Körber H
Offentl Gesundheitswes. 1989 May;51(5):228-32.
Crop protection products are anthropogenous substances that should have no place in drinking water. Some of them are long-lived, can accumulate and are poorly biodegradable and many of them are not so harmless to human health as would be desirable or necessary. Accordingly, Federal German legislation provides for limit values of crop protection products close to the identification limit. Although it does not appear justified to close down waterworks effective 1 October 1989 if these limit values are exceeded, it must be carefully considered up to which concentration--depending on the individual substance--special permissions can be granted for a limited period of time. It seems that such concentrations should preferably be in accordance with general food legislation. Recommendations will be shortly issued by the Federal Health Ministry. The fact that special permissions are at all under consideration to prevent complete closing down of water supply reservoirs should sound a note of warning to all concerned, including crop protection product users and the relevant Government agencies issuing special permits.
农作物保护产品是人为合成物质，不应出现在饮用水中。其中一些物质具有持久性，会累积且难以生物降解，而且它们中的许多对人体健康的危害并不像人们期望或认为必要的那样无害。因此，德国联邦立法规定了接近识别极限的农作物保护产品限量值。如果超过这些限量值，于1989年10月1日起关停自来水厂似乎并不合理，但必须根据具体物质仔细考虑，在何种浓度下可以在有限时间内给予特殊许可。似乎这样的浓度最好符合一般食品法规。联邦卫生部不久将发布相关建议。考虑给予特殊许可以防止供水水库完全关闭这一事实，应向所有相关方敲响警钟，包括农作物保护产品使用者和发放特殊许可的相关政府机构。
