Third party product certification for drinking water health effects.

IF 2.7 4区医学 Q1 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2023-05-30 DOI:10.1080/15376516.2023.2216289

Kathryn Foster, Kristin Licko

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Abstract

Third-party certification to drinking water product consensus standards is how products for potable water systems are deemed suitable for public health and safety in North America. Drinking water product consensus standards are a type of standard developed through a process that includes participation from expert volunteers and requires general agreement from all stakeholders. Certification to drinking water product consensus standards is required via plumbing codes and state or local regulations in most of the United States and Canada, making third-party certification essential for products intended for sale and installation in North America. Third-party certification bodies (CBs) test and certify products to these drinking water product consensus standards through an evaluation process that includes a thorough review of each product's composition, laboratory testing, and inspection of each facility where the product is manufactured. Products that comply with the consensus standard requirements are entitled to bear a certification mark that demonstrates their suitability for use in potable water systems. Drinking water product standards developed by NSF reference NSF/ANSI/CAN 600: Health Effects Evaluation and Criteria for Chemicals in Drinking Water for the toxicological criteria to evaluate chemical leachates derived from material extraction testing. Here, we review the third-party product certification process for evaluating products used in potable water systems and describe how the certification process relies on the health effects criteria and toxicological evaluation procedures described in NSF/ANSI/CAN 600.

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饮用水健康效果第三方产品认证。

在北美，饮用水产品共识标准的第三方认证是饮用水系统产品如何被认为适合公共卫生和安全。饮用水产品共识标准是通过包括专家志愿者参与并需要所有利益攸关方普遍同意的过程制定的一种标准。在美国和加拿大的大部分地区，通过管道规范和州或地方法规要求饮用水产品共识标准的认证，这使得第三方认证对于打算在北美销售和安装的产品至关重要。第三方认证机构（CBs）通过一个评估过程来测试和认证这些饮用水产品共识标准的产品，该评估过程包括对每个产品成分的彻底审查、实验室测试和对每个产品生产设施的检查。符合共识标准要求的产品有权获得证明其适用于饮用水系统的认证标志。美国国家科学基金会制定的饮用水产品标准参考NSF/ANSI/CAN 600：饮用水中化学品的健康影响评价和标准，用于评价材料提取试验产生的化学渗滤液的毒理学标准。在这里，我们回顾了用于评估饮用水系统中使用的产品的第三方产品认证过程，并描述了认证过程如何依赖于NSF/ANSI/CAN 600中描述的健康影响标准和毒理学评估程序。

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Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods 医学-毒理学

CiteScore

6.60

自引率

3.10%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods is a peer-reviewed journal whose aim is twofold. Firstly, the journal contains original research on subjects dealing with the mechanisms by which foreign chemicals cause toxic tissue injury. Chemical substances of interest include industrial compounds, environmental pollutants, hazardous wastes, drugs, pesticides, and chemical warfare agents. The scope of the journal spans from molecular and cellular mechanisms of action to the consideration of mechanistic evidence in establishing regulatory policy. Secondly, the journal addresses aspects of the development, validation, and application of new and existing laboratory methods, techniques, and equipment.