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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 219-225Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.09.009
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multi-pathway; risk assessment; disinfection by-products
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The occurrences of trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetics (HAAs) in the water supply in Beijing and Canada were investigated. The concentrations of THMs and HAAs in Beijing and Canada were below the maximum contaminant levels specified by the USEPA and WHO standards. The multi-pathway risk assessment (assessed through oral ingestion, dermal absorption and inhalation exposure to drinking water) was used to assess the cancer risk and the hazard index of THMs and HAAs from fifteen waterworks in Beijing, China and three treatment plants using different disinfection processes in Canada. Residents in Beijing and residents who were served by three treatment plants using different disinfection processes in Canada had a higher risk of cancer through oral ingestion than through the other two pathways. The cancer risk resulted from disinfection by-products (DBPs) was 2.76E-05(for males), 3.05E-05(for females) in Beijing, China, while it was 4.33E-05, 4.78E-05 in Canada. The risk was higher when water treatment plants used surface water source than when they used ground water source and mixture water source in Beijing. The risk showed different changes in three treatment plants using different disinfection processes in Canada. The lifetime cancer risk for THMs followed the order: Plant 2 > Plant 1 > Plant 3. And, the lifetime cancer risk for HAAs was: Plant 1 > Plant 2 > Plant 3. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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