6. A man works in an aluminum smelter for 10 years. The drinking water at the...
A 70-kg individual drinks 2 L/day of water containing 0.015 mg/L of tetrachloroethylene for 20 years. (a) Find the hazard quotient for this exposure. (b) Find the cancer risk. (c) If the individual drinks this water for 30 years instead of just 20, recomputed the hazard quotient and the cancer risk. A man works in an Aluminum smelter for 10 years. The drinking water in the smelter contains 0.015 mg/L arsenic and 0.80 mg/L methylene chloride. His only exposure to...
Q.3 The drinking water standard for 2,3,7,8-TCDD (dioxin) is 3×10-8 mg/L. Using EPA exposure factors for residential consumption, what lifetime risk would this pose? Note that the potency factor of dioxin is 1.56×105 mg/kg-d.
20/27OBLEM: Suppose drinking water contains 1 mg/l of toluene and 0.01 mg/l of tetrachloroethylene (C2C4). A 70 kg adult drinks 2 t/day of this water for 10 years. a) Assess HR and evaluate HR. Was this a safe level of exposure? b) C2C4 is a carcinogen. What would be the carcinogenic risk faced by a person drinking it. Would it be less than 106 (goal)? RfDtoluene 0.2 mg/kg.day RfDc:ci 0.0 mg/kg.day PFc.c 5.1 x 10-2 (mg/kg-day) 20/27OBLEM: Suppose drinking water...
Example Chloroform is sometimes formed incidentally in drinking water plants. Suppose a 70 kg person drinks 2 L of water per day from water with 0.10 mg/L chloroform. Find the upper bound cancer risk for this person, and estimate the number of extra deaths caused in a city of 500,000 with this exposure risk. How does this compare with the cancer risk in the US, which is 189/100,000/year?
The drinking water standard for tetrachloroethylene is 0.005 mg/L. The potency factor for tetrachloroethylene is 5.1*10^-2(mg/kg-day)-1. What lifetime risk would this pose? Assume 30 year exposure for 350 days per year
1. The drinking water standard for tetrachloroethylene is 0.005 mg/L, The potency factor for tetrachloroethylene is 5.1*10^-2 (mg/kg-day)^-1. What lifetime risk would this pose? Assume 30 year exposure for 350 days per year. 2. •Suppose a 70-kg man is exposed to 0.1 mg/m3 o etrachloroethylene in the air at his workplace. If he inhales 1m3/hr, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, 50 weeks per year, for 30 years, and if tetrachloroethylene has an absorption factor of 90 percent...
In your judgement, and given only the facts described in this case, should the management of Massey energy Company be held morally responsible for the deaths of the 29 miners? Explain in detail. Suppose that nothing more is learned about the explosion other than what is described in this case. Do you think Don Blankership should be held morally responsible for the deaths of the 29 miners? Explain in detail. Given only the facts described in this case, should the...