Information Regarding Ethylbenzene and Paint (Coatings)

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ETHYLBENZENE
CASRN: 100-41-4

Major Uses :

... SOLVENT-EG, FOR ALKYD SURFACE COATINGS, CHEM INT FOR DIETHYLBENZENE & ACETOPHENONE, FOR ETHYL ANTHRAQUINONE, FOR ETHYLBENZENE SULFONIC ACIDS (O-, M- & P-), FOR PROPYLENE OXIDE & ALPHA-METHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL, UNRECOVERED COMPONENT OF GASOLINE
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Effluent Concentrations :

Industries with mean raw wastewater concentrations >2000 ppb: gum and wood chemicals (11,000 ppb), pharmaceutical manufacturing (10,000 ppb), paint and ink formulation, and auto and other laundries(1). Effluents from representative water treatment plants in Southern California were variable <10 ppb at San Diego City to 130 ppb at Los Angeles Co (both measurements following primary treatment)(2); <10 ppb detected following secondary treatment(2). In a US city survey, 17% of 6 samples were positive, 6.0 ppb avg(3), Lake Michigan, North Side sewage treatment plant - 1 ppb(4). USEPA STORET database, 1,368 data points, 7.4% pos, <3.0 ppb median(5). MN municipal solid waste landfills, leachates, 6 sites, 100% pos, 12-820 ppb, contaminated groundwater (by inorganic indices), 13 sites, 61.5% pos, 1.2-590 ppb, other groundwater (apparently not contaminated as indicated by inorganic indices), 7 sites, 14.3% pos, 9.4 ppb avg(6). 18.0 and 12.28 kilotons of ethylbenzene was emitted as part of gasoline exhaust emissions from motor vehicles in 1987 and 1990, respectively in UK(7).
[(1) USEPA; Treatability Manual p.I.9.8-3 USEPA 600/2-82-001a (1981) (2) Young DR; 1978 Ann Rep Southern Calif Coastal Water Res Proj p 103-12 (1978) (3) Callahan MA et al; p 55-61 in 8th Natl Conf Munic Sludge Manage Proc (1979) (4) Konasewich D et al; Status Report on Organic and Heavy Metal Contaminants in Lakes Erie, Michigan, Huron and Superior basins. Great Lakes Qual Board 373 p (1979) (5) Staples CA et al; Environ Toxicol Chem 4: 131-42 (1985) (6) Sabel GV, Clark TP; Waste Manag Res 2: 119-30 (1984) (7) Field, RA et al; Atmos Environ 26A: 2983-96 (1992)]**PEER REVIEWED**

GLCC RELATED TOXIC SUBSTANCES FOUND IN THE CAMP POND AND CAMP WATER WELL 2003 AND 2004

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