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Chemical hazards in drinking-water

Chloral hydrate

Chloral hydrate is considered in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality. The assessment was last updated in 2005. You can link from here to:

The detailed review document [pdf 166kb]

Summary statement [pdf 17kb]

The Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality also consider for individual chemicals:

Aspects of analytical achievability [Section 8.3, pp. 157-166] [pdf 220kb]
Technical achievability (through treatment and other means) [Section 8.4, pp 166-184] [pdf 220kb]

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