The water we drink

 

References

This list includes all sources used to prepare the web pages of “The Story of the Water we Drink”.  Links available on the Web can be accessed directly by clicking on the desired source whereas peer reviewed sources are not publicly available and can be accessed via university libraries, paid subscriptions, or similar access.  Books and Related Sources can be borrowed from local libraries or purchased via retail venues.  


Links available on the Web:

World Health Organization: 

Drinking Water Guidelines (an overview of the priority contaminants in drinking water worldwide) 

Drinking Water Quality (an assessment of the global disease burden incurred by poor water quality)


Stockholm Convention:

Persistent Organic Pollutants (identifies pesticides in well water of top health concern) 


Environmental Protection Agency:

Bottled Water Safety

Water Filtering


  1. Peer Reviewed Sources:

  2. •Porta, Miquel, Elisa Puigdomenech, Ferran Ballester, Javier Selva, Nuria Ribas-Fito, Sabrina Llop, and Tomas Lopez (2008).  Monitoring concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in the general population:  The international experience.   Environment International, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 546-561.  (an overview of organic pollutants in the human body coming from soil, water, and food sources).

  3. Books and Related Sources