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Human Health - water ingestion only Fact Sheet for Nitrate: (Human Health Noncarcinogen - water ingestion only), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Nitrate specific MCL and principal organic contaminant class, oncogenic effects, chemical correlation

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Human Health - water ingestion only Fact Sheet for Nitrate: (Human Health Noncarcinogen - water ingestion only), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (PDF)(5 pp, 19 K)
Nitrate specific MCL and principal organic contaminant class, oncogenic effects, chemical correlation