{"id":1443,"date":"2020-12-14T01:38:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T01:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/proposal-of-new-health-risk-assessment-method-for-deficient-essential-elements-in-drinking-water-case-study-of-the-slovak-republic\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:22:10","slug":"proposal-of-new-health-risk-assessment-method-for-deficient-essential-elements-in-drinking-water-case-study-of-the-slovak-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/proposal-of-new-health-risk-assessment-method-for-deficient-essential-elements-in-drinking-water-case-study-of-the-slovak-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposal of new health risk assessment method for deficient essential elements in drinking water-case study of the Slovak Republic."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The US EPA’s health risk assessment is a common way to figure out risks to human health from many things in our environment. It helps us understand the dangers of being exposed to contaminants that are over safe limits, like those in drinking water, soil, air, and food. We generally agree that too much of certain elements, like arsenic, lead, or antimony, in our environment is bad for us. But here’s something important: not getting enough of essential elements, things like fluorine, iodine, selenium, zinc, iron, calcium, or magnesium, might actually be a bigger health risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s why we’re suggesting we expand how we look at health risks. We want to start calculating the risk when people don’t get enough of these crucial elements. To do this, we’re introducing some new terms: Average Daily Missing Dose (ADMD), Average Daily Required Dose (ADRD), and Average Daily Accepted Dose (ADAD). We propose a simple equation to figure out the Hazard Quotient (HQ) for deficient elements: HQd = ADRD \/ ADAD.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right now, world databases like IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) and RAIS (The Risk Assessment Information System) don’t have reference amounts for essential elements in different environmental areas. That’s a problem. We can get ADRD and ADMD from existing rules or guidelines, if they’re available. Or, we can calculate them using real-world data about people’s health and how much of these essential elements are in their environment, say, in groundwater or soil.<\/span><\/p>\n

We put this idea to the test with people in the Slovak Republic. They drink soft water that has about 5.66 mg\/L of magnesium. Our calculations showed that the ADMD of magnesium for these folks is 0.314 mg\/kg\/day, and their HQd is 2.94. This suggests a medium risk for chronic diseases. This new approach is the first time anyone has tried to measure the risk of not having enough essential elements in drinking water. It’s not perfect yet, it has some limits, but we think it has real potential to get better as we test it in other places.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: Water Feed<\/p>\n

Related reading: Risk factors for sporadic Giardia infection in the USA: a case-control study in Colorado and Minnesota<\/a>, Toxicological risk assessment and prioritization of drinking water relevant contaminants of emerging concern<\/a>, Assessment of the Water Treatment Process\u2019s Empirical Model Predictions for the Management of Aesthetic and Health Risks Associated with Cyanobacteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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