5.12 SWIMMING WATER INGESTION

    The exposure pathways involving swimming all require definition of the duration of a swimming event and the frequency of swimming. Other parameters are required for specific swimming pathways. For inadvertent ingestion of water while swimming the default parameter values are given in Table 5.12.

    Note that the product of swimming event time and swimming frequency is equal to an average daily swimming time of 0.033 hours, consistent with the initial MEPAS daily swimming time.