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....
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
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1. The drinking water standard for tetrachloroethylene is 0.005 mg/L, The potency factor for tetrachloroethylene is...
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...
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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)
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Q.3 The drinking water standard for 2,3,7,8-TCDD (dioxin) is 3×10-8 mg/L. Using EPA exposure factors for...
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.
A 70-kg individual drinks 2 L/day of water containing 0.015 mg/L of tetrachloroethylene for 20 years....
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...
1. Chloroform (CHCl3) has a Drinking Water standard concentration of 0.10 mg/L . a. What is...
1. Chloroform (CHCl3) has a Drinking Water standard concentration of 0.10 mg/L . a. What is this concentration expressed as parts per million (ppm)? b. Typical consumption Risk Analysis assumes the average human drinks 2.2 L/day for 70 years. How many grams of CHCl3 would the average human consume during a lifetime at the Drinking Water standard concentration? 2. The Air Quality Standard for sulfur dioxide (SO2) is 0.04 ppm. Express this as mg/m3 at 1 atm and 25oC.
Chronic dally irve. It can also be FIGURE 4.10 The potency factor is the slope of...
Chronic dally irve. It can also be FIGURE 4.10 The potency factor is the slope of the dose-response curve. It thought of as the risk that corresponds to a chronic daily intake of 1 mg/kg-da Potency Factory Inhalation Row (mg/kg-dayi 50 2.9 x 10-2 6.11 6.1 8.1 x 10-2 - 41 TABLE 4.9 Toxicity Data for Selected Potential Carcinogens Potency Factor Oral Route Category (mg/kg-day) Chemical 1.75 Arsenic 2.9 X 10-2 Benzene 11.5 Benzol(a)pyrene Cadmium 0.13 Carbon tetrachloride 6.1 X...
Water with 1.0 mg/L methylene chloride + 0.01 mg/L tetrachloroethylene), 70 kg adult drinks 2L/day for...
Water with 1.0 mg/L methylene chloride + 0.01 mg/L tetrachloroethylene), 70 kg adult drinks 2L/day for 30 years. What is hazard index? RfD = 0.060 for methylene chloride, RfD = 0.010 for tetrachloride 1 0.512 2 0.029 3 0.483 4 0.00029 q2) A test bottle (Blank) containing just seeded dilution water has its DO level drop by 1.1 mg/L in a five-day test. A 300-mL BOD bottle filled with 30 mL of wastewater and the rest seeded dilution water (this...
when a cities drinking water is disinfected by chlorine , an undesired by -product chloroform (CHCL3)...
when a cities drinking water is disinfected by chlorine , an undesired by -product chloroform (CHCL3) can be formed. Assume a 73kg person drinks 2.7L/day of water over her/his lifetime. (70years) with a chloroform concentration of 2.98mg/l with a potency factor of 0.007(kg.day/mg). Determine the increased cancer risk for this person. Please give the answer to four decimal places.
Chloroform (CHCI3) has a Drinking Water standard concentration of 0.10 mg/L What is this concentration expressed as par...
Chloroform (CHCI3) has a Drinking Water standard concentration of 0.10 mg/L What is this concentration expressed as parts per million (ppm)? Typical consumption Risk Analysis L/day for 70 years. How many grams of CHCI3 would the average human 1. a. b. assumes the average human drinks 2.2 during a lifetime at the Drinking Water standard concentration? consume Find the Volume of 1 mole of an ideal gas at 1.2 atm and 80°C 2. The Air Quality Standard for sulfur dioxide...
6. A man works in an aluminum smelter for 10 years. The drinking water at the...
6. A man works in an aluminum smelter for 10 years. The drinking water at the smelter contains 0.0700 mg/L arsenic and 0.560 mg/L methylene chloride. His only exposure to these chemicals is at work. (a) What is the hazard index (HI) associated with this exposure? (b) Does the HI indicate this is a safe level of exposure? (c) What is the incremental lifetime risk for the man due solely to the water he drinks at work and does it...
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...
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...
Chronic dally irve. It can also be FIGURE 4.10 The potency factor is the slope of the dose-response curve. It thought of as the risk that corresponds to a chronic daily intake of 1 mg/kg-da Potency Factory Inhalation Row (mg/kg-dayi 50 2.9 x 10-2 6.11 6.1 8.1 x 10-2 - 41 TABLE 4.9 Toxicity Data for Selected Potential Carcinogens Potency Factor Oral Route Category (mg/kg-day) Chemical 1.75 Arsenic 2.9 X 10-2 Benzene 11.5 Benzol(a)pyrene Cadmium 0.13 Carbon tetrachloride 6.1 X...
Chloroform (CHCI3) has a Drinking Water standard concentration of 0.10 mg/L What is this concentration expressed as parts per million (ppm)? Typical consumption Risk Analysis L/day for 70 years. How many grams of CHCI3 would the average human 1. a. b. assumes the average human drinks 2.2 during a lifetime at the Drinking Water standard concentration? consume Find the Volume of 1 mole of an ideal gas at 1.2 atm and 80°C 2. The Air Quality Standard for sulfur dioxide...
6. A man works in an aluminum smelter for 10 years. The drinking water at the smelter contains 0.0700 mg/L arsenic and 0.560 mg/L methylene chloride. His only exposure to these chemicals is at work. (a) What is the hazard index (HI) associated with this exposure? (b) Does the HI indicate this is a safe level of exposure? (c) What is the incremental lifetime risk for the man due solely to the water he drinks at work and does it...
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