Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical) Country: UNITED STATES State: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)Environmental monitoring; Land use; Local government; Poisoning.; Benzene.; Leukemia.; Chromosones.; Wildlife; Vegetation; Photochemical smog.; Petroleum refineries.; Chemical industries; Emissions, Automobile
DescriptionThis study presents recent information assessing the impact of benzene air pollution on the New Jersey environment. The intent of the study is to focus on the measures that New Jersey, on a state level rather than the national level, can take to reduce environmental exposure to benzene. Benzene was chosen for this study because it met the following two criteria:
1. Benzene is generally recognized to have a carcinogenic potential. The substance is listed in most of the available lists of highly toxic and carcinogenic or suspected carcinogenic substances. (To mention just a few of them: NIOSH 1976 list of suspected carcinogens; the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) 1976 list of Chemical Substances and Physical Agents that have Threshold Limit Values; the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 1976 list of substances evaluated for carcinogenicity; States of New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Illinois and Virginia lists of toxic and carcinogenic substances; Province of Ontario, Canada 1976 list of hazardous substances; MITRE 1976 list of organic air pollutants with scoring.)
2. Benzene is widely used (in industry and elsewhere) in New Jersey.
Organization NameNew Jersey Environmental Digital Library
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