Technical Support Documents for Public Health Goals for 20 Chemicals in Drinking Water

Public Health Goal (PHG) documents have been developed for the following chemicals: atrazine; bentazon; cadmium; chromium (withdrawn 11/09/01); 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP); 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,1-dichloroethylene; 1,2-dichloropropane; 1,3-dichloropropene (Telone); endrin; heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide; g -hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane); hexachlorocyclopentadiene; inorganic mercury; methoxychlor; thallium; 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene; trichloroethylene; and toluene.

The PHG technical support documents provide information on the health effects from contaminants in drinking water. PHGs are levels of drinking water contaminants at which adverse health effects are not expected to occur from a lifetime of exposure. The California Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 (Health and Safety Code Section 116365) requires OEHHA to adopt PHGs based exclusively on public health considerations. PHGs adopted by OEHHA will be considered by the California Department of Health Services in establishing primary drinking water standards (State Maximum Contaminant Levels, or MCLs).

The responses to major public comments are also available.

Written comments regarding the document may be submitted to:

Cal/EPA-OEHHA-PETB
Water Toxicology
P.O. Box 4010
Sacramento, CA 95812-4010
(916) 324-7572

Downloads

1,1-Dichloroethylene Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for 1,1-DichloroethyleneFeb 1, 1999

1,2-Dichloropropane Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for 1,2-DichloropropaneFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for AtrazineFeb 1, 1999

Atrazine Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentOct 1, 2013

DBCP Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for DBCPFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for EndrinFeb 1, 1999

Heptachlor and Heptachlor Epoxide Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for Heptachlor and Heptachlor EpoxideFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for HexachlorocyclopentadieneFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for Mercury (Inorganic)Feb 1, 1999

Thallium Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for ThalliumFeb 1, 1999

Toluene Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for TolueneFeb 1, 1999

Response to Comments on PHG for 1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneFeb 1, 1999

Chemical Reference

• 1,1-Dichloroethylene
• 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
• 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane
• 1,2-Dichloroethane
• 1,2-Dichloropropane
• 1,3-Dichloropropene
• Atrazine
• Bentazon
• Cadmium
• Chromium-hexavalent
• Endrin
• Heptachlor
• Heptachlor Epoxide
• Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
• Lindane and other hexachlorocyclohexane isomers
• Mercury (Inorganic)
• Methoxychlor
• Thallium
• Toluene
• Trichloroethylene