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Bromotrichloromethane
CASRN 75-62-7

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0533
Bromotrichloromethane; CASRN 75-62-7  


Health assessment information on a chemical substance is included in IRIS only 
after a comprehensive review of chronic toxicity data by U.S. EPA health 
scientists from several Program Offices and the Office of Research and 
Development.  The summaries presented in Sections I and II represent a 
consensus reached in the review process.  Background information and 
explanations of the methods used to derive the values given in IRIS are 
provided in the Background Documents. 


STATUS OF DATA FOR  Bromotrichloromethane

File On-Line 03/01/1991

Category (section)                           Status      Last Revised
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Oral RfD Assessment (I.A.)                   no data     

Inhalation RfC Assessment (I.B.)             no data     

Carcinogenicity Assessment (II.)             on-line       03/01/1991



_I. CHRONIC HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENTS FOR NONCARCINOGENIC EFFECTS __I.A. REFERENCE DOSE FOR CHRONIC ORAL EXPOSURE (RfD) Substance Name -- Bromotrichloromethane CASRN -- 75-62-7 Not available at this time.
__I.B. REFERENCE CONCENTRATION FOR CHRONIC INHALATION EXPOSURE (RfC) Substance Name -- Bromotrichloromethane CASRN -- 75-62-7 Not available at this time.
_II. CARCINOGENICITY ASSESSMENT FOR LIFETIME EXPOSURE Substance Name -- Bromotrichloromethane CASRN -- 75-62-7 Last Revised -- 03/01/1991 Section II provides information on three aspects of the carcinogenic assessment for the substance in question; the weight-of-evidence judgment of the likelihood that the substance is a human carcinogen, and quantitative estimates of risk from oral exposure and from inhalation exposure. The quantitative risk estimates are presented in three ways. The slope factor is the result of application of a low-dose extrapolation procedure and is presented as the risk per (mg/kg)/day. The unit risk is the quantitative estimate in terms of either risk per ug/L drinking water or risk per ug/cu.m air breathed. The third form in which risk is presented is a drinking water or air concentration providing cancer risks of 1 in 10,000, 1 in 100,000 or 1 in 1,000,000. The rationale and methods used to develop the carcinogenicity information in IRIS are described in The Risk Assessment Guidelines of 1986 (EPA/600/8-87/045) and in the IRIS Background Document. IRIS summaries developed since the publication of EPA's more recent Proposed Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment also utilize those Guidelines where indicated (Federal Register 61(79):17960-18011, April 23, 1996). Users are referred to Section I of this IRIS file for information on long-term toxic effects other than carcinogenicity. __II.A. EVIDENCE FOR CLASSIFICATION AS TO HUMAN CARCINOGENICITY ___II.A.1. WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE CLASSIFICATION Classification -- D; not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity Basis -- Based on no data regarding the carcinogenicity of bromotrichloromethane in humans or animals. ___II.A.2. HUMAN CARCINOGENICITY DATA None. ___II.A.3. ANIMAL CARCINOGENICITY DATA None. ___II.A.4. SUPPORTING DATA FOR CARCINOGENICITY None.
__II.B. QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATE OF CARCINOGENIC RISK FROM ORAL EXPOSURE None.
__II.C. QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATE OF CARCINOGENIC RISK FROM INHALATION EXPOSURE None.
__II.D. EPA DOCUMENTATION, REVIEW, AND CONTACTS (CARCINOGENICITY ASSESSMENT) ___II.D.1. EPA DOCUMENTATION Source Document -- U.S. EPA, 1985 The 1985 Health and Environmental Effects Profile for Bromochloromethanes has received external peer review and Agency review. ___II.D.2. REVIEW (CARCINOGENICITY ASSESSMENT) Agency Work Group Review -- 01/10/1991 Verification Date -- 01/10/1991 ___II.D.3. U.S. EPA CONTACTS (CARCINOGENICITY ASSESSMENT) Please contact the Risk Information Hotline for all questions concerning this assessment or IRIS, in general, at (513)569-7254 (phone), (513)569-7159 (FAX) or RIH.IRIS@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (internet address).
_VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY Substance Name -- Bromotrichloromethane CASRN -- 75-62-7 Last Revised -- 03/01/1991 __VI.A. ORAL RfD REFERENCES None
__VI.B. INHALATION RfC REFERENCES None
__VI.C. CARCINOGENICITY ASSESSMENT REFERENCES U.S. EPA. 1985. Health and Environmental Effects Profile for Bromochloromethanes. Prepared by the Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Cincinnati, OH for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington, DC. PB 88-174610/AS.
_VII. REVISION HISTORY Substance Name -- Bromotrichloromethane CASRN -- 75-62-7 -------- -------- -------------------------------------------------------- Date Section Description -------- -------- -------------------------------------------------------- 03/01/1991 II. Carcinogenicity assessment on-line 03/01/1991 VI. Bibliography on-line 01/01/1992 IV. Regulatory Action section on-line
VIII. SYNONYMS Substance Name -- Bromotrichloromethane CASRN -- 75-62-7 Last Revised -- 03/01/1991 75-62-7 Methane, bromotrichloro- Bromotrichloromethane Carbon bromotrichloride Caswell No. 118 EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 008708 HSDB 5208 METHANE, BROMOTRICHLORO- Monobromotrichloromethane NSC 8017 Trichlorobromomethane Trichloromethyl bromide



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