Toxicological Guidelines for Monocyclic Nitro-, Amino- and Aminonitroaromatics, Nitramines, and Nitrate Esters in Drinking Water

摘要

In order to secure a safe drinking water supply, the setting of tolerable/acceptable ceilings of drinking water hygiene is required with regard to xenobiotics resulting from several anthropogenic impacts. This is done in practice by using drinking water guidelines or standards as quantitative objectives. The list of the new EU Directive or the German drinking-water standards is limited to those parameters that have the highest relevance for drinking water quality; nitro compounds (NCs) are not regulated. Because other substances contained in water can also represent a hazard for human health, the German Drinking Water Ordinance clarifies that specific actions must be implemented if compounds other than those regulated appear at concentrations that may be a cause for concern regarding human health.