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EPA Links
The following is information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about drinking water.

Arsenic in Drinking Water (2006)
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic/index.html

EPA Drinking Water Page
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/watedrinkingwater.html

Children and Drinking Water Standards (1999)
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/kidshealth/index.html

Controlling Lead In Drinking Water in Schools and Daycare Facilities: A Summary of State Programs (PDF/390K) (2004)
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lcrmr/pdfs/report_lcmr_schoolssummary.pdf

Drinking Water in Schools and Childcare Facilities
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/schools

Drinking Water Contaminants Office of Water Page
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/hfacts.html

Climate Change and the Health of Children (2008)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/climate.htm

Lead In Your Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead/index.html

Consumer Fact Sheet on Nitrates/Nitrites
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwh/c-ioc/nitrates.html

Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Standard for Arsenic (2001)
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic/regulations_factsheet.html

Other Federal and State Links

Lead in Water - Questions and Answers (2009)
from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/tips/water.htm

Medline Plus Web Page for Drinking Water (2008)
from National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html

Arsenic and Drinking Water From Private Wells (PDF/104K) (2008)
from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/healthywater/factsheets/pdf/arsenic.pdf

Contaminants in Well Water (2003)
from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/healthywater/factsheets/contaminants.htm

Tox Town (2007)
from National Library of Medicine
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/

Other Organization Links

Infant Methemoglobinemia: The Role of Dietary Nitrate in Food and Water (2005) Exit EPA
from American Academy of Pediatrics
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/116/3/784

Our Children At Risk - The 5 Worst Environmental Threats To Their Health: Drinking Water Contamination (1997) Exit EPA
from Natural Resources Defense Council
https://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap7.asp

Practice Prevention: PCBs (PDF/42K) (2006) Exit EPA
from Institute for Children’s Environmental Health
http://www.iceh.org/pdfs/LDDI/PracPrevention/PCBs.pdf

Hazards of Common Toxic Chemicals (2000) Exit EPA
from American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.medem.com/medlib/article/ZZZSZ3ZVQ7C

Are You More Vulnerable to Drinking Water Contaminants? (PDF) (6 pp, 30K) Exit EPA
from Consumer Federation of America
http://www.consumerfed.org/pdfs/vulnpop.pdf

Arsenic in Ground Water of the United States (2006) Exit EPA
from U.S. Geological Survey
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/trace/arsenic/

Arsenic in Drinking Water Fact Sheet (2001) Exit EPA
from World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs210/en

How to Provide Safe Drinking Water for Your Family (2007) Exit EPA
from Children's Health Environmental Coalition
http://healthychild.org/blog/comments/how_to_provide_safe_drinking_water_for_your_family/

Drinking Water From Private Wells and Risks to Children (2009) Exit EPA
from American Academy of Pediatrics
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;123/6/e1123

How to Provide Safe Drinking Water for Your Family Exit EPA
from Children's Health Environmental Coalition
http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/top10-detail.asp?Top10_Cat_ID=17

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