Trichloroethylene - PSL1

Environment Canada
Health Canada
1993
ISBN: 0-662-21065-4
Cat. No.: En40-215/27E

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Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Table of Contents

• Synopsis
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Summary of Information Critical to the 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
  • 2.4 Toxicokinetics
  • 2.5 Effects-related Information
    • 2.5.1 Experimental Animals and In Vitro
    • 2.5.2 Humans
    • 2.5.3 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 Conclusions
• 4.0 Recommendations
• 5.0 References

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Representative trichloroethylene concentrations in Canadian water and sediment and concentrations causing adverse effects to biota
• Figure 2: Representative trichloroethylene concentrations in the Canadian atmosphere and concentrations causing adverse effects to plants

List of Tables

• Table 1: Estimated total daily exposure to trichloroethylene for mink near the St. Lawrence River in southern Quebec
• Table 2: Estimated average daily intake of trichloroethylene by the general population in Canada