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An Upper 95% Confidence Limit (UCL) on q 1 of 0.29 (mg/kg/day) -1 was also obtained from the data.<br />

(The values for q presented here are the same values EPA obtained using the same data).<br />

Assuming that the percentage of ethylene oxide absorbed by inhalation is similar for rats and humans<br />

and using an average human body weight of 60 kg and an average air intake of 18 m 3 per day<br />

(California Department of Health Services 1985), a dose of 1 mg/kg/day ethylene oxide is equivalent to<br />

3300 µg/m 3 . Applying those units, the MLE and 95% UCL for the cancer unit risk are 6.1 × 10 -5 and<br />

8.8 × 10 -5 (µg/m 3 ) -1 , respectively.<br />

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