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Preliminary Evaluation for Major Health Risks of Heavy Metals in Drinking Water Sources of Huainan City in China

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.16946
Hongshan Cui
Huainan Union Unversity, Huainan 232038, Anhui Province, P.R. China
Bohan Zhou
Huainan Institute of Products Quality Supervision & Inspection, Huainan 232001, Anhui Province, P.R. China

Corresponding Author(s) : Hongshan Cui

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Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 27 No. 4 (2015): Vol 27 Issue 4

Abstract

In this paper, the authors have investigated main concentration of heavy metal pollutants in drinking water in the urban area of Huainan city of China. The source of health risks of heavy metals in drinking water is also evaluated. The monitoring results revealed that carcinogens of health risk is higher whereas the chromium in a waterworks intake of personal annual average risk degree is the highest at 7.527 × 10-5 a-1. Part time index is higher than that of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the International Radiation Protection (ICRP) Committee. Heavy metal Hg, Pb, Cu , Zn and Tl in drinking water causes non-carcinogenic average annual health risk value as 10-12 a-1-10-9 a-1 which is far below the International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP) recommended level as (5 × 10-5 a-1).

Keywords

Health risk assessment Drinking water Heavy metals
Cui, H., & Zhou, B. (2015). Preliminary Evaluation for Major Health Risks of Heavy Metals in Drinking Water Sources of Huainan City in China. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 27(4), 1185–1188. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.16946
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