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	Ethylbenzene- Drinking Water Contaminants, Facts/Removal Methods
		Ethylbenzene is a colorless organic liquid with a sweet, gasoline-like odor.
		Short-term: EPA has found ethylbenzene to potentially cause the following health effects when people are exposed to it at levels above the MCL for relatively short periods of time: drowsiness, fatigue, headache and mild eye and respiratory irritation.
		Ethylbenzene will evaporate rapidly from water, and will be degraded by microbes.
	www.freedrinkingwater.com /water-contamination/ethylbenzene-contaminants-removal-water.htm (877 words)

	RAIS: Ethylbenzene (100-41-4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ethylbenzene is commonly used as a solvent, chemical intermediate in the manufacture of styrene and synthetic rubber and as an additive in some automotive and aviation fuels (Cavender 1994).
		Ethylbenzene is commonly used as a solvent, chemical intermediate (especially in the manufacture of styrene and synthetic rubber), and as an additive in some automotive and aviation fuels (Cavender 1994).
		Ethylbenzene did not induce mutations in the Salmonella typhimurium, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or Escherichia coli; did not induce chromosomal aberrations or sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) in Chinese hamster ovary cells in vitro; did not produce a clastogenic response in rat liver cell cultures; and was negative in micronuclei assays using peripheral blood of mice (NTP 1992).
	risk.lsd.ornl.gov /tox/profiles/ethylbenzene_f_V1.shtml (4444 words)

	ATSDR - ToxFAQs™: Ethylbenzene
		Minor birth defects and low birth weight have occurred in newborn animals whose mothers were exposed to ethylbenzene in air during pregnancy.
		Ethylbenzene is found in the blood, urine, breath, and some body tissues of exposed people.
		The EPA has determined that exposure to ethylbenzene in drinking water at concentrations of 30 ppm for 1 day or 3 ppm for 10 days is not expected to cause any adverse effects in a child.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /tfacts110.html (943 words)

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