Examples of potential exposure types and pathways
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Exposure Types |
Exposure Pathways |
Skin contact |
- Hand watering with harvested stormwater.
- Contact with irrigation mist or runoff
- Contact during use (washing, flushing)
- Contact during recreation
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Direct ingestion |
- Cross-contamination of drinking water supply with harvested stormwater
- Ingestion of irrigation mist or spray
- Ingestion of irrigated fruits and vegetables
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Indirect ingestion |
- Ingestion of bio-accumulated pollutants in food crops irrigated with harvested water
- Ingestion via hand-to-mouth after contact with irrigated areas
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Inhalation |
- Irrigation mist
- Water agitation
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