Table 2.

MOEs for a child and an adult.

	Child		Adult
Estrogen	Drinking water intakea (mg/person-day)	MOEb	Drinking water intakea (mg/person-day)	MOEc
Prescribed endogenous estrogens	8.2 × 10−9	3,200	1.3 × 10−8	1,700
Naturally occurring endogenous estrogens	6.6 × 10−8	400	1.1 × 10−7	220
Prescribed synthetic estrogens	1.0 × 10−7	260	1.6 × 10−7	140
Total prescribed estrogens	1.1 × 10−7	240	1.7 × 10−7	130
Total estrogens from all sources	1.7 × 10−7	150	2.8 × 10−7	82

^aExpressed as E2-eq.

^bCompared with a child’s milk intake of 2.6 × 10⁻⁵ mg/person-day (expressed as E2-eq).

^cCompared with an adult dietary intake of 2.3 × 10⁻⁵ mg/person-day (expressed as E2-eq).