Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Cyanobacterial Toxins

This guideline technical document reviews and assesses the identified health risks associated with cyanobacterial toxins in drinking water. It assesses new studies and approaches and takes into consideration limitations in analytical methods and treatment technologies. Based on this review, the guideline for total microcystins in drinking water is established at a maximum acceptable concentration of 0.0015 mg/L (1.5 µg/L).

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Title (French)	Recommandations pour la qualité de l'eau potable au Canada : document technique : les toxines cyanobactériennes
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Open Canada Date Published	2021-01-13 00:00:00
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Open Canada Subject	["health_and_safety"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"fr": ["eau", "qualité de l'eau", "qualité de l'eau potable", "eau potable", "contaminants", "exposition aux contaminants", "toxines cyanobactériennes dans l'eau potable", "microcystines dans l'eau potable"], "en": ["water", "water quality", "drinking water quality", "potable water", "contaminants", "exposure to contaminants", "cyanobacterial-toxins in drinking-water", "microcystins in drinking-water"]}
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