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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2012 Dec 1;62:97–106. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.038

Table 2.

Predicted excess cancer risks for adult participants in RIOPA (n = 239).

VOCs Unit risk (μg m−3)−1 Predicted excess cancer cases per million population
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.

a

Concentrations were based on MDLs.