Aerosolization of Drinking Water Metals to Indoor Air and Assessment of Human Taste and Visual Thresholds for Manganese

Exposure to excess manganese via drinking water raises concerns due to potential for adverse neurological impacts, particularly in children. Manganese is ubiquitous in US groundwaters above the SMCL = 0.05 mg/L. Manganese is an essential nutrient, but exposures to elevated manganese have neurotoxic...

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Main Author: Sain, Amanda Elizabeth
Other Authors: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50558