Formal regulations
European Council Directive 80/778/EEC relating to the quality of water intended for human consumption.
European list of priority substances according to the European Union Commission: EC 1179/94, under Regulation 793/93.
French government publication of 01/01/2014 by law of 02/02/1998 in relation to water sampling and consumption as well as to all residues of classified installations for environment protection subject to authorisation.
Numeric aquatic life criteria (60 FR 22230) promulgated by United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 4, 1995.
Phenol - US Environmental Protection Agency.
Substances Priority List 2013 according to the Agency for Toxic substances and disease registry. (ATSDR)
SNIDE. Elimination of nitrates of drinkable waters. French Minister of Agriculture, 2000.
The quality of the drinking water in France - Sanitary and statutory aspects, French government.
Toxic Substance - Cadmium, Agency for Toxic substances and disease registry. (ATSDR)
Toxic Substance - Lead, Agency for Toxic substances and disease registry. (ATSDR)
Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States' Compliances, EPA.
Studies about poullution and water quality
Basic Information about Nitrite (Measured as Nitrogen) in Drinking Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine Nitrate/Nitrite Toxicity, Agency for Toxic substances and disease registry. (ATSDR)
Chlorinated Phenols: Occurrence, Toxicity, Metabolism, And Environmental Impact,Ulf G. Ahlborg, Tuula M. Thunberg, and Howard C. Spencer.1980, Vol. 7, No. 1 , Pages 1-35.
Effect of Environmental Pollution by Phenol on Some Physiological Parameters of Oreochromis niloticus. Nahed S. Gad and Amal S. Saad 2008.
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, Stockholm Environment Institute. Water in crisis: a guide to the world’s fresh water resources. Gleick PH, editor. New York: Oxford University Press; 1993. 473 p.
Recent advances in the development of biosensor for phenol: a review . Fahmida Karim A. N. M. Fakhruddin, 2012.
United States Geographical Survey Igor Skiklomanov's chapter "World fresh water resources" in Peter H. Gleick (editor), 1993, Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources.
Chemical quality of marine sediments in France: Synthesis of the available databases, INERIS, 2010.
Scientific articles
Connel, B.S., Cox, M. and Singer, I. (1984): Nickel and Chromium In: Brunner, F. and Coburn, J.W. (eds): Disorders of minerals metabolism. Academic press, New York. Pp. 472 – 532.
Kennish, L. (1992): Toxicity of heavy metals: effects of Cr and Se on humans health. Journal of Indian Public Health Education, India. 2:36 – 64.
Kensuke Furukawa and Hidehiko Fujihara, Microbial Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Biochemical and Molecular Features, Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 105:433–449, 2008.
Krastanov A, Alexieva Z, Yemendzhiev H, Microbial degradation of phenol and phenolic derivatives, review, 2013.
Mazzoli R, Pessione E, Giuffrida MG. Degradation of aromatic compounds by Acinetobacter radioresistens S13: growthcharacteristics on single substrates and mixtures. Arch Microbiol. 2007 Jul;188(1):55-68. Epub 2007 May 5.
Powlowski J, Shingler V. Genetics and biochemistry of phenol degradation byPseudomonas sp. CF600. Biodegradation. 1994 Dec;5(3-4):219-36. Review.
Stewart WM, Dibb DW, Johnston AE, Smyth TJ. The Contribution of Commercial Fertilizer Nutrients to Food Production. Agron J. 2005;97(1):1.
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