Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Benzene

This Guideline Technical Document reviews and assesses all identified health risks associated with benzene in drinking water, incorporating multiple routes of exposure to benzene from drinking water, including ingestion and both inhalation and skin absorption from showering and bathing. From this review, the guideline for benzene in drinking water is established at a maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) of 0.005 mg/L (5 µg/L).

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Title (French)	Recommandations pour la qualité de l'eau potable au Canada : document technique – benzène
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Open Canada Date Published	2017-01-23 00:00:00
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Open Canada Subject	["health_and_safety"]
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