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date: 20–JUL–2005<br />

3. Environmental Fate and Pathways Substance ID: 71–43–2<br />

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Type: volatility<br />

Media: water – air<br />

Method: other<br />

Year: 1983<br />

Method: Benzene mixed with other volatile organic compounds was<br />

applied to a tank containing sea water from the US American<br />

Narragansett Bay (with associated planktonic and microbial<br />

communities, without sediment). Mixing was carried through<br />

four times a day to simulate tidal currents. Different<br />

seasons were simulated: spring, summer, winter.<br />

Result: Evaporation was found to be the primary loss mechanism for<br />

benzene in the winter, with the half–life being 13 days. In<br />

spring and summer, the half–lives were 23 and 3.1 days<br />

respectively.<br />

Source: BP Chemicals Ltd LONDON;<br />

Deutsche Shell Chemie GmbH Eschborn;<br />

German Rapporteur<br />

Test condition: The half–life for the evaporation of benzene from seawater<br />

was investigated in a mesocosm experiment which simulated<br />

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and contained the associated<br />

planktonic and microbial communities.<br />

Benzene concentrations: 1.4–3.0 ug/l; tank volume: 13 m3;<br />

spring conditions: temperature 8–16 degree C, summer<br />

conditions: temperature 20–22 degree C, winter conditions:<br />

temperature 3–7 degree C. Test substance concentrations were<br />

monitored by closed–loop stripping and HRGC after adsorption<br />

onto charcoal.<br />

Reliability: (2) valid with restrictions<br />

Flag: Risk Assessment<br />

16–MAR–2004 (827) (1220)<br />

Type: other: deposition to the North Sea.<br />

Media: water – air<br />

Method: other: calculation.<br />

Year: 1989<br />

Result: Warmenhoven et al. (1989) calculated the total benzene<br />

deposition of European countries to the North Sea to be 420<br />

t/a resulting in iso–deposition lines ranging from 32 g/km2<br />

a (= 88 ng/m2/d) to 3.2 g/km2 a (= 8.8 ng/m2/d). These<br />

deposition rates are more than a factor of 1 000 lower than<br />

the deposition rates near the emitter.<br />

Source: German Rapporteur<br />

Reliability: (2) valid with restrictions<br />

Flag: Risk Assessment<br />

16–MAR–2004 (1238)<br />

<strong>Appendix</strong> D: Benzene SIDS <strong>Dossier</strong><br />

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