1,3-Butadiene
Formula: C4H6 | CAS: 106-99-0
Detecting butadiene: Studies have consistently shown an association between occupational exposure to 1,3-butadiene and an increased incidence of leukaemia.
Detecting butadiene to limit exposure risks
Exposure to 1,3-butadiene mainly occurs among workers who breath contaminated air on the job. Other sources of exposure include automobile exhaust; tobacco smoke; and polluted air and water near chemical, plastic, or rubber facilities.
Workers who are present in the below industries could be more liable to high exposure levels;
- synthetic elastomer (rubber and latex) production
- petroleum refining
- secondary lead smelting
- water treatment
- agricultural fungicides
- production of raw material for nylon, and the use of fossil fuels.
1,3-butadiene is known to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in humans, including epidemiological and mechanistic studies. 1,3-butadiene was first listed in the Fifth Annual Report on Carcinogens in 1989 as reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in experimental animals. The listing was revised, known to be a human carcinogen in the Ninth Report on Carcinogens in 2000.
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What happens to 1,3-butadiene when it enters the environment?
1,3-butadiene has high volatility and low-water solubility. When released to the environment from industrial or non-industrial sources, butadiene evaporates to the air, even from water and soil; and butadiene breaks down quickly in sunlight and degrades in the air with a half-life of less than two hours. Environmental sources include industrial releases from butadiene production and use, automobile exhaust, cigarette smoke and other combustion sources.
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Detecting Butadiene
Formula: C4H6 | CAS: 106-99-0
Synonyms: buta-1,3-diene, biethylene, bivinyl, butadiene, divinyl, erythrene, vinylethylene
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