(VCCEP) Tier 1 Pilot Submission for BENZENE - Tera

The OSHA Hazard Communication standard, 29CFR 1910.1200, requires that manufacturers
list the chemical name of all carcinogenic ingredients which have been determined to be health
hazards under the following conditions:
• The chemical is present in an amount equal to or greater than 0.1% by weight; or
• The chemical is present in an amount less than 0.1% by weight, but there is evidence
that use of the product could result in an air concentration that would exceed the OSHA
PEL (1 ppm for benzene) or ACGIH TLV ® (0.5 ppm for benzene), or that the product
could present a health risk to employees.
Based on the MSDS verification, benzene is not present in any consumer products in levels that
exceed the weight content detection limit of 0.1% and that usage of the products in accordance
with the label directions would not result in air concentrations exceeding the ACGIH TLV ® or
present an appreciable health risk to the user. Due to lower exposure duration and usage
amount for amateurs versus professionals, the typical amateur use of consumer products such
as carburetor cleaner with trace levels of benzene is expected to result in air concentrations well
below the ACGIH TLV ® of 0.5 ppm.
Therefore, except for gasoline, it is concluded based on the CPSC findings, MSDS survey and
the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard that exposure to benzene in consumer products is
negligible and therefore no further evaluation of children’s exposure to benzene in consumer
products has been conducted.
7.3 Summary of Children’s Exposures
Childhood exposure to benzene has been quantified in terms of background exposures and
specific source exposures. Table 7.49 is a summary of the exposures expressed as annual
average daily doses calculated for each type of exposure.
Benzene VCCEP Submission
March 2006
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