Drinking and Health

Psychological Effects Alcohol and Behavior Effects of Chronic Heavy Drinking Alcohol and Brain Functioning Alcohol and the Liver Alcohol and Reproductive Functioning Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Moderate Drinking and Health The Development of Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Traditional Approaches to Etiology "Biopsychosocial" Approaches to Etiology Summary... 

Drinking Water Health Advisories for Pesticides, Office of Drinking Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lewis Pubhshets, Chelsea, Mich., 1989. Includes data used for evaluating 1-day, 10-day, and longer-term health advisories for 50 pesticides which have a potential for being found in drinking water, with specific references as sources of information. 

The United States has the most laws regarding environmental safety and health. The National Environmental PoHcy Act (NEPA) of 1969 has resulted in the following acts Eederal Insecticides, Eungicide and Rodenticide (EIERA), Resource Conservation and Recovery (RCRA), Superfund (CERCLA), Superfund Amendments and Reauthori2ation Act (SARA) Plus Tide III, Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), Clean Water (CWA), Water Quahty, Safe Drinking Water (SDWA), and Waste Minimi2ation and Control. 

Provision of adequate information, instruction and training control against exposures by measures other than the use of personal protective equipment provision of adequate washing facilities prohibition of eating, drinking and smoking m contaminated areas and health surveillance are covered. 

Trade association of manufacturers of organic chemicals that represents the interests of its members before the public and government agencies, including matters concerning hazardous waste, occupational safety and health, toxic substances control, safe drinking watery and concerns regarding specific chemicals its members handle. 

EPA. 1996. Drinking water regulations and health advisories. Washington DC U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. EPA 822-B-96-002. 

NRC. 1977. Drinking water and health. Vol. 1, Washington, DC National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Press. 626-635, 796-797. 

Tea flavonoids, or tea extracts, have been linked to benefits in reducing the risk of certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases in experimental animals. However, epidemiological studies have produced inconsistent evidence in the relationship between tea drinking and cancer (Blot et a/., 1997 Goldbohm etal, 1996 Hertog eta/., 1997 Yang eta/., 1996). Therefore, further research is needed before definitive conclusions on the impact of tea consumption upon the cancer risk in humans can be reached. The metabolites of catechins and flavonols after consumption of tea infusions have scarcely been investigated, and thus more research is needed as to the role of those compounds in the reported health benefits of tea consumption. 

EPA 822-B-OO-OOl, US Environmental Protection Agency, Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories, Office of Water, Washington, DC (2000). 

Regulatory position Regulated metabolites in groundwater include the parent, urea, guanidine and guanidine olefin metabolites. The drinking water health advisory level (HAL) is 399 M.g L T... 

Roberts WC, Abernathy CO, Commons BJ. 1995. US drinking water health advisories methodology and basis for some munitions chemicals. Toxicol Ecotoxicol News 2(l) 4-8. 

Significant scientific attention has focused on caffeine and its health effects. However, limited data is available for the actual dietary consumption of caffeine or theobromine from individual foods. Even less data exists on the contribution of cocoa and chocolate foods to methylxanthine intake. In children and teenagers, the major dietary source of caffeine was found to be tea, followed by soft drinks and coffee, respectively. Although chocolate foods and beverages ranked the lowest of these dietary sources to provide caffeine, they do constitute the major source of dietary theobromine. In order to gain a better insight into the amount of methylxanthines consumed via the diet, more studies on the methylxanthine content of chocolate foods, as well as beverages, are needed. 

O Flaherty EJ. 1987. Modeling An introduction. In Pharmacokinetics in risk assessment Drinking water and health, vol 8. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. National Academy Press, 27-3. 

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