Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
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Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories is a U.S. EPA reference document that provides health-based guidance and regulatory benchmarks for contaminants in drinking water to help protect public health.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories canonical | 1 |
| National Primary Drinking Water Regulations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T77988 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories Context triple: [United States Environmental Protection Agency, publishes, Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories]
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A.
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a binational accord between the United States and Canada that establishes shared commitments and coordinated actions to protect and restore the water quality and ecosystem health of the Great Lakes.
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B.
World Health Report
The World Health Report is the World Health Organization’s flagship analytical publication that provides comprehensive assessments of global health trends, challenges, and policy priorities.
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C.
National Academies reports
National Academies reports are authoritative, peer-reviewed studies and recommendations produced by the U.S. National Academies to inform public policy and advance science, engineering, and medicine.
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D.
Council on Environmental Quality
The Council on Environmental Quality is a U.S. federal agency that coordinates environmental efforts across the executive branch and oversees implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act.
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E.
Vitamin C and the Common Cold
"Vitamin C and the Common Cold" is a popular science book by Linus Pauling that argues high doses of vitamin C can help prevent and treat the common cold, sparking decades of debate and research on the topic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories Target entity description: Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories is a U.S. EPA reference document that provides health-based guidance and regulatory benchmarks for contaminants in drinking water to help protect public health.
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A.
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a binational accord between the United States and Canada that establishes shared commitments and coordinated actions to protect and restore the water quality and ecosystem health of the Great Lakes.
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B.
World Health Report
The World Health Report is the World Health Organization’s flagship analytical publication that provides comprehensive assessments of global health trends, challenges, and policy priorities.
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C.
National Academies reports
National Academies reports are authoritative, peer-reviewed studies and recommendations produced by the U.S. National Academies to inform public policy and advance science, engineering, and medicine.
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D.
Council on Environmental Quality
The Council on Environmental Quality is a U.S. federal agency that coordinates environmental efforts across the executive branch and oversees implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act.
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E.
Vitamin C and the Common Cold
"Vitamin C and the Common Cold" is a popular science book by Linus Pauling that argues high doses of vitamin C can help prevent and treat the common cold, sparking decades of debate and research on the topic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. EPA reference document
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drinking water guidance document ⓘ environmental health publication ⓘ |
| accessMode | publicly available online ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
drinking water contaminants with health concern
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public drinking water systems ⓘ |
| basedOn |
epidemiological data
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risk assessment methodologies ⓘ toxicological data ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| covers |
chemical contaminants in drinking water
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microbial contaminants when applicable ⓘ |
| discipline |
drinking water quality
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environmental health ⓘ toxicology ⓘ |
| format | tabular reference document ⓘ |
| goal | to provide consistent health-based values for contaminants in drinking water ⓘ |
| includes |
health advisory levels for longer-term exposure
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health advisory levels for short-term exposure ⓘ lifetime health advisory levels ⓘ values for sensitive populations when available ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
federal agencies
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public health officials ⓘ risk assessors ⓘ state drinking water programs ⓘ water system operators ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
drinking water contaminants
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drinking water regulation ⓘ public health protection ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | U.S. EPA Office of Water ⓘ |
| medium |
PDF document
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electronic publication ⓘ |
| provides |
Maximum Contaminant Level information
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health-based guidance for drinking water contaminants ⓘ non-regulatory health advisory levels ⓘ reference values for risk assessment ⓘ regulatory benchmarks for drinking water contaminants ⓘ |
| publisher | United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| publisherAbbreviation | U.S. EPA ⓘ |
| purpose | to help protect public health from drinking water contaminants ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | primarily non-regulatory guidance ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
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Safe Drinking Water Act ⓘ |
| typeOfStandard | health-based guidance values ⓘ |
| usedFor |
evaluating potential health risks from drinking water contaminants
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informing development of drinking water regulations ⓘ supporting risk management decisions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories Description of subject: Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories is a U.S. EPA reference document that provides health-based guidance and regulatory benchmarks for contaminants in drinking water to help protect public health.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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publishes
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Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
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Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
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relatedTo
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National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
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linked to: Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories