title: [The assessment of health exposure resulted from barium, boron, and fluoride intake from therapeutic waters available for resident people in water abstraction points of health resorts].
abstract: Estimated were chemical composition and the exploitation of therapeutic mineral waters from 139 intakes placed in 24 health resorts in Sudety and Karpaty regions. In 20 from 29 intakes available for resident people are found potentially toxic components of natural origin. There are compounds of barium, boron and fluoride of concentration exceeded the limits determined for water open for general use. Upon exposure HQ index quantity there were assessed health risk for the group of resident people resulting from long-lasting (10, 20, 30 and 70 years) consumption of definite water quantity. Certified is a high probability of appearance of undesirable health effects for people drinking permanently (over 30 years) mineral waters especially of boron or fluoride content.
authors: Zakład Tworzyw Uzdrowiskowych, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego-Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Poznań. mdrobnik@pzh.gov.pl
authors: Michał
authors: M
authors: Drobnik
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Latour
authors: Danuta
authors: D
authors: Sziwa
mesh_terms: D001464:Barium / Q000032:analysis*; D001895:Boron / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis*; D006294:Health Resorts; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D008900:Mineral Waters / Q000032:analysis*; D011044:Poland; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D008900:Mineral Waters; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D001464:Barium; D001895:Boron; D005459:Fluorides