Priority Substances List Assessment Report for Pentachlorobenzene

Environment Canada
Health Canada
1993
ISBN: 0-662-21064-6
Cat. No.: En40-215/26E

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Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Table of Contents

• Synopsis
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Summary of Information Critical to Assessment of "Toxic"
  • 2.1 Identity, Properties, Production, and Uses
  • 2.2 Entry into the Environment
  • 2.3 Exposure-related Information
    • 2.3.1 Fate
    • 2.3.2 Concentrations in the Environment
  • 2.4 Effects-related Information
    • 2.4.1 Experimental Animals and In Vitro
    • 2.4.2 Humans
    • 2.4.3 Ecotoxicology
• 3.0 Assessment of "Toxic" Under CEPA
  • 3.1 CEPA 11(a) Environment
  • 3.2 CEPA 11(b) Environment on Which Human Life Depends
  • 3.3 CEPA 11(c) Human Life or Health
  • 3.4 Conclusion
• 4.0 Recommendations
• 5.0 References

List of Tables

• Table 1 Estimated Major Releases of Pentachlorobenzene into the Canadian Environment
• Table 2 Estimated Worst-case Total Daily Exposure of a Piscivorous Mammal Around the Niagara Region, Ontario
• Table 3 Estimated Daily Intake (µg/kg) of Pentachlorobenzene by the General Population in Canada