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Trichloroethene (TCE) is a common groundwater contaminant. In terms of cancer risk, which would be better:
(1) to drink un-chlorinated groundwater groundwater with 10 ppb TCE, or (2) drink surface that, as a result of chlorination, contains 50 ppb chloroform. Assume a 30-year consumption period. The potency factor for TCE is 1.1×10^-2 (mg/kg day)^-1 and the potency factor for chloroform is 6.1×10^-3 (mg/kg day)^-1.
(Risk for TCE = 1.35×10-6)
I know the risk equation is: (Potency Factor)( CDI) but I wasn't sure what volume to use for the calculation since it isnt given