From: Risk-based indicators of Canadians’ exposures to environmental carcinogens
Carcinogen | Average Concentration | Data Quality | Lifetime Excess Cancer Risk Estimates | ||
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Average concentration andCPF1 from: | |||||
CA2 | HC3 | EPA4 | |||
Indoor Air | |||||
Arsenic and compounds | --- | gap | - | - | - |
Asbestos | 8.5x10-5 f/ml | very low | 10.8 | - | 1.3 |
Benzene | 2.4 μg/m3 | moderate | 78.0 | 11.4 | 21.1 |
Benzo[a]pyrene | 1.9 x10-4 μg/m3 | very low | 0.2 | < 0.1 | - |
1,3-Butadiene | 0.12 μg/m3 | low | 23.4 | - | 3.9 |
Cadmium and compounds | --- | gap | - | - | - |
Chromium (hexavalent) | --- | gap | - | - | - |
Diesel engine exhaust | 0.84 μg/m3 | very low | 300.2 | - | - |
Formaldehyde | 33.3 μg/m3 | low/moderate | 227.2 | - | 486.8 |
Nickel and compounds | 8.5 x10-4 μg/m3 | low | 0.3 | 0.9 | - |
Radon | 100 Bq/m3 | moderate/ high | - | - | 23,655.0 |
TCDD | --- | gap | - | - | - |
Outdoor Air | |||||
Arsenic and compounds | 4.3x10-4 μg/m3 | moderate | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Asbestos | 2.0 x10-5 f/ml | very low | 2.5 | - | 0.3 |
Benzene | 0.86 μg/m3 | high | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Benzo[a]pyrene | 1.4 x10-4 μg/m3 | moderate | <0.1 | < 0.1 | - |
1,3-Butadiene | 0.096 μg/m3 | high | 1.3 | - | 0.2 |
Cadmium and compounds | 1.2 x10-4 μg/m3 | moderate | 0.1 | 0.1 | <0.1 |
Chromium (hexavalent) | 1.6 x10-5 μg/m3 | low | <0.1 | 0.1 | <0.1 |
Diesel engine exhaust | 1.4 μg/m3 | very low | 35.6 | - | - |
Formaldehyde | 1.6 μg/m3 | moderate | 0.8 | - | 1.7 |
Nickel and compounds | 7.0 x10-4 μg/m3 | moderate | <0.1 | 0.1 | - |
Radon | 24 Bq/m3 | moderate | - | - | 371.0 |
TCDD | 9.7 x10-10 μg/m3 | moderate | <0.1 | - | <0.1 |
Drinking Water | |||||
Arsenic and compounds | 1.9 μg/l | moderate | 74.0 | 88.8 | 74.0 |
Benzo[a]pyrene | --- | gap | - | - | - |
1,3-Butadiene | --- | gap | - | - | - |
Chromium (hexavalent) | 1.2 μg/l | moderate | 12.9 | - | - |
TCDD | --- | gap | |||
Food and Beverages | |||||
Arsenic and compounds | varies by food | low | 25.9 | 31.0 | 25.9 |
Benzene | varies by food | very low | 4.4 | 10.0 | 2.4 |
Benzo[a]pyrene | varies by food | very low | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
1,3-Butadiene | varies by food | gap | - | - | - |
Chromium (hexavalent) | varies by food | gap | - | - | - |
TCDD | varies by food | gap | |||
Indoor Dust | |||||
Arsenic and compounds | --- | gap | - | - | - |
Benzo[a]pyrene | 2.91 μg/g | low | 22.9 | 4.4 | 14.0 |
Chromium (hexavalent) | 4.25 μg/g | very low | 1.2 | - | - |
TCDD | --- | gap |