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

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

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Human Health - water ingestion only Fact Sheet for Nitrite: (Human Health Noncarcinogen - water ingestion only), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (PDF)(5 pp, 20 K)
Nitrite specific MCL and principal organic contaminant class, oncogenic effects and chemical correlation