Soil Generic Assessment Criteria for Human Health Risk ... - ESdat
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Assessor A: Cheryl Davies, Delta-<br />
Simons<br />
Assessor B: Jennifer<br />
Stothert, Entec<br />
UK Ltd<br />
Final Review: Panel/SF<br />
Methyl tert-butyl ether CAS Number: 1634-04-4<br />
Date 01/03/2009 Date 27/04/2009 date: 26/08/2009<br />
TDI inhal Recommended TDIinhal Units<br />
Justification<br />
722 ug.kg-1.d-1<br />
Organisation Web Link Last Updated Date Web Checked <strong>Health</strong> criteria type Value Initial Units CLEA units ug.kg- Confidence<br />
1.d-1<br />
rating<br />
Committee on the Medical http://www.advisorybodies.doh. Sep-00 27/04/2009 Low - is a<br />
Effects of Air Pollutants gov.uk/comeap/index.htm<br />
high value.<br />
(COMEAP)<br />
No NOAEL<br />
European Chemicals Bureau<br />
(ECB)<br />
IPCS Environmental <strong>Health</strong><br />
<strong>Criteria</strong> (EHC) Monographs<br />
http://ecb.jrc.it/ 2002 27/04/2009 Various repeated<br />
toxicity animal studies<br />
and occupational<br />
human studies<br />
available but no TDI<br />
derived.<br />
http://inchem.org/pages/ehc.ht<br />
ml<br />
General consistency amongst RIVM, ATSDR and IRIS values, most conservative value chosen (ATSDR). All available values based on same tox study.<br />
Conversion using ATSDR MRL; 0.7ppm x 3610μg.m-3.ppm-1 x 20m3.day-1 / 70kg).<br />
Basis Value Units UF UF description Study type<br />
NOAEL<br />
3142 mg.m-3 Inhalation<br />
300 mg.kg bw-1.d-<br />
1<br />
1998 27/04/2009 NOAEL 1440 mg.m-3 Mid length<br />
inhalation<br />
exposure study<br />
Unknown<br />
Inhalation.<br />
Repeat dose<br />
toxicity<br />
WHO Guidelines <strong>for</strong> drinking<br />
water Quality<br />
http://www.who.int/water_sanit<br />
ation_health/dwq/guidelines/en<br />
2005 27/04/2009 NOAEL 210 mg. Kg bw-1.d-<br />
1<br />
Neurotoxicity<br />
study inhalation<br />
Dutch National Institute <strong>for</strong><br />
Public <strong>Health</strong> and the<br />
Environment (RIVM)<br />
Maximum Permissible <strong>Risk</strong><br />
(MPR) levels<br />
US Agency <strong>for</strong> Toxic<br />
Substances and Disease<br />
Registry (ATSDR) Toxicological<br />
Profiles and Minimal <strong>Risk</strong><br />
levels<br />
USEPA Integrated <strong>Risk</strong><br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation System (IRIS)<br />
http://www.rivm.nl/en/ 2004 25/03/2009 TCA 2.6 mg.m-3 742 NOAEL 1440 mg.m-3 Uses correction factor <strong>for</strong> exposure duration<br />
and UF of 100 and rounding off<br />
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ 1996 27/04/2009 MRL (Conversion<br />
1ppm=3.61mg/m³)<br />
0.7 ppm (1ppm =<br />
3.61mg/m3)<br />
Subchronic<br />
inhalation<br />
722 NOAEL 400 (1444) ppm (mg/m³) 100 Intermediate<br />
Inhalation<br />
http://epa.gov/iris/ 01/09/1993 26/03/2009 Inhal RfC 3 mg.m-3 857 NOAEL 1453 mg.m-3 100 An uncertainty factor of 10 is applied to<br />
account <strong>for</strong> extrapolation to sensitive human<br />
subpopulations. An additional factor of 3 is<br />
used to account <strong>for</strong> interspecies extrapolation.<br />
A full 10-fold adjustment <strong>for</strong> interspecies<br />
extrapolation is not deemed necessary.<br />
Chronic<br />
ID oral Recommended IDoral Units<br />
Organisation Web Link Last Updated Date Web Checked Non threshold effects Basis <strong>Health</strong> criteria<br />
type<br />
European Chemicals Bureau http://ecb.jrc.it/ 2002 27/04/2009 MTBE is not a<br />
LOAEL<br />
(ECB)<br />
genotoxic substance<br />
International Agency <strong>for</strong> http://inchem.org/pages/iarc.ht Sep-99 27/04/2009<br />
Research on Cancer (IARC) ml<br />
The data indicate that<br />
methyl tert-butyl ether<br />
is not genotoxic<br />
IPCS Environmental <strong>Health</strong><br />
<strong>Criteria</strong> (EHC) Monographs<br />
http://inchem.org/pages/ehc.ht<br />
ml<br />
1998 27/04/2009 The weight of evidence<br />
indicates that MTBE is<br />
not genotoxic.<br />
Justification<br />
Consensus that MTBE not genotoxic<br />
Value Units Confidence rating<br />
Basis<br />
Study type<br />
250 mg/kg bw-<br />
1.d-1<br />
Not very high<br />
Dutch National Institute <strong>for</strong><br />
Public <strong>Health</strong> and the<br />
Environment (RIVM)<br />
Maximum Permissible <strong>Risk</strong><br />
(MPR) levels<br />
http://www.rivm.nl/en/ 2004 27/04/2009 The weight of evidence<br />
indicates that MTBE is<br />
not genotoxic.<br />
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