More Information and References for Drinking Water: Nitrates
References and Community Resources
Utah Department of Environmental Quality www.drinkingwater.utah.gov U.S. Environmental Protection Agency water.epa.gov/drink Utah Environmental Public Health Tracking Program epht.health.utah.gov/epht-view/topic/DrinkingWater.html National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program www.cdc.gov/ephtracking Citations: ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Nitrate/Nitrite Toxicity. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/CSEM/nitrate/index.html Manassaram, D. M., Backer, L. C., & Moll, D. M. (2006). A Review of Nitrates in Drinking Water: Maternal Exposure and Adverse Reproductive and Developmental Outcomes. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(3), 320-327. doi:10.1289/ehp.8407 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2007b): Technical Factsheet on: Nitrate/Nitrite. http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwh/t-ioc/nitrates.html U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water (4606) Occurrence Estimation Methodology and Occurrence Findings Report for the Six-Year Review of Existing National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. EPA-815-R-03-006 www.epa.gov June 2003. http://www.epa.gov/safewater/standard/review/pdfs/support_6yr_occurancemethods_final.pdfMore Resources and Links
Evidence-based community health improvement ideas and interventions may be found at the following sites:Additional indicator data by state and county may be found on these Websites:
- CDC Prevention Status Reports for all 50 states
- County Health Rankings
- Kaiser Family Foundation's StateHealthFacts.org
- CDC WONDER DATA2010, the Healthy People 2010 Database.
Medical literature can be queried at the PubMed website.
