Table 5.

Estimation of dietary exposure to total PAHs

Type	Teas	Estimated exposure (ng kg−1 b.w. day−1)
		Whole population				Drinker only
		Mean		P95a		mean		P95
		LBb	UBc	LB	UB	LB	UB	LB	UB
Leached tea	Green	7.74 × 10−3	7.74 × 10−3	–	–	5.42 × 10−1	5.42 × 10−1	1.45	1.45
	Solomon’s seal	5.99 × 10−3	5.99 × 10−3	–	–	2.28	2.28	7.19	7.19
	Chrysanthemum	0.88 × 10−4	0.88 × 10−4	–	–	3.32 × 10−1	3.32 × 10−1	6.63 × 10−1	6.63 × 10−1
	Mate	2.30 × 10−2	2.30 × 10−2	–	–	1.61	1.61	4.30	4.30
Liquid tea	Green	2.23 × 10−2	2.44 × 10−2	–	–	6.74 × 10−1	7.36 × 10−1	1.81	1.98
	Barley	2.09 × 10−3	2.24 × 10−3	–	–	8.55 × 10−1	9.16 × 10−1	1.92	2.06
	Black	1.47 × 10−3	1.59 × 10−3	–	–	6.13 × 10−1	6.60 × 10−1	1.34	1.44
	Preserved fruit	1.38 × 10−3	1.96 × 10−3	–	–	4.71 × 10−1	6.68 × 10−1	8.45 × 10−1	1.20
Solid tea	Adlay	1.73 × 10−3	1.73 × 10−3	–	–	3.84 × 10−1	3.84 × 10−1	7.68 × 10−1	7.68 × 10−1
	Black	3.14 × 10−4	4.27 × 10−4	–	–	1.81 × 10−1	2.46 × 10−1	4.39 × 10−1	5.98 × 10−1
	Ginger	3.22 × 10−4	4.01 × 10−4	–	–	1.63 × 10−1	2.03 × 10−1	3.56 × 10−1	4.44 × 10−1
	Herbal	7.96 × 10−4	9.13 × 10−4	–	–	4.58 × 10−1	5.25 × 10−1	6.21 × 10−1	7.12 × 10−1
	Green	6.29 × 10−3	6.29 × 10−3	–	–	4.40 × 10−1	4.40 × 10−1	1.18	1.18
Total		7.35 × 10−3	7.68 × 10−2			9.00	9.54	22.9	24.0

^aDaily intake of teas at the 95th percentile

^bLower bound: the left censored data are regarded as zero

^cUpper bound: the left censored data are regarded as LOD