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BENZO[a]PYRENE<br />

CAS No: 50-32-8<br />

I. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES (From HSDB, 1998)<br />

Molecular weight 252.3<br />

Boiling point<br />

360° C<br />

Melting point<br />

179° C<br />

Vapor pressure<br />

1 mm Hg at 20° C<br />

Air concentration conversion 1 ppm = 10.3 mg/m 3<br />

II.<br />

HEALTH ASSESSMENT VALUES<br />

Unit Risk Factor: 1.1 E-3 (ug/m 3 ) -1<br />

Slope Factor: (inhalation) 3.9 E+0 (mg/kg-day) -1<br />

(oral) 1.2 E+1 (mg/kg-day) -1<br />

[Inhalation: male hamster respiratory tract tumor incidence (Thyssen et al., 1981), unit risk<br />

calculated using a linearized multistage procedure (<strong>OEHHA</strong>, 1993).<br />

Oral: male and female gastric tumor (papillomas and squamous cell carcinomas) incidence (Neal<br />

and Rigdon, 1967), cancer potency factor calculated using a linearized multistage procedure<br />

(<strong>OEHHA</strong>, 1993).]<br />

III.<br />

CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS<br />

Human Studies<br />

The predominant sources of airborne benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) are combustion processes. Thus, this<br />

compound rarely enters the environment alone but rather is associated with additional PAHs and other<br />

components frequently present in both vapor phase and particulate form. Available epidemiological<br />

in<strong>format</strong>ion, therefore, is from persons exposed to mixtures such as tobacco smoke, diesel exhaust, air<br />

pollutants, synthetic fuels, or other similar materials. Several IARC publications have been dedicated to<br />

the analysis of cancer in processes which involve exposure to polynuclear aromatic compounds (PAHs)<br />

(IARC, 1983; 1984a; 1984b; 1985; 1987). The types of cancer reported are often consistent with the<br />

exposure pathway: scrotal cancer and lung cancer in chimney sweeps exposed to soot; skin cancer<br />

(including scrotal cancer) where shale oils are used; and lung cancer where airborne exposure of PAHs<br />

occurs, such as in iron and steel foundries.<br />

Shamsuddin and Gan (1988) examined several human tissues collected at surgery or autopsy using<br />

rabbit high-specificity antibody to benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE)-DNA adducts and light<br />

immunocytochemistry. Antigenicity was detected in the lung, ovary, placenta, uterine cervix, and white<br />

blood cells. Their results indicated that the tissue concentration of adducts varies substantially in the<br />

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