Table 2.
Minimum water volume to be ingested to reach tolerable daily intake (TDI), no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL), and lowest-observed-adverse-effect level (LOAEL) doses in bloom-containing water bodies of Greece.
| Water Volume (L) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vistonis | Doirani | Volvi | Koronia | Kerkini | Mikri Prespa | Zazari | Kastoria | Pamvotis | Amvrakia | ||
| TDI a | child | 0.4 | 0.027 | 0.3 | 0.007 | 0.01 | 0.004 | 0.03 | 3.4 × 10−5 | 3.0 × 10−5 | 3.0 × 10−4 |
| adult | 2.2 | 0.16 | 1.8 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 2.1 × 10−3 | 1.8 × 10−3 | 3.0 × 10−3 | |
| NOAEL b | child | 376.6 | 27.7 | 302.8 | 7.2 | 15.8 | 3.7 | 30.1 | 0.034 | 0.031 | 0.5 |
| adult | 2259.8 | 166.0 | 1816.8 | 43.3 | 94.9 | 22.3 | 180.8 | 0.206 | 0.181 | 3.0 | |
| LOAEL c | child | 941.6 | 69.2 | 757 | 18 | 39.5 | 9.3 | 75.3 | 0.08 | 0.075 | 1.2 |
| adult | 5649.7 | 415.2 | 4542.1 | 108.3 | 237.3 | 55.8 | 452.1 | 0.516 | 0.45 | 7.5 | |
a 0.04 μg·MC·kg−1 bw; b 40 μg·MC·kg−1 bw; c 100 μg·MC·kg−1 bw; d 10 kg bw; e 60 kg bw; for details see Section 4.3.