Table 1 Geographic distribution of bisphenol A monitoring data.
From: Relevance of drinking water as a source of human exposure to bisphenol A
Country | Number of studies (number of samples)a | ||
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Drinking water | Surface water-source water | Groundwater-source water | |
North America | |||
Canada | 3 (130+) | 4 (130+) | 1 (5) |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) |
USA | 10 (288+) | 14 (612+) | 10 (451) |
Total | 13 (418+) | 18 (742+) | 12 (458) |
Europe | 1 (164)b | ||
France | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 0 |
Germany | 1 (10) | 0 | 0 |
Italy | 1 (6) | 1 (8) | 1 (2) |
Norway | 0 | 1 (12) | 0 |
Spain | 1 (7) | 7 (46+) | 1 (3) |
Sweden | 1 (34)c | 0 | 0 |
UK | 1 (4) | 2 (70+) | 0 |
Total | 6 (63) | 12 (138+) | 3 (169) |
Asia | |||
China | 9 (25) | 4 (80) | 0 |
Iran | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 |
Singapore | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 |
South Korea | 0 | 2 (486) | 0 |
Taiwan | 0 | 1 (120) | 0 |
Total | 11 (27) | 7 (686) | 0 |
Overall total | 30 (508+) | 37 (1566+) | 15 (627) |