Multi-exposure human health risks assessment of trihalomethanes in drinking water of Egypt. 2022

El-Sayed I Mishaqa, and Emad K Radwan, and M B M Ibrahim, and Talaat A Hegazy, and Mahmoud S Ibrahim
Reference Laboratory for Drinking Water, Holding Company for Water and Wastewater, Shubra El-Khima Water Treatment Plant, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: elsayedibraheem@hotmail.com.

The present study aims to assess the probable lifetime cancer and non-cancer risks of exposure to the trihalomethanes in Egypt's drinking water through ingestion, dermal contact, and inhalation. A total of 1667 drinking water samples were collected from twenty-three Egyptian governorates over a three-years period. The concentrations of total trihalomethanes ranged between 29.07 and 86.01 μg/L and were always below the maximum contamination level recommended by the Egyptian standards (100 μg/L). Chloroform was the most prominent trihalomethanes species, while bromoform was rarely detected. The cancer risk study revealed that, among the investigated paths, inhalation poses the greatest risk. And bromodichloromethane had the highest impact to cancer (69%), followed by chlorodibromomethane (28%). Geographically, the highest cancer risk value was found in Matruh governorate (42.2 × 10-6) and the lowest was in Minya governorate (1.0 × 10-6). The cancer risk for the studied governorates, except Minya governorate, was higher than the level recommended by the USEPA (1.0 × 10-6). Hazard index (HI) study revealed that the ingestion pathway caused higher HI values than the dermal pathway and that chloroform had the highest contribution to HI value. However, the values of HI were below unity in all studied governorates demonstrating that there would be negligible non-cancer risk.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004534 Egypt A country in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula Its capital is Cairo. Arab Republic of Egypt,United Arab Republic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014874 Water Pollutants, Chemical Chemical compounds which pollute the water of rivers, streams, lakes, the sea, reservoirs, or other bodies of water. Chemical Water Pollutants,Landfill Leachate,Leachate, Landfill,Pollutants, Chemical Water
D060766 Drinking Water Water that is intended to be ingested. Bottled Water,Potable Water,Water, Bottled,Water, Drinking,Water, Potable
D018570 Risk Assessment The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988) Assessment, Risk,Benefit-Risk Assessment,Risk Analysis,Risk-Benefit Assessment,Health Risk Assessment,Risks and Benefits,Analysis, Risk,Assessment, Benefit-Risk,Assessment, Health Risk,Assessment, Risk-Benefit,Benefit Risk Assessment,Benefit-Risk Assessments,Benefits and Risks,Health Risk Assessments,Risk Analyses,Risk Assessment, Health,Risk Assessments,Risk Benefit Assessment,Risk-Benefit Assessments
D022882 Trihalomethanes Methanes substituted with three halogen atoms, which may be the same or different. Trihalomethane

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