How do federal regulatory agencies determine the standard for a chemical in drinking water?
From research and using a safety factor, a drinking water standard based on “reasonable risk” is determined. For cancer causing chemicals, reasonable risk is often defined as follows: If one million people drank water for a period of seventy years with the amount of chemical in it equal to the standard, one person would probably get cancer from the drinking water – a very small risk.
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