title: "Just add water": regulating and protecting the most common ingredient.
abstract: The Institute of Food Technologists has issued this Scientific Status Summary to provide readers with an overview of drinking water standards and regulations, freshwater resources, water pollution and predominant sources of contamination, and the effects of agriculture and food processing on water quality and wastewater treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Technologists, Chicago, IL, USA. ttarver@ift.org
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tarver
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004326:Drinking; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D014867:Water / Q000592:standards*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants; D014867:Water