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) is substantially underrated. Thus, this study investigated drinking water consumption patterns among consumers of different life stages, evaluated household practices using tap water as daily drinking water, and examined the actual risk as well as consumers’ perception of tap water quality for drinking with the potential EDCs contamination. Collectively, the present study is of great concern for regional database profiling and supporting human health risk assessment in regulating contamination and exposure of EDCs. It also provides an empirical and theoretical contribution to current public risk perception of EDCs in tap water, and promoted the formulation of risk communication and governance strategies for the development of risk behaviors in adopting public participation in the drinking water supply system monitoring and management framework.

饮用水含有新出现的污染物，即内分泌干扰化合物 (EDC)。然而，它被公众视为需要关注的潜在风险（公众意识、政治义务和监管努力）的程度被大大低估了。因此，本研究调查了不同生命阶段消费者的饮用水消费模式，评估了使用自来水作为日常饮用水的家庭实践，并检查了饮用自来水的实际风险以及消费者对潜在 EDCs 污染的自来水质量的看法。总的来说，本研究非常关注区域数据库分析和支持人类健康风险评估，以调节 EDC 的污染和暴露。