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1,4-DICHLOROBENZENE<br />

CAS No: 106-46-7<br />

I. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES (From HSDB, 1995)<br />

Molecular weight 147.01<br />

Boiling point 174°C<br />

Melting point<br />

53.1°C<br />

Vapor pressure 10 mm Hg @ 25°C<br />

Air concentration conversion 1 ppm = 6 mg/m 3<br />

II.<br />

HEALTH ASSESSMENT VALUES<br />

Unit Risk Factor: 1.1 E-5 (µg/m 3 ) -1<br />

Slope Factor: 4.0 E-2 (mg/kg-day) -1<br />

[Calculated from a cancer potency factor derived by CDHS (1988)]<br />

III.<br />

CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS<br />

Human Studies<br />

There are several case reports of human leukemia associated with occupational exposure to chlorinated<br />

benzenes, including 1,4 - dichlorobenzene (1,4-DCB) (Girard et al., 1969). One case of chronic<br />

lymphocytic leukemia involved exposure to a solvent mixture of 80% ortho-, 2% meta-, and 15% paradichlorobenzene.<br />

The association between leukemia and 1,4 - dichlorobenzene exposure was<br />

confounded by multiple chemical exposure.<br />

Animal Studies<br />

Loeser and Litchfield (1983) conducted a chronic inhalation carcinogenicity bioassay in male and female<br />

Alderly Park rats. In this study, groups of 76-79 rats were exposed to 0, 75, or 500 ppm p-DCB 5<br />

hours/day, 5 days/week for 76 weeks. Control rats exhibited a high mortality rate and did not differ<br />

significantly from treated rats in overall tumor incidence (Table 1) or in the incidence of animals with<br />

multiple tumors and malignant tumors.<br />

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