Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health - Benzo(a)pyrene

cBecause data are sufficient and adequate to calculate an SQGHH for this land dData are insufficient/inadequate to calculate an SQGE for this land use. How benzpyrene, and benzo(d,e,f)-chrysene. B(a)P is one of the most potent and ubiquitous of the PAH carcinogens. It is negligibly volatile, has no odour, and usually occurs in complex mixtures containing many other PAHs, phenols, and aromatic amines (ATSDR 1990). B(a)P has a log Kow of 6.04, vapour pressure of 1.3 × 10 Pa, and water solubility of 3.8 × 10 g·L (Environment Canada 1996). B(a)P is highly lipophilic and can be bioaccumulated to high and potentially hazardous levels in some organisms (Lu et al. 1977).