Being prepared for the drinking water contaminants of tomorrow: An interdisciplinary approach for the proactive risk governance of emerging chemical and microbial drinking water contaminants

“Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human need and, therefore, a basic human right. Contaminated water jeopardizes both the physical and social health of all people”: such is the importance of safe drinking water, as stated by Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, on World Water Day 2001. While some countries...