DISINFECTANTS ANDDISINFECTANT BY-PRODUCTS

ThisreportcontainsthecollectiveviewsofaninternationalgroupofexpertsanddoesnotnecessarilyrepresentthedecisionsorthestatedpolicyoftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme,theInternationalLabourOrganisationortheWorldHealthOrganization.EnvironmentalHealthCriteria216DISINFECTANTSANDDISINFECTANTBY-PRODUCTSFirstdraftpreparedbyG.Amy,UniversityofColorado,Boulder,Colorado,USA；R.Bull,BattellePacificNorthwestLaboratory,Richland,Washington,USA；G.F.Craun,GuntherF.CraunandAssociates,Staunton,Virginia,USA；R.A.Pegram,USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency,ResearchTrianglePark,NorthCarolina,USA；andM.Siddiqui,UniversityofColorado,Boulder,Colorado,USAThelayoutandpaginationoftheprinteddocumentandthewebversionsarenotidentical.ThewebversionshavebeenupdatedtoincorporatethecorrigendapublishedbyNovember30,2004.Thiswebversionisoptimizedforprintingandfastwebconnections.Anotherpdfversion,dividedinseveralsmallerfiles,isavailableathttp://www.who.int/ipcs/publications/ehc/ehc_216/en/,andisbettersuitedforslowerconnections.Userswithveryslowconnectionsareadvisedtousethehtmlfileathttp://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc216.htm,PublishedunderthejointsponsorshipoftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme,theInternationalLabourOrganisationandtheWorldHealthOrganization,andproducedwithintheframeworkoftheInter-OrganizationProgrammefortheSoundManagementofChemicals.WorldHealthOrganizationGeneva,2000