%0 Journal Article
%T Health Risk Assessment for Heavy Metals in Natural Cold-Bicarbonated Mineral Water, Wudalianchi
%A Z. H. Xie
%A J. H. Wang
%A Y. Liu
%A C. Yang
%J International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications
%D 2013
%I IACSIT Press
%R 10.7763/ijcea.2013.v4.260
%X Natural cold-bicarbonate mineral water is rich in varies of trace elements in Wudalianchi, northern China. In this paper, heavy metals¡¯ (HMs) concentrations were measured. Furthermore, the health risk assessment of risk index (RI) and hazard quotient (HQ) was calculated. According to the dates, the average risk order were Ni>Fe>Mn>Ba>Cu>Hg>Zn for South Spring and Ni>Fe>Mn>Hg>Ba>Cu>Zn for North Spring. The risk level was lower than the maximum acceptable value recommended by International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) 5.0¡Á10-5a-1. The HQ values of Ba, Cu, Hg and Zn were <1, but the HQ values of Ni, Mn and Fe were >1. The results indicated that cold-carbonated mineral water wasn¡¯t potable water for daily drinking.
%K Health risk assessment
%K heavy metals
%K mineral water
%K Wudalianchi
%U http://www.ijcea.org/papers/260-A00007.pdf