Bisphenol A (BPA) is found in many products such as shoes, socks, sunglasses, water bottles, water jugs and cans. It can also be released from coatings, paints, lacquers and adhesives used on the inside of drinking water tanks at waterworks.
The European Food Safety Authority, EFSA, has just reduced the tolerable daily intake (TDI) for BPA, and this is expected to result in a lower drinking water quality criterion than the current which is 2.5 µg/L.
To account for a future lower drinking water quality criterion, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency has mapped BPA in the drinking water at a particularly low detection limit of 0.13 ng/l.
Does not exceed the detection limit
Samples from 26 waterworks have been analysed, including samples from sites with a special risk of elevated BPA concentrations. The waterworks are distributed across Denmark and include locations with both soft and hard drinking water. The results of the drinking water analyses show that BPA has not been measured in drinking water, not even at the low detection limit of 0.13 ng/L.
The conclusion of the analyses is that no BPA is found in the drinking water from the water utilities.
DHI made the report about BPA in drinking water (only available in Danish) on behalf of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. The analyses were carried out by Eurofins.
To learn more about substances in drinking water and drinking water quality, please contact:
Lise M. Møller
lmm@dhigroup.com
Tel +45 4516 9133
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