Table 2.
VOCs | Unit risk (μg m−3)−1 | Predicted excess cancer cases per million population
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50th | 90th | 95th | ||
Benzene | 7.8 × 10−6 | 20.4 | 53.0 | 76.6 |
Ethylbenzene | 2.5 × 10−6 | 4.4 | 13.0 | 19.0 |
MTBE | 2.6 × 10−7 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 11.6 |
Styrene | 2.0 × 10−6 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 12.9 |
1,4-DCB | 1.1 × 10−5 | 24.5 | 908.9 | 3620.7 |
TCE | 2.0 × 10−6 | 0.4a | 2.2 | 4.6 |
PERC | 5.9 × 10−6 | 5.9 | 24.1 | 47.1 |
Chloroform | 2.3 × 10−5 | 28.9 | 97.1 | 147.5 |
CTC | 1.5 × 10−5 | 9.3 | 12.9 | 15.0 |
Immunotoxicant mixture | NA | 76.4 | 965.4 | 3651.5 |
Liver and kidney toxicant mixture | NA | 111.1 | 1102.2 | 3683.6 |
Total VOCs | NA | 141.1 | 1125.0 | 3710.1 |
NA, not available.
Immunotoxicant mixture includes benzene, MTBE, 1,4-DCB, TCE and PERC; Liver and kidney toxicant mixture includes ethylbenzene, MTBE, 1,4-DCB, TCE, PERC, chloroform and CTC.
Concentrations were based on MDLs.