Advice of the Italian CCTN on the Health Risk Assessment Relative to Exposure to211 Automobile Emissions

摘要

Three recommendations expressed by the Italian National Toxicological Committee (CCTN) in the period 1990-1995 are reported; they concern the health impact of exposure to benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), resulting from automobile exhaust products, for Italian general and occupationally exposed populations. The first recommendation takes into consideration the possible long-term effects of the unleaded gasoline, recently introduced in Italy. The latter two recommendations concern the quantitiative evaluations of the risk of leukemia and of the risk of lung cancer from exposure to benezene and PAHs, resulting from automobile exhaust.