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The water we drink : water quality and its effects on health
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- Summary
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Briefly traces the history of sanitation and disease, discusses links between water and infectious diseases, cancer, and infertility, and looks at bottled water and water purification.
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- Creator
- Joshua I. Barzilay, Winkler G. Weinberg, J. William Eley
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [1999]
- ©1999
- Physical Details
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- vi, 180 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813526720, 0813526728, 9780813526737, 0813526736, 9780813526973, 0813526973, 9780813526980, 0813526981
- OCLC
- ocm40545440
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index.
- General information -- A brief history of drinking water, sanitation, and disease -- The modern era of drinking water regulation -- Drinking water sources, treatment, safety, and conservation -- Drinking water and disease -- Drinking water and infectious diseases -- Drinking water and the risk of cancer -- Drinking water, estrogens, and fertility -- The effects of drinking water's mineral content on health -- Heavy metal content of drinking water and its effects on health -- Drinking water and the consumer -- Bottled water -- Water purification
Subjects
- Drinking water -- Health aspects.
- Water -- adverse effects.
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- Drinking.
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- Water Supply.
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