Health Effects
Below is a list of substances that are known or suspected to cause adverse health effects when present in drinking water. These fact sheets are part of The Drop on Water series of water quality fact sheets.
Note:
Our fact sheets all contain web links, which have recently changed. To find the current address, replace the “enla” portion of the old address with “nse”.
For example: www.gov.ns.ca/enla/water/waterlabs.asp
is now: www.gov.ns.ca/nse/water/waterlabs.asp
Health Effects
- Antimony (PDF: 228k)
- Arsenic (PDF: 243k)
- Barium (PDF: 172k)
- Boron (PDF: 169k)
- Cadmium (PDF: 182k)
- Chromium (PDF: 179k)
- Fluoride (PDF: 183k)
- Lead (PDF: 182k)
- Nitrate (PDF: 185k)
- Nitrite (PDF: 185k)
- Selenium (PDF: 227k)
- Turbidity (under development)
- Uranium (PDF: 251k)
