Survey and Health Assessment of Products for Interior Car Care

Table 9.2 Calculated inhaled amount of chemicals for application and subsequent 5-hour drive in the car (without ventilation)
Product ID Product type Substance name CAS no. Conc. first 15 min (mg/m³) Conc. over 5 hours (mg/m³) Respirable part fresp Inhaled amount during 5 hours in car (mg/kg bw/day)
1 Vinyl make-up Hydrocarbons C4-C7 - 61 6 0.25 0.143
1 Vinyl make-up Hydrocarbons C10-C14 - 29 3 1 0.276
5 Fabric waterproofing Hydrocarbons C5-C8 - 223 27 0.25 0.565
5 Fabric waterproofing Butane 106-97-8 19 1.9 1 0.178
5 Fabric waterproofing 2-propanol 67-63-0 1.2 0.1 1 0.011
5 Fabric waterproofing Ethyl acetate 141-78-6 14 0.8 1 0.116
5 Fabric waterproofing Butyl acetate 123-86-4 80 4.6 1 0.651
5 Fabric waterproofing Limonene 138-86-3 19 0.7 1 0.138
10 Vinyl cleaner Butane 106-97-8 1.5 0.3 1 0.018
10 Vinyl cleaner 2-propanol 67-63-0 14 1.9 1 0.151
10 Vinyl cleaner Limonene 138-86-3 0.8 0.06 1 0.007
24 Glass cleaner 2-propanol 67-63-0 1.5 0.2 1 0.016
24 Glass cleaner 1-methoxy-2-propanol 107-98-2 5 0.4 1 0.042
24 Glass cleaner 2-butoxyethanol 111-76-2 23 2.2 1 0.214
24 Glass cleaner 1-butoxy-2-propanol 5131-66-8 11 1.2 1 0.107

For the calculations the following values were used and they are the same for all products and substances:
Inhalation speed Qinh during application = 1.75 m³/hour
Inhalation speed Qinh when driving = 0.45 m³/hour
Duration exposure application = 0.25 (i.e. 15 minutes)
Duration exposure driving = 5 hours
Body weight (BW) = 70 kilo
The respirable part Fresp is as stated in Table 9.1Table 9.1 set to 1 (=100% intake by inhalation), however, with exception of the low hydrocarbon fractions where existing data indicates max. 25% absorption (i.e. a factor 0.25 is used in the calculations).

 



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