Health and Environmental Effects Profile for benzidine

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6908153

The Health and Environmental Effects Profile for benzidine was prepared to support listings of hazardous constituents of a wide range of waste streams under Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and to provide health-related limits for emergency actions under Section 101 of the Comprehensive Enviromental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Both published literature and information obtained from Agency program office files were evaluated as they pertained to potential human health, aquatic life, and environmental effects of hazardous-waste constituents. Quantitative estimates are presented provided sufficient data are available. Benzidine has been evaluated as a carcinogen. The human carcinogen potency factor (q1*) for benzidine is 234.13 (mg/kg/day) for oral exposure. The Reportable Quantity (RQ) value of 1, 10, 100, 1000 or 5000 pounds is used to determine the quantity of a hazardous substance for which notification is required in the event of a release as specified by CERCLA based on chronic toxicity. The RQ value for benzidine 100.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Office of Environmental Criteria and Assessment
• OSTI ID: 6908153
• Report Number(s): PB-88-219431/XAB; EPA-600/X-86/157
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMINES
AROMATICS
AZO COMPOUNDS
AZO DYES
BENZIDINE
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CARCINOGENS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLEARANCE
DECOMPOSITION
DYES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EXCRETION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
LAWS
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE
METABOLISM
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
PHOTOLYSIS
POLLUTION LAWS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAFETY STANDARDS
STANDARDS
SUPERFUND
TOXICITY