Table 1.

Concentration of MC-LR in different drinking water reservoirs.

Country	Water Body	MC-LR Concentration	Reference
Brazil	Cascata water reservoir	~3 µg/L	[55]
	Guarapiranga water reservoir	~1 µg/L	[55]
	Amazon River	~1.4 µg/L	[59]
Canada	Quebec water reservoir	2.47 µg/L	[63]
Nigeria	Kubanni	2.8 µg/L	[64]
	Bomo	1.8 µg/L	[64]
Eastern Cuba	24 water reservoir	3.06 µg/L (in 5 lakes that exceeded WHO limits)	[57]
Morocco	Mansour Eddahbi lake	64.4 µg/g dry biomass weight	[61]
	Almassira lake	9.9 µg/g dry biomass weight	[61]