Environmental Project, 943 – Evaluation of health hazards by exposure to BAM (2,6-Dichlorobenzamide) and risk characterisation of drinking water exposure

Evaluation of health hazards by exposure to BAM (2,6-Dichlorobenzamide) and risk characterisation of drinking water exposure

Preface

The present report was prepared for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency by the Danish Toxicology Centre. The aim of the report was to make a health based risk assessment of BAM in drinking water because of recent and frequent findings of BAM in water supply wells.

A steering committee followed the project and the final report has been elaborated in accordance to advise and comments made in the steering group at a meeting in August 2003 where a draft of the report was discussed.

Participants of the meeting were:

Lis Keiding, The National Board of Health
Anders Carlsen, Medical Officer of Health
Elsa Nielsen, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
Karl-Heinz Cohr, Danish Toxicology Centre (consultant)
Flemming A. Simonsen, Danish Toxicology Centre (consultant)
Nina Sørup Hansen, Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Christina Ihlemann, Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Poul Bo Larsen, Danish Environmental Protection Agency (chairman)
Pia Juul Nielsen, Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Susanne Rasmussen, Danish Environmental Protection Agency