Report to the United States Congress on radionuclides in drinking water: Multimedia risk and cost assessment of radon in drinking water. Draft report

Technical Report · Thu Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6000036

EPA prepared the report in response to the Congressional mandate in Public Law 102-389 (the Chafee-Lautenberg Amendment to EPA's Appropriation Bill, enacted October 6, 1992) which directs the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to Congress on EPA's findings regarding the risks of human exposure to radon, the costs for controlling or mitigating that exposure, and the risks posed by treating water to remove radon. The Chafee-Lautenberg Amendment called for an explicit multimedia comparison of the risks from radon in indoor air and drinking water. Congress placed the requirement on the Agency because of the concern voiced in the United States over the costs to be incurred by public water systems in the control of radon in drinking water while a larger threat from indoor air was not being addressed except through voluntary measures. Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1986 called for the regulation of radon in drinking water.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Water
• OSTI ID: 6000036
• Report Number(s): PB-93-209427/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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