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

 

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)

  1. aThe values shown represent the total number of studies followed by the number of samples in parentheses. The actual number of samples is larger than reported here as some studies do not report the number of samples.
  2. b23 countries are represented.
  3. cThe data are for raw, not finished drinking water as reported by27 and are not included in subsequent analysis of drinking water.