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The use of fuel oxygenates in California to promote cleaner emissions was mandated by the 1990 Federal Clean Air Act Amendments. Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is the most commonly used oxygenate. Significant levels of MTBE have been detected in groundwater wells as a result of contamination from nearby leaking underground fuel tanks. MTBE is highly soluble in water, does not volatilize readily and is not removed by conventional treatment techniques so that, once it contaminates a water supply, it presents significant implications for consumers. A draft lifetime health advisory of 70 ug/L has been issued for MTBE by the EPA, however, reported taste and odor (T establishment of a dose/response relationship; and, definition of the T

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Published: 01/01/1997 ISBN(s): 0898679583 Number of Pages: 12File Size: 1 file , 370 KB