Environmental Factors and Health

The following list is based on values published earlier (see references below) together with the addition of new values not published earlier.

 

Chemical name

CAS-no

Soil


quality criteria

 

mg/kg

Soil


cut off values

 

mg/kg

Groundwater


quality criteria

 

mg/ l

Evaporation to indoor air,

Air quality

Criteria


mg/m3

Acetone

67-64-1

-

-

10

0.4

Acrylonitrile

107-02-8

0,1

-

0,1

0.00004

Aromatic hydrocarbons > C9, total

-

-

-

-

0.03

Arsenic

-

20

20

8

-

Benzene

71-43-2

1,5

-

1

0.00013

Benzotriazole (+ tolyltriazole)

95-14-7

30

-

-

-

Boron, inorganic

-

-

-

300

-

Butyl acetate (n-, iso-)

123-86-4

110-19-0

-

-

10

0.1

Cadmium

-

0,5

5

0,5

-

Chloroform

67-66-3

50

-

-

0.02

Chlorinated solvents

-

-

-

1

-

Chlorophenols
(sum of mono- ,di- , tri-, and tetra-)

-

3

-

0,1

2 x 10-5

Chromium (VI)

Chromium (III + VI)

-

20

500

-

1000

1

25

-

Copper

-

500

500

100

-

Cyanides, inorganic (total)

Cyanide drive off by acidization

-

-

500

10

-

-

 

0.06

DDT + DDE

50-29-3,

72-55-9

0,5

-

0.1

-

Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, DEHP

117-81-7

25

-

1

-

1,2-dibromoethane

106-93-4

0,02

-

0,01

2 x 10-6

1,2-dichloroethane

107-06-2

1

-

1

1 x 10-4

1,1-dichloroethene

75-35-4

5

-

1

0.01

1,2-dichloroethene

(cis + trans isomers)

156-59-2

156-60-5

85

-

1

0.4

Dichloromethane

75-09-2

8

 

1

0.0006

1,2-Dichloropropane

78-87-5

5

-

1

0.0005

Diesel fuel, fuel oil,

Total hydrocarbons

Aromatic hydrocarbons, C9 + C10

PAH

-

-

100

-

See PAH

-

-

-

see PAH

-

9

-

see PAH

-

-

0.03

-

Diethyl ether

60-29-7

-

-

10

1

Dinitrophenoler

25550-58-7

10

-

0,5

0.005

Fluorides, inorganic

-

20

-

-

-

Formaldehyde

50-00-0

75

-

-

0.001

Furfural

98-01-1

40

-

-

0.002

Gas oil, C5-C35 hydrocarbons

-

100

-

9

-

Gasoline

Hydrocarbons, C5-C10

Benzene

C9-C10 aromatics

1,2-dibromoethane

 

 

71-43-2

 

106-93-4

 

25

1,5

 

0,02

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

1

-

0,01

-

-

0.00013

0.03

2 x 10-6

Isopropanol

67-63-0

-

-

10

1

Lead, inorganic

-

40

400

1

-

Lithium, inorganic

-

500

-

-

-

Mercury, inorganic

-

1

3

0,1

-

Molybdenum, inorganic

-

5

-

20

-

Methyl-tert-butyl ether, MTBE

1634-04-4

500

-

30

0.03

Methyl isoamyl ketone

110-12-3

-

-

-

0.005

Methyl isobutyl ketone

108-10-1

-

-

10

0.2

Mononitrophenols

-

125

-

0,5

-

Naphthalene

91-20-3

-

-

1

0.04

Nickel

-

30

30

10

-

Nitrobenzene

98-95-3

5

-

-

0,0002

Nonylphenol

84852-15-3

25

-

-

0.005

Nonylphenolethoxylates

-

65

-

-

-

Pentachlorophenol

87-86-5

0,15

-

-

1 x 10-6

Pesticides, total

Pesticides, single

Pesticides, chlorinated persistent

-

-

-

0.5

0.1

0.03

-

Phenols (total)

Phenol,

Cresols,

Xylenols

-

70

-

0,5

 

0.02

0.003

0.002

Phthalates (not DEHP)

-

250

-

1

-

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons, PAH

Benzo(a)pyrene

Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene

-

1,5a

0,1

0,1

15a

1

1

0,2b

-

Silver, inorganic

-

50

-

-

-

Styrene

100-42-5

40

-

1

0.2

Tensides, anionic

-

1500

-

-

-

Tetrachloroethylene

127-18-4

5

-

1

0.0062

Tetraethyllead +

Tetramethyllead

78-00-2,

75-74-1

4

-

-

0.0003

Thallium, inorganic

-

1

-

-

-

Tin, inorganic

-

500

-

-

-

Toluene

108-88-3

-

-

5

0.4

Tolyltriazole (+ benzyltriazole)

29385-43-1

30

-

-

-

1,1,1-trichloroethane

71-55-6

200

-

1

0.5

Trichloroethylene

79-01-6

5

-

1

0.001

Tricresylphosphates, total

o-TCP

-

350

15

-

-

-

Trinitrophenoles

-

30

-

0,5

0.005

Vinyl chloride

75-01-4

0,4

-

0,3

4 x 10-5

White spirit/ Stoddard solvent

Total hydrocarbons (C7-C12)

C9-C10-aromatics

-

-

25

-

-

9

 

 

0.03

Xylene

1330-20-7

-

-

5

0.1

Zink

-

500

1000

100

-

a: in soil, sum of benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b+j+k)fluoranthene, dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, fluoranthene, and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene

b: in water, sum of benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b+k)fluoranthene, fluoranthene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, and benzo(ghi)fluoranthene