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Risk Contribution: Around the World Cancer and Non-Cancer Risk Assessment from Exposure to Arsenic, Copper, and Cadmium in Borehole, Tap, and Surface Water in the Obuasi Municipality, Ghana

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dc.contributor.author Obiri, S.
dc.contributor.author Dodoo, D. K.
dc.contributor.author Essumang, D. K.
dc.contributor.author Armah, F.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-21T10:54:02Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-21T10:54:02Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5667
dc.description 16p:, ill. en_US
dc.description.abstract Cancer and non-cancer risk assessment from exposure to s, Cd, and Cu by resident adults and children from different ater sources in Obuasi Municipality, Ghana, were measured in this study in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection agency’s (USEPA’s) Human Health Risk assessment guidelines. The results of cancer health risk for resident adults in Obuasi exposed to s in their tap ater for both Central Tendency Exposure (CTE) and Reasonable Maximum Exposure (RME) parameters, respectively, are 6.6 ×10−4 and 5.5 ×10−6. For resident children in Odumasi, e obtained 4.7×10−1(CTE) and 6.7×10−1(RME). The results of the study obtained in most cases were found to exceed the USEPA’s acceptable cancer risk range of 1×10−6 to 1×10−4 (i.e., 1 case of cancer out of 1,000,000 people to 1 case of cancer out of 10,000 people). Similarly, the results of the non-cancer human health risk for both resident adults and children were also found in most cases to be greater than the USEPA’s acceptable non-cancer human health hazard index of 1 en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.subject Cancer and non-cancer health risks en_US
dc.subject Hazard index en_US
dc.subject River Nyam en_US
dc.subject River Supu en_US
dc.subject Borehole and tap water en_US
dc.subject Ghana en_US
dc.title Risk Contribution: Around the World Cancer and Non-Cancer Risk Assessment from Exposure to Arsenic, Copper, and Cadmium in Borehole, Tap, and Surface Water in the Obuasi Municipality, Ghana en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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