USA_primary_water_contaminants {iemiscdata} | R Documentation |
US EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Contaminants
Description
A table containing the primary drinking water pollutants.
Usage
USA_primary_water_contaminants
Format
A data.table data frame with 87 rows and 5 variables:
- Contaminant
The name of the contaminant
- MCLG1 (mg/L)2
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) in mg/L
- MCL or TT1 (mg/L)2
Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) in mg/L
- Potential Health Effects from Long-Term Exposure Above the MCL (unless specified as short-term)
Potential adverse health effects
- Sources of Contaminant in Drinking Water
What is the source of the contaminant
Source
United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): "National Primary Drinking Water Regulations", https://web.archive.org/web/20230801024443/https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations. Used the Internet Archive: Wayback Machine archived version for acceptance into CRAN.
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