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Activity	Cumulative Exposure (µg/day)
AAL (NC Bezene Guideline)	1.8
Passive Smoking	20
Commuting	38
Indoor Air	62
Outdoor Air	80
Pumping Gasoline^*	92
Typical Daily Cumlative Exposure	200
Smoking (1.5 packs/day)	1800
Source: Wallace, L, Environmental Exposure to Benzene: An Update, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 104 (suppl 6), 1996 and ^PP Egeghy, et al, Environmental and Biological Modeling of Benzene during Self-Service Automobile Refueling, EHP*, 108(12), 2000.

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Last Modified: Fri March 15 20:38:13 2002