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.Y ''^ /'}I'\ � _ � � f ice•`��;"'�- �.✓�` 1 � £'''Yl�'f`'. Title 22 (j} Mercury: "The California Department t�f�4eait3� Services (DI-IS) sets drir�:ii� g ,�;ater 3° levels of exposure.re. "i in s standards gird his determined that mercury is a health concern at certain inorganic metal is used in electri4ri eeiz;pt tint arta; some water pi�r�:ps. It usually gets into .�v'ater <<s �;' ,• a result of improper waste disposal. This ellerri cal has bceri shovvn 'tti dai�ra�e the k d^ie of +7' laboratory animais such as rats when the animals are exposed at high levels over €heir if�tirrics. DI-Is th13. has set the drir:king water standard. for mercury at 0.002 part per million (ppm) to protect against tliL risk of these adverse health effects. Drinking water that meets the DI-TS standard is associated with little to none of this risk and is considered safe with respect to ereor I. 3- (k) Nicker: "The California Defartrrtent of Hetilth Services (DHS) sets drir, in Nvater ' standards and''i as tieterinirtetl tl3at i iCk 1 doses a health conccin at certain levels of exposure. This i Inorganic metal occurs naturally in nails, ground writer and surfai,,e vvrtters and is oseri used ill electroplating;, stainless steel and alloy products. It generally gets into ,rater from mining and refining c operations. '1'l is chemical has been sho rn to damage the heart and liver in laboratory animals when �; . the animals are exposed to high levels over their lifetinies. DI-TS has set the drinking; vitter standard i1ii, to 0.1 part per million tpprri) for nickel to protect a�,ainst the risk of these, adverse effects, Dji�� rg r' water whicic meets the T3IIS standard is associated with little to none of this rill; and should be considered safe with respect to nickel." (l) Ni9rre: "The California Department of HealthServices (DCIS) sets drinking water i standards and has determined that nitrate Posts an acute healthconcern at certain levels of e posure. _. wastes from human and/or farm an titrate is used in fertiliser and is fou in sewage anti .ntals and generally gets.into drinking water from those aciivitics. Excessive levels of nitrate it, drinking v.'�t�r ' have caused serious illness and sometimes death. in infants ;:under six months of age, The serious it dy. Nitrite inerf�ris With in infants is caused because nitrate is converted to nitrite in the bo r• city ng capaof the yichild's blood. 'T'lais is ars acute disease in that symptoms can tl�e oxygen carr *. cases health deteriorates over ri: er a period of days.`Symptos include develop rapidly carrying infants. In most ea , shortness of breath and blueness of the skin. Clearly, expert medical advice shoulde sought immediately if these Symptoms Occur- The purpose of this notice is to encourage paresis and otherrt sponsil3le parties to provide in"ants with ails alternate source cif drinking water. Local ural Mate ; health atiihorities are the best source for information concerning alternate sources of drinking water m nitrate as nitrogen for infants. lt1IS has set the drinking water standard at 10 part per million (ppm) (equivalent to they parts per million nitrate as nitrate dririkirigerf strinrta dater df r nitrite ard) to itel Pl?isiWcylai�lI. €he risk of these adverse effects. DHS has also set a drinking wz ditive allow for the fact that the toxicity Of nitrate and nitrite are ad , has also established a MIS standard for the sum of nitrate and nitrite at 10 ppm as nitrogen_ Drinkingith �espeat eet�to��t��' standard. is associated with little to sane of this risk. and is considered safe w (n&) Nitrite: ""The California Department of Health Services (DI-IS) sets drinking water standards and has determined that nitrite poses an acute henith come rn at and wastesain levels Of s from hunt e_mule' �l'ltis inorg ar3ic chemical is used in fertilizers and is fou 4 in sewage farm animals and generally gets into drinking; Nvater as a result of those activities; While excessive r�