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Some Drinking-Water Disinfectants and Contaminants, including Arsenic

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 84

IARC

2004

ISBN-13

978-92-832-1284-3

ISBN-13

978-92-832-1584-4

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A well-researched report from a working group of 23 experts from 13 countries convened to evaluate the evidence of carcinogenicity of drinking-water disinfectants and of arsenic (mostly naturally occurring) as a contaminant of drinking-water, and of the water-disinfectant chloramine. The working group also evaluated or re-evaluated four chlorination by-products found in drinking-water, namely chloral hydrate, di- and trichloroacetic acids, and 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (also known as MX).