Drinking water consumption and association between actual and perceived risks of endocrine disrupting compounds

Abstract Drinking water contains emerging contaminants, i.e., endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs). However, the extent to which it is publicly viewed as a potential risk that requires attention (public awareness, political obligation, and regulatory efforts) substantially underrated. Thus, this study investigated drinking consumption patterns among consumers of different life stages, evaluated household practices using tap daily water, examined actual well consumers’ perception quality for with EDCs contamination. Collectively, present great concern regional database profiling supporting human health assessment in regulating contamination exposure EDCs. It also provides an empirical theoretical contribution current public promoted formulation communication governance strategies development behaviors adopting participation supply system monitoring management framework.