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USA_primary_water_contaminantsR 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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