Table 3 Bisphenol A concentrations in surface water (identified as a drinking source) reported for North America, Europe, and Asia.
From: Relevance of drinking water as a source of human exposure to bisphenol A
North America | Europe | Asia | ||||
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Total number of samples | >742 | >138 | 686 | |||
Number of samples > detection limit | 43 | 78 | 586 | |||
Percent samples > detection limit | <6% | <57% | 85% | |||
Number of samples a within concentration range (μg/l) | <DL | Quantifiedb | <DL | Quantifiedb | <DL | Quantifiedb |
<0.001 | >2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
0.001 to <0.01 | 148 | 40c | 26 | 15 | 0 | 501d |
0.01 to <0.1 | 109 | 15 | 51 | 49 | ||
0.1 to <1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 14 |
1 or >1 | 440 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | >1e |
Concentration (μg/l) | ||||||
Minimum | <0.0001 | <0.0002 | 0.0022 | |||
Median | <1 | <0.006 | <0.0155 | |||
95th percentile | <1 | <5.1 | —f | |||
Maximum | 1.9 | <5.1 (2.97 g) | 4.23 |