Toxicological Profile for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

PDF Version, 4.8 MB

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Toxicological Profile Information

The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects information for the hazardous substance described here. Each peer-reviewed profile identifies and reviews the key literature that describes a hazardous substance's toxicologic properties. Other pertinent literature is also presented, but is described in less detail than the key studies. The complete list of topics covered (chapter titles) is shown at the left and in more detail further down this page.

The focus of the profile is on health and toxicologic information. Therefore, each profile begins with a Public Health Statement that summarizes in nontechnical language, a substance's relevant properties.

A useful two page information sheet, the ToxFAQs^TM, is also available.

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Complete Profile, 4.8 MB

The table of contents and list of individual PDF files are given below.

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Preface, 818 KB

• Foreword
• Contributors
• Peer review
• List of figures
• List of tables
  

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1. Public Health Statement, 114 KB

1.1 What is this substance?
1.2 What happens to it when it enters the environment?
1.3 How might I be exposed to it?
1.4 How can it enter and leave my body?
1.5 How can it affect my health?
1.6 Is there a medical test to determine whether I have been exposed to it?
1.7 What recommendations has the federal government made to protect human health?
1.8 Where can I get more information?

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2. Overview of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH), 219 KB

2.1 Definition of substance
2.2 Total substance analysis overview
2.3 TPH fractions and the ATSDR approach to evaluating the public health implications of exposure to TPH

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3. Identity and Analysis of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons, 647 KB

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Chemical and physical information
3.3 Analytical methods

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4. Production, Import, Use, and Disposal, 354 KB

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5. Potential for Human Exposure, 880 KB

5.1 Overview
5.2 Releases to the environment
5.3 Fate and transport
5.4 Levels in the environment
5.5 Adequacy of the database

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6. Health Effects, 2.4 MB

6.1 Introduction
6.2 Discussion of health effects by route of exposure
6.3 Discussion of health effects
6.4 Toxicokinetics
6.5 Mechanisms of action
6.6 Selection of fraction-specific health effects criteria
6.7 Relevance to public health
6.8 Biomarkers of exposure and effect
6.9 Interactions with other substances
6.10 Populations that are unusually susceptible
6.11 Methods for reducing toxic effects
6.12 Adequacy of the database

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7. Regulations and Advisories, 394 KB

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8. References, 181 KB

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9. Glossary, 144 KB

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Appendices, 3.1 MB

A. MRLs and cancer classification for the TPH components and whole products
B. User's guide
C. Acronyms, abbreviations, and symbols
D. Petroleum product compostion
E. Identity, components, and chemical/physical properties of selected petroluem products

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Reference

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 1999. Toxicological profile for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.

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Disclaimer

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Where can I get more information?

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Disclaimer
Some PDF files may be electronic conversions from paper copy or other electronic ASCII text files. This conversion may have resulted in character translation or format errors. Users are referred to the original paper copy of the toxicological profile for the official text, figures, and tables. Original paper copies can be obtained via the directions on the toxicological profile home page, which also contains other important information about the profiles.

The information contained here was correct at the time of publication. Please check with the appropriate agency for any changes to the regulations or guidelines cited.