Russell H H, Jackson R J, Spath D P, Book S A
West J Med. 1987 Nov;147(5):615-22.
Drinking water contamination by toxic chemicals has become widely recognized as a public health concern since the discovery of 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane in California's Central Valley in 1979. Increased monitoring since then has shown that other pesticides and industrial chemicals are present in drinking water. Contaminants of drinking water also include naturally occurring substances such as asbestos and even the by-products of water chlorination. Public water systems, commercially bottled and vended water and mineral water are regulated, and California is also taking measures to prevent water pollution by chemicals through various new laws and programs.
自1979年在加利福尼亚州中央谷地发现1,2 - 二溴 - 3 - 氯丙烷以来，有毒化学物质对饮用水的污染已被广泛认为是一个公共卫生问题。从那时起，监测的增加表明饮用水中还存在其他农药和工业化学品。饮用水污染物还包括天然存在的物质，如石棉，甚至还有水氯化的副产物。公共供水系统、商业瓶装水、售卖水和矿泉水都受到监管，加利福尼亚州也在通过各种新法律和计划采取措施防止化学品造成水污染。
