CO₂ Leakage-Induced Contamination in Shallow Potable Aquifer and Associated Health Risk Assessment

Table 5

Parameters for health risk assessment. Each parameter is randomly sampled within the designated value range and distributions to represent individual characteristics of potential victims.

Parameter	Symbol	Unit	Distribution	Values
Exposure duration	ED	[yr]	Constant	30
Exposure frequency	EF	[d/yr]	Constant	350
Averaging time	AT	[d]	Constant	25,550
Ingestion rate per unit body weight	IR/BW	[L·kg/d]	Lognormal
Skin surface area per unit body weight	SA/BW	[m^2/kg]	Lognormal
Fraction skin in contact with water		[-]	Uniform
Shower exposure duration		[h/d]	Lognormal
Unit conversion factor		[L/m^3]	Constant
Cancer potency factor		[kg·day/mg]	Constant	1.5
				1.6