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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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