The water we drink : water quality and its effects on health / Joshua I. Barzilay, Winkler G. Weinberg, J. William Eley.

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1999], ©1999.

vi, 180 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographic references (p. 153-172) and index

General information -- A brief history of drinking water, sanitation, and disease -- The modern era of drinking water regulation -- Drinking water sources, treatment, safety, and conservation -- Drinking water and disease -- Drinking water and infectious diseases -- Drinking water and the risk of cancer -- Drinking water, estrogens, and fertility -- The effects of drinking water's mineral content on health -- Heavy metal content of drinking water and its effects on health -- Drinking water and the consumer -- Bottled water -- Water purification.