| Chlorobenzenes Other Than Hexachlorobenzene: Environmental Health Criteria Series No 128 Contributor(s): Who (Producer), Ilo (Author), Unep (Author) |
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ISBN: 9241571284 ISBN-13: 9789241571289 Publisher: World Health Organization OUR PRICE: $47.03 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety - Medical | Epidemiology - Medical | Public Health |
| Dewey: 615.951 |
| Series: Environmental Health Criteria |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.76 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to monochlorobenzene, dichlorobenzenes, trichlorobenzenes, tetrachlorobenzenes, and pentachlorobenzene. These chemicals are produced in huge quantities for use as intermediates in the synthesis of pesticides and in the production of a wide range of consumer and commercial products. A review of data on sources of environmental exposure notes that release to the environment occurs primarily during manufacture and that incineration of chlorobenzenes may lead to the emission of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans. Sections concerned with sources and levels of human exposure conclude that the general population is exposed to the lower chlorinated congeners mainly through inhalation, whereas a greater proportion of the total daily intake of the higher chlorinated compounds is ingested in food; breast-fed babies may receive a higher dose than adults. Particular concern centres on risks of human exposure arising from the ingestion of contaminated fish and from contaminated indoor air linked to use of these compounds as moth repellents and air fresheners. |