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DBCP In Drinking Water: What Does It Mean? Page 9 HOW CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION? a. Health Effects DHS's Hazard Evaluation Section has fact sheets and other publications on water contamination (see d. below). A technical summary on health effects for all new and proposed MCL chemicals is contained in the "Statement of Reasons" of the regulation package developed for each of these chemicals. The statements of reasons can be obtained by writing the California Department of Health Services, Office of Regulations, P.O. Box 942732 (714 P St.), Sacramento, CA 94234-7320 (916/32204990) or Public Water Supply Branch office in your area of the state. (See list of these offices below). b. Regulatory Proceedings Information on regulatory hearings and proceedings is available from the Office of Regulations (see a., above for the address). Write or call the office if you want to be placed on the notification list for hearings on proposed California MCL's. C. Contamination Levels and Occurrence Contamination levels and occurrence information is available from water suppliers. Information on monitoring requirements is available from DHS's public Water supply Branch for systems with 200 or more connections and county health department for systems with fewer than 200 connections. d. Water Contamination In General Some suggested sources of further information in California are as follows: Literature: Fact Sheets on Chemical contaminants in Drinking Water. (These fact sheets and the following article on chemical contamination of water are available by writing or calling the Hazard Evaluation Section, 2151 Berkeley Way, Room 619, Berkeley, CA 93704, (415) 540-3063. These fact sheets may not yet reflect the new MCL" s that have been adopted.) Russell H. Jackson RJ, Spath DP, et al. Chemical Contamination of California Drinking Water. West J Med (1987) (147) 615-622 (Copies are available from the Hazard Evaluation Section, listed below). Berteau PBPB, Spath DP. The Toxicological and Epidemiological Effects of Pesticide Contamination in California Ground Water (Chapter 23).