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Prevention of Lead in Drinking Water

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The problem with lead in drinking water is not new. As a matter of fact, it was known more than a hundred years ago. This quote from the Lancet, the noted British Journal of Medicine, clearly indicated the problem in England (White, 1886).

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  1. Anon (1878) Amtsblatt of the Ministry of Interior, Stuttgart Germany, April 29, 1878, pp. 1.

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  1. School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Rolf A. Deininger & Elmer V. Bernstam

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  1. Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    R. A. Deininger

  2. Institute for Water Pollution Control, Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI Plc.), Budapest, Hungary

    P. Literathy

  3. European Centre for Environment and Health, WHO, Rome, Italy

    J. Bartram

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Deininger, R.A., Bernstam, E.V. (2000). Prevention of Lead in Drinking Water. In: Deininger, R.A., Literathy, P., Bartram, J. (eds) Security of Public Water Supplies. NATO Science Series, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4241-0_11

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