health in Europe, No. 1-(Part 2): Evaluation of Health Laboratory Services
Author:	A. H. Wahba, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Wahba, Dr, A. H. (n.d.). European Occupational Health Series : Public Health in Europe; European, Public Health in Europe, No. 1-(Part 2). Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
Introduction The rccommended values contained in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality issued in 1984 (referred to henceforth as the Guidelines) are based on toxicological and other support data available up to 1981. Since that time new toxicological and other relevant data have become available for some of the substances for which guidelines or tentative guidelines were established in the 1984 Guidelines as well as for other compounds for which there had been insufficient data available to establish guideline values. In addition, concern has been expressed regarding a number of substances which had not previously been considered. A Consultation to initiate the work on the revision of WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality was convened by WHO-HQ in Rome from 17-19 October 1988. The principal objective of this Consultation was to discuss and agree upon the principles under which the revision of the guidelines would be carried out. Tile consultation reaffirmed the concept of WHO Guidelines including approaches to risk assessment, and produced specific recommendations regarding assumptions and techniques which should be used during the process of development of the guidelines. Furthermore, the consultation determined a common format for the evaluatiur~ of drinking-water contaminants and finalized the list of substances for wt~ictl evaluation should be undertaken. With the scientific principles of the revision agreed upon at the Rome consultation, it appeared useful to have a small coordination group meet at periodic intervals to elaborate detailed practical arrangements for the drafting of evaluation documents and for the organization of the review meetings. Participation was limited to the scientific coordinators for organics and inorganics and principal investigators of institutes which would host the review meetings. Two consultations of this coordinating group were organized so far, the first one in Copenhagen, 4-5 September 1989, and Lhe secur~d ir~ Geneva 13-14 March 1990. Based in the established principles for the preparation and review of the draft evaluations of individual substances, and based on the assessment of actual and/or expected availability of draft evaluation documents, detailed arrangements for review meetings in 1990 and tentative plans 1991 were made during the Geneva meeting in March 1990.

Table of Contents
contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . Summary statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2.1 Aldicarb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2.2 AldrinIDieldrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2.3 Atrazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2.4 Bentazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 2.5 Chlordane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 2.8 1. 3.Dichloropropane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 2.9 1. 3 Dichloropropene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 2.10 Ethylene Dibrornide (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 2.11 Beptachlor and heptachlor epoxide . . . . . . . . .7 2.12 Hexachlorobenzene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 2.13 Isoproturon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 2.14 Lindane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 2.15 Permethrin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 3 . Recornmendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ANNEX 1 Physical and chemical properties of the substances reviewed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNM 2 List of participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .