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Benzene - PSL1

Environment Canada
Health Canada
1993
ISBN: 0-662-20434-4 (PDF Version)
Cat. No.: En40-215/11-E (PDF Version)

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Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Table of Contents

• Overview of Findings
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Summary of Critical Supporting Data
  • 2.1 Identity and Physical/Chemical Properties of Substance
  • 2.2 Production and Uses
  • 2.3 Sources and Releases
  • 2.4 Environmental Fate and Concentrations
    • 2.4.1 Fate
    • 2.4.2 Concentrations
  • 2.5 Toxicokinetics
  • 2.6 Mammalian Toxicology
  • 2.7 Effects on Humans
  • 2.8 Effects on the Environment
• 3.0 Assessment of "Toxic" under CEPA
  • 3.1 Entry
  • 3.2 Exposure
  • 3.3 Effects
    • 3.3.1 Human Health
    • 3.3.2 Environment
  • 3.4 Conclusions
    • 3.4.1 Effects on the Environment (Paragraph 11(a))
    • 3.4.2 Effects on the Environment on which Human Life Depends (Paragraph 11(b))
    • 3.4.3 Effects on Human Life or Health (Paragraph 11(c))
    • 3.4.4 General Conclusions
• 4.0 Recommendations for Research
• 5.0 References

List of Tables

• Table 1 Summary of Carcinogenicity Bioassays in Experimental Animals by Inhalation in which Treatment-related Effects were Reported
• Table 2 Summary of Carcinogenicity Investigations in Experimental Animals by Ingestion in which Treatment-related Effects were Reported
• Table 3 Historical Cohort Studies on the Association Between Occupational Exposure to Benzene and Leukemia
• Table 4 Case-control Studies on Benzene Exposure and Leukemia
• Table 5 Description of Leukemia Deaths in Pliofilm Cohort
• Table 6 Estimated Daily Intake of Benzene by Canadians