Should regulatory agencies be more concerned with protecting consumers against microbial pathogens or disinfection by-products, such as trihalomethanes or haloacetic acids?
Answer:
YES
Regulatory agency is a vGoernment body which is responsible for human activities and acts like a supervising authority.
Regulatory agencies are more concerned about treatment of water and supplying to customers.
Presence of trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids in water cause ill effects to customers.
It is the responsibility of regulatory agencies to take care of those microbial pathogens to not present in water during disinfection.
Effects of Haloacetic acids/Trihalomethanes
Haloacetic acids in water may show effect on eyes of human beings like irritation and also show effect on skin which leads to cancer also.
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