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. 2020 Oct 20;10:17755. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74061-5

Table 1.

EDIs of detected EDCs for children and adults in river and tap water.

EDCs River water Tap water
Cs (ng/L) EDI via drinking water (ng/kg/day) Cs (ng/L) EDI via drinking water (ng/kg/day)
Children Adults Children Adults
Hormone
Testosterone 0.04 0.003 0.001 2.52 0.162 0.071
Progesterone 0.03 0.002 0.001 0.92 0.059 0.026
Estrone 0.18 0.012 0.005 3.42 0.219 0.096
17β-Estradiol 0.20 0.013 0.006 6.34 0.406 0.178
17α-Ethynylestradiol 0.88 0.056 0.025 11.68 0.748 0.327
Pharmaceutical
Dexamethasone 1.96 0.125 0.055 2.11 0.135 0.059
Primidone 0.35 0.022 0.010 2.99 0.191 0.084
Propranolol 0.23 0.015 0.006 0.69 0.044 0.019
Ciprofloxacin 5.99 0.383 0.168 8.69 0.556 0.243
Caffeine 19.33 1.237 0.541 5.33 0.341 0.149
Sulfamethoxazole 0.23 0.015 0.006 0.90 0.058 0.025
Diclofenac 6.15 0.394 0.172 21.39 1.369 0.599
Triclosan NA NA NA 9.74 0.624 0.273
Plasticizer
Bisphenol A 8.24 0.527 0.231 66.40 4.249 1.859
4-octylphenol NA NA NA 0.44 0.028 0.012
Pesticide
Diazinon 0.01 0.001  < 0.001 1.80 0.115 0.050

Cs maximum detected concentration, EDI estimated daily intake, NA not available.