Water news roundup

摘要

Consumption of disinfection by-products (DBPs) by pregnant women poses little risk of miscarriage, concludes research supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the AWWA Research Foundation (AwwaRF). In announcing their findings from the $3.5 million study, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill researchers who conducted the study remarked, "If such a threat exists at all, which is uncertain, [it is likely] modest."