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Chlorobenzenes Other Than Hexachlorobenzene: Environmental Health Criteria Series No 128

Chlorobenzenes Other Than Hexachlorobenzene: Environmental Health Criteria Series No 128

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Paperback

Series: Environmental Health Criteria, Book 128

Medical ReferenceTechnology & Engineering

ISBN10: 9241571284
ISBN13: 9789241571289
Publisher: World Health Orgn
Published: Jan 1 1991
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to monochlorobenzene, dichlorobenzenes, trichlorobenzenes, tetrachlorobenzenes, and pentachlorobenzene. These chemicals are produced in huge quantities for use as intermediates in the synthesis of pesticides and in the production of a wide range of consumer and commercial products. A review of data on sources of environmental exposure notes that release to the environment occurs primarily during manufacture and that incineration of chlorobenzenes may lead to the emission of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans. Sections concerned with sources and levels of human exposure conclude that the general population is exposed to the lower chlorinated congeners mainly through inhalation, whereas a greater proportion of the total daily intake of the higher chlorinated compounds is ingested in food; breast-fed babies may receive a higher dose than adults. Particular concern centres on risks of human exposure arising from the ingestion of contaminated fish and from contaminated indoor air linked to use of these compounds as moth repellents and air fresheners.

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