Provisional peer-reviewed toxicity values for benzo[e]pyrene (BeP) (CASRN 192-97-2) / Jeffry L. Dean, Michelle Manente Angrish, Roman Mezencev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dean, Jeffry L., author.

Angrish, Michelle Manente, author.

Mezencev, Roman, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phenylketonurias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 121 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Provisional peer-reviewed toxicity values for benzo[e]pyrene

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati, OH : Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2021.

Summary:

Benzo[e]pyrene (BeP), CASRN 192-97-2, belongs to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) class of chemicals. PAHs are typically complex mixtures of several PAH compounds that occur naturally in fossil fuels, crude oil, and bituminous coal (NLM, 2019a). BeP is also formed as a product of incomplete combustion of organic matter; it has been found in smoke from tobacco and marijuana cigarettes and in emissions from burning coal, wood, oil, and garbage. BeP has also been detected in both fresh and used motor oils, gasolines, and smoked and cooked food (NLM, 2019a). BeP is purified for use in research laboratories but has no other known uses and is not listed on the U.S. EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) public inventory (U.S. EPA, 2018b). It is registered with Europe's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) program as a member of the PAH group of chemicals and has a Harmonised Classification Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008(CLP Regulation) listing, which requires manufacturers, importers, or downstream users to classify, label, and package BeP before placing it on the market (ECHA, 2019a, b).

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