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date: 20–JUL–2005<br />

5. Toxicity Substance ID: 71–43–2<br />

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measurements of hydrocarbon concentrations in several<br />

microenvironments. RESULTS: Personal exposure were<br />

generally<br />

well in excess of those which would be inferred from<br />

outdoor<br />

measurements from an urban background monitoring station. A<br />

wide range of sources contribute to exposure, with indoor<br />

and in car concentrations generally exceeding those<br />

measured<br />

at background outdoor locations. Environments contaminated<br />

with tobacco smoke were among those exhibiting the highest<br />

concentrations. Personal exposures determined indirectly<br />

from activity diaries/microenvironment measurements were<br />

well correlated with those determined directly with<br />

personal<br />

samplers. Personal 12 hour daytime exposures to benzene<br />

ranged from 0.23–88.6 ppb (mean 3.81 ppb), with 12 hour<br />

night time exposures of 0.61–5.67 ppb (mean 1.94 ppb)<br />

compared with an annual average concentration of 1.18 ppb<br />

at<br />

the nearest suburban fixed site monitoring station. The<br />

excess of personal exposure over fixed site concentrations<br />

was greater for benzene and toluene than for the xylenes.<br />

CONCLUSION: A wide range of sources contribute to personal<br />

exposures to monoaromatic hydrocarbons with exposure<br />

duration being as important a determinant of total exposure<br />

as concentrations. Exposures generally exceed those<br />

estimated from concentrations measured by background fixed<br />

point monitors. Microenvironment sampling combined with<br />

activity diary information can provide satisfactory<br />

estimates of personal exposure to these compounds.<br />

Source: EXXON Biomedical Sciences East Millstone, NJ<br />

Reliability: (1) valid without restriction<br />

07–JUL–2005 (683)<br />

Remark: Benzene and total hydrocarbon exposures in the upstream<br />

petroleum oil and gas industry.<br />

Occupational exposures to benzene and total hydrocarbons<br />

(THC) in the Canadian upstream petroleum industry are<br />

described in this article. A total of 1547 air samples<br />

taken<br />

by 5 oil companies in various sectors (i.e., conventional<br />

oil/gas, conventional gas, heavy oil processing, drilling<br />

and pipelines) were evaluated and summarized. The data<br />

includes personal long– and short–term samples and area<br />

long–term samples. The percentage of samples over the<br />

occupational exposure limit (OEL) of 3.2 mg/m3 or one part<br />

per million for benzene, for personal long–term samples<br />

ranges from 0 to 0.7% in the different sectors, and area<br />

long–term samples range from 0 to 13%. For short–term<br />

personal samples, the exceedance for benzene is at 5% with<br />

respect to the OEL of 16 mg/m3 or five parts per million in<br />

the conventional gas sector and none in the remaining<br />

sectors. THC levels were not available for all sectors and<br />

had limited data points in others. The percentage<br />

exceedance<br />

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

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