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. 2023 Sep 21;195(10):1237. doi: 10.1007/s10661-023-11740-6

Table 1.

Acute and long-term health risk quotients for the water of lakes L1–L10 regarding toxic and potentially toxic elements

TWI1 RfDoral2 Sava (L1) Gruža (L2) Srebrno (L3) Vlasina (L4) Bovan (L5) Prvonek (L6) Ćelije (L7) Vrutci (L8) Garaši (L9) Grlište (L10)
Element mg/L mg/kg/day HQA3 HQL4 HQA HQL HQA HQL HQA HQL HQA HQL HQA HQL HQA HQL HQA HQL HQA HQL HQA HQL
As 0.01 0.0003 0.11 6.8∙10−2 0.10 6.2∙10−2 0.13 8.0∙10−2 3.8∙10−2 2.3∙10−2 7.3∙10−2 4.4∙10−2 5.5∙10−2 3.3∙10−2 7.2∙10−2 4.3∙10−2 3.0∙10−2 1.8∙10−2 6.4∙10−2 3.8∙10−2 4.9∙10−3 3.0∙10−3
B 1.19 0.2 2.7∙10−3 3.0∙10−4 2.5∙10−3 3.0∙10−4 4.2∙10−3 5.0∙10−4 5.2∙10−5 6.0∙10−6 2.1∙10−3 2.0∙10−4 8.9∙10−5 1.0∙10−5 2.4∙10−3 3.0∙10−4 2.9∙10−3 3.0∙10−4 6.3∙10−4 7.0∙10−5 4.1∙10−4 4.0∙10−5
Ba 1.47 0.2 1.9∙10−3 3.0∙10−4 4.2∙10−3 6.0∙10−4 2.7∙10−3 4.0∙10−4 2.4∙10−4 3.0∙10−5 5.4∙10−3 7.0∙10−4 2.7∙10−3 4.0∙10−4 1.9∙10−3 2.0∙10−4 4.8∙10−4 6.0∙10−5 1.0∙10−3 1.0∙10−4 1.5∙10−3 2.0∙10−4
Mn 2.8 0.14 4.9∙10−5 2.0∙10−5 9.6∙10−4 3.0∙10−4 3.5∙10−3 1.3∙10−3 8.8∙10−4 3.0∙10−4 4.8∙10−4 2.0∙10−4 1.3∙10−2 4.6∙10−3 5.7∙10−4 2.0∙10−4 2.0∙10−4 7.0∙10−5 2.4∙10−3 9.0∙10−4 1.0∙10−4 4.0∙10−5
Ni 0.084 0.02 2.5∙10−4 2.0∙10−5 2.3∙10−3 2.0∙10−4 5.4∙10−4 4.0∙10−5 0 0 3.3∙10−4 3.0∙10−5 1.7∙10−5 1.0∙10−6 3.4∙10−3 3.0∙10−4 1.7∙10−2 1.3∙10−3 8.9∙10−4 7.0∙10−5 0 0
Se 0.24 0.005 1.0∙10−4 9.0∙10−5 1.1∙10−4 9.0∙10−5 3.8∙10−4 3.0∙10−4 4.3∙10−4 4.0∙10−4 8.8∙10−5 8.0∙10−5 4.3∙10−4 4.0∙10−4 1.9∙10−4 2.0∙10−4 7.2∙10−4 6.0∙10−4 0 0 0 0
Sr 0.91 0.6 1.6∙10−2 4.0∙10−4 2.5∙10−2 7.0∙10−4 2.8∙10−2 8.0∙10−4 6.1∙10−3 2.0∙10−4 2.8∙10−2 8.0∙10−4 1.8∙10−2 5.0∙10−4 1.8∙10−2 5.0∙10−4 8.9∙10−3 2.0∙10−4 9.5∙10−3 3.0∙10−4 3.5∙10−2 1.0∙10−3

1TWI tolerable weekly element intake values (mg/L) used for HQA calculation (WHO, 2010, 2017)

2RfDoral referent oral dose values (mg/kg/day) used for HQL calculation (US EPA, 2018)

3HQA acute health risk quotient

4HQL long-term health risk quotient