A review of nitrates in drinking water: maternal exposure and adverse reproductive and developmental outcomes.

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Backer, Lorraine C.; Manassaram, Deana M.; Moll, Deborah M. | Copyright information

In this review we present an update on maternal exposure to nitrates in drinking water in relation to possible adverse reproductive and developmental effects, and also discuss nitrates in drinking water in the United States. The current standard for nitrates in drinking water is based on retrospective studies and approximates a level that protects infants from methemoglobinemia, but no safety factor is built into the standard. The current standard applies only to public water syste...

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