Table 2. Additional Risk to workers (AR w) derived from E.P.A. Unit Risk.
|
Substance name |
TLV- TWA |
Year |
U.S.EPA |
AR (w) |
AR (w)/1 E-05 |
|
1,2-dichloroethane |
40 |
1996 |
2.6 E-05 |
1.3 E-01 |
13000 |
|
1,3-butadiene |
4.4 |
1994 |
2.8 E-04 |
1.5 E-01 |
15400 |
|
Acetaldehyde |
45 |
1993 |
2.2 E-06 |
1.2 E-02 |
1237.5 |
|
Acrylonitrile |
4.3 |
1984 |
6.8 E-05 |
3.7 E-02 |
3655 |
|
Benzene |
1.6 |
1997 |
8.3 E-06 |
1.7 E-03 |
166 |
|
Beryllium |
0.01 |
1997 |
2.4 E-03 |
6.0 E-04 |
60 |
|
Carbon tetrachloride |
31 |
1996 |
1.5 E-05 |
5.8 E-02 |
5812.5 |
|
Chloroform |
49 |
1996 |
<
2.3 E-05 |
1.4 E-01 |
14087.5 |
|
Dichloromethane |
174 |
1996 |
<
4.7 E-07 |
1.0 E-02 |
1022.2 |
|
Dichloromethyl-ether |
0.001 |
1981 |
<
6.2 E-02 |
7.7 E-03 |
775 |
|
Epichlorohydrin |
1.9 |
1997 | <
1.2 E-06 |
0.7 E-04 |
7 |
|
Formaldehyde |
0.37 |
1992 |
<
1.3 E-05 |
6.0 E-04 |
60.1 |
|
Heptachlor |
0.05 |
1994 |
<
1.3 E-03 |
8.1 E-03 |
812.5 |
|
Heptachlor epoxide |
0.05 |
1994 |
<
2.6 E-03 |
1.6 E-02 |
1625 |
|
Hexachlorobenzene |
0.025 |
1997 | <
4.6 E-04 |
1.2 E-04 |
12 |
|
P,pdichlorodiphenyl- trichlorethane (DDT) |
1 |
1996 |
<
9.7 E-05 |
1.2 E-02 |
1212.5 |
|
Propilene oxide |
48 |
1996 |
<
3.7 E-06 |
2.2 E-02 |
2220 |
|
Toxaphene |
0.5 |
1996 |
<
3.2 E-04 |
2.0 E-02 |
2000 |