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Office of Science and June 2015
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Update of Human Health
Ambient Water Quality Criteria:
2,4-Dimethylphenol
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EPA 820-R-15-085
June 2015
Update of Human Health
Ambient Water Quality Criteria:
2,4-Dimethylphenol
105-67-9
Office of Science and Technology
Office of Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction: Background and Scope of Update 2
2 Problem Formulation 3
3 Criteria Formulas: Analysis Plan 4
4 Exposure Factors 5
4.1 Body Weight 5
4.2 Drinking Water Intake 6
4.3 Fish Consumption Rate 6
4.4 Bioaccumulation Factor 7
4.4.1 Approach 7
4.4.2 Chemical-specific BAFs 9
5 Hazard Identification and Dose Response 10
5.1 Approach 10
5.2 Chemical-specificToxicity Value 11
5.2.1 Reference Dose 11
5.2.2 Cancer Slope Factor 12
6 Relative Source Contribution 12
6.1 Approach 12
6.2 Chemical-specific RSC 13
7 Criteria Derivation: Analysis 14
7.1 AWQC for Noncarcinogenic Toxicological Effects 15
7.2 AWQC for Carcinogenic Toxicological Effects 15
7.3 AWQC Summary 16
8 Criteria Characterization 16
9 Chemical Name and Synonyms 18
10 References 19
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1 Introduction: Background and Scope of Update
EPA's recommended ambient water quality criteria (AWQC) for human health are scientifically
derived numeric values that EPA has determined will adequately protect human health from
the adverse effects of pollutants in ambient water.
Section 304(a)(l) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to develop and publish, and from
time to time revise, recommended criteria for the protection of water quality that accurately
reflect the latest scientific knowledge. Water quality criteria developed under section 304(a)
are based solely on data and scientific judgments on the relationship between pollutant
concentrations and environmental and human health effects. Section 304(a) criteria do not
reflect consideration of economic impacts or the technological feasibility of meeting pollutant
concentrations in ambient water.
EPA's recommended section 304(a) criteria provide technical information for states and
authorized tribes3 to consider and use in adopting water quality standards that ultimately
provide the basis for assessing water body health and controlling discharges of pollutants into
waters of the United States. Under the CWA and its implementing regulations, states and
authorized tribes are required to adopt water quality criteria to protect the designated uses of
waters (e.g., public water supply, aquatic life, recreational use, industrial use). EPA's
recommended water quality criteria do not substitute for the CWA or regulations, nor are they
regulations themselves. Thus, EPA's recommended criteria do not impose legally binding
requirements. States and authorized tribes may adopt, where appropriate, other scientifically
defensible water quality criteria that differ from these recommendations.
The water quality criteria that are the subject of this document are national AWQC
recommendations for human health issued under CWA section 304(a). Unless expressly
indicated otherwise, all references to "criteria," "water quality criteria," "ambient water quality
criteria recommendations," or similar variants thereof are references to national AWQC
recommendations for human health.
In this 2015 update, EPA has revised the human health criteria for 2,4-dimethylphenol to reflect
the latest scientific information, including updated exposure factors (body weight [BW],
drinking water intake [Dl] rate, and fish consumption rate [FCR]), bioaccumulation factors
(BAFs), and human health toxicity values (reference dose [RfD] multiplied by relative source
contribution [RSC] or 10~6 divided by cancer slope factor [CSF]). The criteria continue to be
based on EPA's Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of
Human Health, which is referred to as the "2000 Methodology" in this document (USEPA
2000a). EPA accepted written scientific views from the public on the draft updated human
health criteria for this chemical (and 93 others) from May through August 2014.
a Throughout this document, the term states means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The term authorized tribe or tribe means an Indian tribe authorized for treatment in a manner similar to a state
under CWA section 518 for the purposes of section 303(c) water quality standards.
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It is important for states and authorized tribes to consider any new or updated section 304(a)
recommended criteria as part of their triennial review process to ensure that state or tribal
water quality standards reflect current science and protect applicable designated uses. These
final 2015 updated section 304(a) human health criteria recommendations supersede EPA's
previous recommendations.
2 Problem Formulation
Problem formulation provides a strategic framework for water quality criteria development by
focusing on the most relevant endpoints and increasing the transparency of the effects
assessment. The structure of this criteria document is intended to be consistent with general
concepts of effects assessments as described in EPA's Framework for Human Health Risk
Assessment to Inform Decision Making (USEPA 2014a).
In developing AWQC, EPA currently follows the assessment method outlined in its 2000
Methodology (USEPA 2000a). The 2000 Methodology describes different approaches for
addressing water and non-water exposure pathways to derive human health AWQC depending
on the toxicological endpoint of concern, the toxicological effect (noncarcinogenic or
carcinogenic), and whether toxicity is considered a linear or threshold effect. Water sources of
exposure include both consuming drinking water and eating fish or shellfish from inland and
nearshore waters that have been exposed to pollutants in the water body. For pollutants that
exhibit a threshold of exposure before deleterious effects occur, as is the case for
noncarcinogens and nonlinear carcinogens, EPA applies an RSC to account for other potential
human exposures to the pollutant (USEPA 2000a). Other sources of exposure might include, but
are not limited to, exposure to a particular pollutant from ocean fish or shellfish consumption
(which is not included in the FCR), non-fish food consumption (e.g., consumption of fruits,
vegetables, grains, meats, or poultry), dermal exposure, and inhalation exposure.
For substances for which the toxicity endpoint is carcinogenicity based on a linear low-dose
extrapolation, only the exposures from drinking water and fish ingestion are reflected in human
health AWQC; that is, non-water sources are not explicitly included and no RSC is applied
(USEPA 2000a). In these situations, AWQC are derived with respect to the incremental lifetime
cancer risk posed by the presence of a substance in water, rather than an individual's total risk
from all sources of exposure. The resulting criterion represents the water concentration that is
expected to increase an individual's lifetime risk of cancer from exposure to the particular
pollutant by no more than one chance in one million for the general population. EPA calculates
AWQC at a 10"6 (one in one million) cancer risk level for the general population (USEPA 2000a).
The 2000 Methodology recommends that states set human health criteria cancer risk levels for
the target general population at either 10"5 or 10"6and also notes that states and authorized
tribes can choose a more stringent risk level, such as 10"7.
For substances that are carcinogenic, EPA takes an integrated approach and considers both
cancer and noncancer effects when deriving AWQC (USEPA 2000a; USEPA 2000b). Where
sufficient data are available, EPA derives AWQC using both carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic
toxicity endpoints and recommends the lower value for the AWQC. The AWQC might not utilize
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the value obtained from the cancer analysis if it is less protective than that derived from the
noncancer endpoint.
3 Criteria Formulas: Analysis Plan
Human health AWQC for toxic pollutants are necessary to protect any designated uses related
to ingestion of water and ingestion of aquatic organisms. These uses can include, but are not
limited to, recreation in and on the water, consumption offish or shellfish (including
consumption associated with fishing or shellfish harvesting), and protection of drinking water
supplies.
The derivation of human health AWQC requires information about both the toxicological
endpoints of concern for water pollutants and the pathways of human exposure to those
pollutants. EPA considers the following two primary pathways of human exposure to pollutants
present in a particular water body when deriving human health 304(a) AWQC: (1) direct
ingestion of drinking water obtained from the water body and (2) consumption of fish or
shellfish obtained from the water body.
The equations for deriving human health AWQC for noncarcinogenic effects and carcinogenic
effects are presented as Eqs. 1 and 2. EPA derives recommended human health AWQC based
on the consumption of both water and aquatic organisms (Eq. 1) and based on the
consumption of aquatic organisms alone (Eq. 2). The use of one criterion over the other
depends on the designated use of a particular water body or water bodies (i.e., drinking water
source and/or fishable waters). EPA recommends applying organism-only AWQC (Eq. 2) to a
water body where the designated use includes supporting fishable uses under section 101(a) of
the CWA but the water body is not a drinking water supply source (e.g., non-potable estuarine
waters that support fish or shellfish for human consumption) (USEPA 2000a).
EPA recommends including the drinking water exposure pathway for ambient surface waters
where drinking water is a designated use for the following reasons: (1) drinking water is a
designated use for surface waters under the CWA, and therefore criteria are needed to ensure
that this designated use can be protected and maintained; (2) although they are rare, some
public water supplies provide drinking water from surface water sources without treatment;
(3) even among the majority of water supplies that do treat surface waters, existing treatments
might not be effective for reducing levels of particular contaminants; and (4) in consideration of
the Agency's goals of pollution prevention, ambient waters should not be contaminated to a
level where the burden of achieving health objectives is shifted away from those responsible
for pollutant discharges and placed on downstream users that must bear the costs of upgraded
or supplemental water treatment (USEPA 2000a).
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The equations for deriving the criteria values are as follows (USEPA 2000a):
For consumption of water and organisms:
AWQC (ug/L) = toxicity value (mg/kg-d) x BW (kg) x l.QQQ (Ug/mg)b (Eq. 1)
Dl (L/d) + 2?=2 (FCRi (kg/d) x BAFi (L/kg))
For consumption of organisms only:
AWQC (ug/L) = toxicity value (mg/kg-d) x BW (kg) x l.QQQ (ug/mg)c (Eq. 2)
Zf=2 (FCRi (kg/d) x BAFi (L/kg))
Where:
AWQC = ambient water quality criteria
toxicity value = RfD x RSC (mg/kg-d) for noncarcinogenic effects
or
lO'YCSF (kg-d/mg) for carcinogenic effectsd
RSC = relative source contribution (applicable to only noncarcinogenic and nonlinear
low-dose extrapolation for carcinogenic effects)
BW = body weight
Dl = drinking water intake
2j!2 = summation of values for aquatic trophic levels (TLs), where the letter / stands
for the TLs to be considered, starting with TL2 and proceeding to TL4
FCRi = fish consumption rate for aquatic TLs 2, 3, and 4
BAFi = bioaccumulation factor for aquatic TLs 2, 3, and 4
EPA rounds AWQC to the number of significant figures in the least precise parameter as
described in the 2000 Methodology (USEPA 2000a, section 2.7.3).
4 Exposure Factors
4.1 Body Weight
EPA updated the default BW assumption to 80.0 kg based on National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 1999 to 2006 as reported in Table 8.1 of EPA's
Exposure Factors Handbook (USEPA 2011a). The updated BW represents the mean weight for
adults ages 21 and older. EPA's previously recommended BW assumption for adults was 70 kg,
which was based on the mean BW of adults from the NHANES III database (1988-1994) and a
1989 study conducted by the National Cancer Institute (USEPA 2000a).
b 1,000 ng/mg is used to convert the units of mass from milligrams to micrograms.
c 1,000 u.g/mg is used to convert the units of mass from milligrams to micrograms.
d 10'6 or 1 in 1,000,000 risk level for the general population.
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4.2 Drinking Water Intake
EPA updated the default Dl to 2.4 L/d, rounded from 2.414 L/d, based on NHANES data from
2003 to 2006 as reported in EPA's Exposure Factors Handbook (USEPA 2011a, Table 3-23). This
rate represents the per capita estimate of combined direct and indirect community water6
ingestion at the 90th percentile for adults ages 21 and older. EPA selected the per capita rate for
the updated Dl because it represents the average daily dose estimates; that is, it includes both
people who drank water during the survey period and those who did not, which is appropriate
for a national-scale assessment such as CWA section 304(a) national human health criteria
development (USEPA 2011a, section 3.2.1).
EPA's updated Dl of 2.4 L/d is consistent with the 2000 Methodology. In that document, EPA
recommended a default Dl of 2 L/d, which represented the per capita community water
ingestion rate at the 86th percentile for adults surveyed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
1994-1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII) analysis (USEPA 2000a,
section 4.3.2.1).
4.3 Fish Consumption Rate
The updated FCR for the general adult population is 22.0 g/d, or 0.0220 kg/d (USEPA 2014b,
Table 9a). This FCR represents the 90th percentile per capita consumption rate offish from
inland and nearshore waters for U.S. adults ages 21 years and older based on NHANES data
from 2003-2010. The 95 percent confidence interval (Cl) of the 90th percentile per capita FCR is
19.1 g/d and 25.4 g/d. This updated FCR replaces EPA's previously recommended default FCR of
17.5 g/d, which represented an estimate of the 90th percentile per capita consumption rate of
fish from inland and nearshore waters for U.S. adults ages 21 years and older. That default FCR
was based on USDA's CSFII 1994-1996 data (USEPA 2002a).
As recommended in the 2000 Methodology, EPA updated the AWQC to reflect trophic level-
(TL-) specific FCRs to better represent human dietary consumption offish. An organism's
trophic position in the aquatic food web can have an important effect on the magnitude of
bioaccumulation of certain chemicals. The TL-specific FCRs are numbered 2, 3, and 4, and they
account for different categories of fish and shellfish species based on their position in the
aquatic food web: TL2 accounts for benthic filter feeders; TL3 accounts for forage fish; and TL4
accounts for predatory fish (USEPA 2000a).
EPA used the following TL-specific FCRs to derive the updated AWQC: TL2 = 7.6 g/d
(0.0076 kg/d) (95 percent Cl [6.4, 9.1] g/d); TL3 = 8.6 g/d (0.0086 kg/d) (95 percent Cl [7.2,
10.2] g/d); and TL4 = 5.1 g/d (0.0051 kg/d) (95 percent Cl [4.0, 6.4] g/d). Each TL-specific FCR
represents the 90th percentile per capita consumption rate of fish and shellfish from inland and
nearshore waters from that particular TL for U.S. adults ages 21 years and older (USEPA 2014b,
e Community water includes direct and indirect use of tap water for household uses and excludes bottled water
and other sources (USEPA 2011a, section 3.3.1.2). Direct ingestion is defined as direct consumption of water as a
beverage, while indirect ingestion includes water added during food preparation (e.g., cooking, rehydration of
beverages) but not water intrinsic to purchased foods (USEPA 2011a, section 3.1).
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Tables 16a, 17a, and 18a). The sum of these three TL-specific FCRs is 21.3 g/d, which is within
the 95 percent Cl of the overall FCR of 22.0 g/d. EPA recommends using the TL-specific FCRs
when deriving AWQC; however, the overall FCR rate (22.0 g/d) may be used if a simplified
approach is preferred.
4.4 Bioaccumulation Factor
4.4.1 Approach
Several attributes of the bioaccumulation process are important to understand when deriving
national BAFs for use in developing national recommended section 304(a) AWQC. First, the
term bioaccumulation refers to the uptake and retention of a chemical by an aquatic organism
from all surrounding media, such as water, food, and sediment. The term bioconcentration
refers to the uptake and retention of a chemical by an aquatic organism from water only. For
some chemicals (particularly those that are highly persistent and hydrophobic), the magnitude
of bioaccumulation by aquatic organisms can be substantially greater than the magnitude of
bioconcentration. Thus, an assessment of bioconcentration alone might underestimate the
extent of accumulation in aquatic biota for those chemicals. Accordingly, the EPA guidelines
presented in the 2000 Methodology emphasize using, when possible, measured or estimated
BAFs, which account for chemical accumulation in aquatic organisms from all potential
exposure routes (USEPA 2000a).
EPA estimated BAFs for this updated AWQC using EPA's 2000 Methodology (USEPA 2000a) and
its Technical Support Document, Volume 2: Development of National Bioaccumulation Factors
(Technical Support Document, Volume 2) (USEPA 2003a). Specifically, these documents provide
a framework for identifying alternative procedures to derive national TL-specific BAFs for a
chemical based on the chemical's properties (e.g., ionization and hydrophobicity), metabolism,
and biomagnification potential (USEPA 2000a; USEPA 2003a).
EPA's approach for developing national BAFs represents the long-term average
bioaccumulation potential of a pollutant in aquatic organisms that are commonly consumed by
humans across the United States. National BAFs are not intended to reflect fluctuations in
bioaccumulation over short periods (e.g., a few days) because human health AWQC are
generally designed to protect humans from long-term (lifetime) exposures to waterborne
chemicals (USEPA 2003a).
EPA followed the approach described in Figure 3-1 of the Technical Support Document, Volume
2 (USEPA 2003a). EPA used peer-reviewed, publicly available information to classify each
chemical using this framework to derive the most appropriate BAFs according to EPA's 2000
Methodology (USEPA 2000a). The framework provides six alternatives, or procedures, resulting
in up to four possible methods for each chemical, based on the chemical's properties. These
four methods follow:
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BAF Method. This method uses measured BAFs derived from data obtained from field
studies. Field-measured BAFs were normalized by adjusting for the water-dissolved
portions of the chemical and the lipid fraction of fish tissue for each species, as well as
the fraction of the total concentration of chemical in water that is freely dissolved. EPA
averaged multiple field BAFs using a geometric mean of the normalized BAFs by species
and TL; then EPA further averaged the BAFs across species to compute TL baseline BAFs.
The national-level BAF adjusts the TL baseline BAFs by national default values for lipid
content, dissolved and particulate organic carbon content, and the n-octanol-water
partition coefficient (Kow). EPA chose the recommended 50th percentile dissolved and
particulate organic carbon content for the national-level default values, as described in
section 6.3 of the Technical Support Document, Volume 2 (USEPA 2003a).
BSAF Method. This method uses biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) to
estimate BAFs. EPA did not use measured BSAFs to calculate national BAFs because the
two major compilations of these data EPA's Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Data
Set, Version 1.0 (USEPA 2015a), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' BSAF database
(USAGE 2015)have not been peer-reviewed.
BCF Method. This method uses BAFs estimated from laboratory-measured
bioconcentration factors (BCFs) with or without adjustment by a food chain multiplier.
Similar to field BAFs, laboratory-measured BCFs are normalized with the lipid fraction
and the fraction of the total concentration of chemical in water that is freely dissolved,
then multiplied by the food chain multiplier where applicable. Multiple values are
averaged using a geometric mean across species and then across TL to compute
baseline BAFs. The national-level BAF adjusts the TL baseline BAFs by national default
values for lipid content, dissolved and particulate organic carbon content, and the Kow.
EPA chose the recommended 50th percentile dissolved and particulate organic carbon
content for the national-level default values, as described in section 6.3 of the Technical
Support Document, Volume 2 (USEPA 2003a).
Kow Method. This method predicts BAFs based on a chemical's Kow, with or without
adjustment using a food chain multiplier, as described in section 5.4 of the Technical
Support Document, Volume 2 (USEPA 2003a).
Following the decision framework presented in Figure 3-1 of the Technical Support Document,
Volume 2 (USEPA 2003a), EPA selected one of the six procedures to develop a national-level
BAF for this chemical. For a given procedure, EPA selected the method that provided BAF
estimates for all three TLs (TL2-TL4) in the following priority:
1. BAF estimates using the BAF method (i.e., based on field-measured BAFs) if possible.
2. BAF estimates using the BCF method if (a) the BAF method did not produce estimates
for all three TLs and (b) the BCF method produced national-level BAF estimates for all
three TLs.
3. BAF estimates using the Kow method if (a) Procedure 1 or 3 was applicable (see Figure
3-1 of the Technical Support Document, Volume 2 [USEPA 2003a] and (b) the BAF and
BCF methods did not produce BAF estimates for all three TLs.
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In cases where the procedure called for the BAF method but there were fewer than three TL
estimates and the Kow method did not apply (i.e., Procedures 2, 4, 5, and 6), EPA used the BAF
method estimate for the reported TLs by averaging the estimates using a geometric mean when
there were two BAFs and using the single estimate when only one was available. EPA did not
mix values from the BAF and BCF methods. If the BAF method did not have sufficient reliable
data for any TLs, EPA used the BCF method estimates in the same manner. If none of the four
methods provided sufficient data, or if none were appropriate for the procedure, EPA used the
BCF from the previously recommended 2002/2003 criteria (USEPA 2002b; USEPA 2003b).
EPA primarily used field-measured BAFs and laboratory-measured BCFs available from peer-
reviewed, publicly available databases (Arnot and Gobas 2006; Environment Canada 2006) to
develop national BAFs. If field-measured BAFs and laboratory-measured BCFs were not
available from those sources, EPA selected Kow values from peer-reviewed sources (i.e., Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry [ATSDR] preferentially, followed by U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services' Hazardous Substances Data Bank) for use in calculating national
BAFs using the Kow method described in EPA's Technical Support Document, Volume 2 (USEPA
2003a). For those chemicals for which the Kow method was not applicable based on the
Technical Support Document, Volume 2 (USEPA 2003a), EPA performed open literature
searches of peer-reviewed journal articles to find field-measured BAFs or laboratory-measured
BCFs.
4.4.2 Chemical-specific BAFs
EPA selected national BAF values of 4.8 L/kg (TL2), 6.2 L/kg (TLS), and 7.0 L/kg (TL4) for
2,4-dimethylphenol. EPA followed the framework for selection of methods for deriving national
BAFs in Figure 3-1 of the Technical Support Document, Volume 2 (USEPA 2003a) to select a
procedure for estimating national BAFs for 2,4-dimethylphenol. Based on the characteristics of
this chemical, EPA selected Procedure 3 for deriving a national BAF value. 2,4-Dimethylphenol
has the following characteristics:
Nonionic organic chemical (USDHHS 2003)
Low hydrophobicity (log Kow < 4); log Kow = 2.3 (USDHHS 2003)
Low/unknown metabolism
EPA was not able to locate peer-reviewed, field-measured BAFs or lab-measured BCFs for TLs 2,
3, and 4. Therefore, EPA used the Kow method to derive the national BAF values for this
chemical:
TL2 = 4.8 L/kg
TLS = 6.2 L/kg
TL4 = 7.0 L/kg
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5 Hazard Identification and Dose Response
5.1 Approach
EPA considered all available toxicity values for both noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic
toxicological effects to develop this updated AWQC for 2,4-dimethylphenol. As described in the
2000 Methodology (USEPA 2000a), where data are available EPA derives AWQC for both
noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic effects and recommends the more protective value for the
AWQC. (See section 7, Criteria Derivation: Analysis.)
For noncarcinogenic toxicological effects, EPA uses a chronic-duration oral RfD to derive human
health AWQC. An RfD is an estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude)
of a daily oral exposure of the human population to a substance that is likely to be without an
appreciable risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime. An RfD is typically derived from a
laboratory animal dosing study in which a no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL), lowest-
observed-adverse-effect level (LOAEL), or benchmark dose can be obtained. Uncertainty factors
are applied to reflect the limitations of the data (USEPA 2000a).
For carcinogenic toxicological effects, EPA uses an oral CSF to derive human health AWQC. The
oral CSF is an upper bound, approximating a 95 percent confidence limit, on the increased
cancer risk from a lifetime oral exposure to a stressor.
For this update, EPA conducted a systematic search of eight peer-reviewed, publicly available
sources to obtain the toxicity value (RfD or CSF) for use in developing AWQC. EPA's primary
source of toxicity values for developing human health AWQC is its Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS) program (USEPA 2015b). EPA also systematically searched for toxicological
assessments from the following EPA program offices, other national and international
programs, and state programs:
EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs (USEPA 2015c)
EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (USEPA 2015d)
EPA, Office of Water (USEPA 2015e)
EPA, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (USEPA 2015f)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR 2015)
Health Canada (HC 2015)
California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment (CalEPA 2014)
After identifying and documenting all available toxicity values, EPA followed a systematic
process to select the toxicity values used to derive the AWQC for noncarcinogenic and
carcinogenic effects. EPA selected IRIS toxicity values to derive the updated AWQC if any of the
following conditions were met:
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1. EPA's IRIS toxicological assessment was the only available source of a toxicity value.
2. EPA's IRIS toxicological assessment was the most current source of a toxicity value.
3. EPA's IRIS program was reassessing the chemical in question and had published the
draft Toxicological Review for public review and comment, discussion at a public
meeting, and subsequent expert peer review/
4. The toxicity value from a more current toxicological assessment from a source other
than EPA IRIS was based on the same principal study and was numerically the same as
an older EPA IRIS toxicity value.
5. A more current toxicological assessment from a source other than EPA IRIS was available,
but it did not include the relevant toxicity value (chronic-duration oral RfD or CSF).
6. A more current toxicological assessment from a source other than EPA IRIS was
available, but it did not introduce new science (e.g., the toxicity value was not based on
a newer principal study) or use a more current modeling approach compared to an older
EPA IRIS toxicological assessment.
EPA selected the toxicity value from a peer-reviewed, publicly available source other than EPA
IRIS to derive the updated AWQC if any of the following conditions were met:
1. The chemical is currently used as a pesticide, and EPA Office of Pesticide Programs had a
toxicity value that was used in pesticide registration decision-making.
2. A toxicological assessment from a source other than EPA IRIS was the only available
source of a toxicity value.
3. A more current toxicological assessment from a source other than EPA IRIS introduced
new science (e.g., the toxicity value was based on a newer principal study) or used a
more current modeling approach compared to an older EPA IRIS toxicological
assessment.
5.2 Chemical-specific Toxicity Value
5.2.1 Reference Dose
EPA selected an RfD of 2 x 10~2 mg/kg-d (0.02 mg/kg-d) for 2,4-dimethylphenol based on a 1990
EPA IRIS assessment (USEPA 1990). EPA's IRIS program identified a study by EPA (USEPA 1989)
as the critical study and lethargy, prostration, ataxia, and hematological changes as the critical
effects in mice orally exposed to 2,4-dimethylphenol. The subchronic study has a NOAEL of 50
mg/kg-d. In deriving the RfD, EPA's IRIS program applied a composite uncertainty factor of 3000
to account for interspecies extrapolation (10), intraspecies variation (10), subchronic-to-chronic
study extrapolation (10), and database deficiencies (3) (USEPA 1990).
In 2002, EPA's IRIS program conducted a screening-level review of the more recent toxicology
literature pertinent to the RfD for 2,4-dimethylphenol and identified one or more significant
new studies; however, EPA's IRIS program has not reassessed this chemical.
f Equivalent to Step 4 in the July 2013 EPA Process for Developing IRIS Health Assessments. Available online at
http://www.epa.gov/iris/process.htm.
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EPA identified no other RfD sources through the systematic search described in section 5.
5.2.2 Cancer Slope Factor
2,4-Dimethylphenol has not undergone a complete evaluation and determination under EPA's
IRIS program for evidence of human carcinogenic potential (USEPA 1990).
EPA identified no CSF sources through the systematic search described in section 5.
6 Relative Source Contribution
6.1 Approach
The RSC component of the AWQC calculation allows a percentage of the RfD's exposure to be
attributed to the consumption of ambient water and fish and shellfish from inland and
nearshore waters when there are other potential exposure sources. The RSC describes the
portion of the RfD available for AWQC-related sources (USEPA 2000a); the remainder of the RfD
is allocated to other sources of the pollutant. The rationale for this approach is that for
pollutants exhibiting threshold effects, the objective of the AWQC is to ensure that an
individual's total exposure from all sources does not exceed that threshold level. Exposures
outside the RSC include, but are not limited to, exposure to a particular pollutant from ocean
fish and shellfish consumption (which is not included in the FCR), non-fish food consumption
(e.g., fruits, vegetables, grains, meats, poultry), dermal exposure, and respiratory exposure.
EPA derived an RSC for each chemical included in this 2015 update by using the Exposure
Decision Tree approach described in the 2000 Methodology (USEPA 2000a). To use that
approach, EPA compiled information for each chemical on its uses, chemical and physical
properties, occurrences in other potential sources (e.g., air, food), and releases to the
environment, as well as regulatory restrictions on other sources that are specific to the
chemical (e.g., air quality standards, food tolerance levels). The ATSDR "Toxicological Profiles"
(ATSDR 2015) were the primary sources for this information. EPA used the Hazardous
Substance Data Bank (HSDB) (USDHHS 2015) from the National Library of Medicine's Toxicology
Data Network (TOXNET) as the primary source for chemicals without ATSDR Toxicological
Profiles. Both sources are peer-reviewed compilations of chemical information.
EPA used additional references, including the following, to obtain specific types of information
and to supplement the information from ATSDR and the HSDB:
EPA's Six-Year Reviews (drinking water data) (USEPA 2009a; USEPA 2009b).
FDA Total Diet Study (USFDA 2015).
FDA Everything Added to Food in the United States (USFDA 2013).
EPA National Lake Fish Tissue Study (USEPA 2009c).
EPA Toxic Release Inventory (USEPA 2015g).
International Bottled Water Association Standards of Quality (IBWA 2012).
NOAA Mussel Watch (NOAA 2014).
Additional sources as needed.
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To determine the RSC to be used in the AWQC calculation, EPA then used the information
compiled for each chemical to address the questions posed in the Exposure Decision Tree.
Some of the important items evaluated in the Exposure Decision Tree follow:
The adequacy of the data available for each relevant exposure source and pathway.
The availability of sufficient information to characterize the likelihood of exposure to
relevant sources.
Whether there are significant known or potential uses/sources other than the source of
concern (i.e., ambient water and fish/seafood from those waters).
Whether information on each source is available to make a characterization of
exposure.
In cases where there is a lack of environmental or exposure data, or both, the Exposure
Decision Tree approach results in a recommended RSC of 20 percent. This 20 percent value for
the RSC may be replaced where sufficient data are available to develop a scientifically
defensible alternative value. When appropriate, if scientific data demonstrating that sources
and routes of exposure other than water and fish from inland and nearshore waters are not
anticipated for the pollutant in question, the RSC may be raised to 80 percent based on the
available data (USEPA 2000a).
6.2 Chemical-specific RSC
2,4-Dimethylphenol is used in coal tar disinfectant, coal tar creosote, gasoline, and rubber
production. It is also used in making Pharmaceuticals, insecticides, fungicides, dye stuffs, and
plastics (USDHHS 2003). Currently, 2,4-dimethylphenol is registered as an antimicrobial
pesticide and listed by EPA as in the registration review process (USEPA 2015c). The general
population might be exposed to 2,4-dimethylphenol primarily via inhalation of ambient air
(i.e., tobacco smoke and automobile exhaust), and possibly via ingestion offish and contact
with other products containing 2,4-dimethylphenol (USDHHS 2003).
The vapor pressure of 2,4-dimethylphenol (0.102 mm Hg at 25 ฐC) indicates that volatilization is
an important fate process for this chemical (USDHHS 2003). Recent data from EPA's Toxic
Release Inventory (USEPA 2015g) indicate that over 9,800 pounds of 2,4-dimethylphenol were
released to the air in 2013. It is not listed as a hazardous air pollutant (USEPA 2013). Thus, the
physical properties and types of releases of 2,4-dimethylphenol indicate that air is a potentially
significant source of exposure to the chemical.
2,4-Dimethylphenol has been detected in surface water, and it is expected to adsorb very little
to suspended solids and sediment in the water column based on its organic carbon-referenced
sorption coefficients (USDHHS 2003). It is very soluble in water and has an estimated half-life of
3-22 days (USDHHS 2003). This chemical has been detected in finished drinking water (USDHHS
2003); however, data are very limited. 2,4-Dimethylphenol is not regulated under the Safe
Drinking Water Act (USEPA 2014c), and it was not a chemical of concern in EPA's Six-Year
Reviews (USEPA 2009a; USEPA 2009b). No Standard of Quality for bottled water for this
chemical has been established (IBWA 2012). Thus, the physical and chemical properties of this
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chemical indicate that ingestion of surface and drinking water is a potentially significant source
of exposure.
Current information regarding concentrations of 2,4-dimethylphenol in food could not be
identified. EPA does not set a 40 CFR part 180 pesticide tolerance for this chemical in food and
feed commodities (USGPO 2015). Thus, the potential exposure to 2,4-dimethylphenol from
food is unknown.
The log Kow for 2,4-dimethylphenol is 2.3 (USDHHS 2003). The national-level BAF estimates for
2,4-dimethylphenol range from 4.8 L/kg (TL2) to 7.0 L/kg (TL4), which indicates that it has a low
potential for bioaccumulation (USEPA 2011b). Although one study reported a BCF for this
chemical of 150 L/kg in bluegill sunfish (USDHHS 2003), it was not a target chemical in either
NCAA's Mussel Watch Survey (NOAA 2014) or in EPA's National Lake Fish Tissue Study (USEPA
2009c). Thus, based on 2,4-dimethylphenol's low potential for bioaccumulation, exposure to it
from ingestion offish and shellfish is not considered likely.
In summary, limited source information as well as physical properties of this chemical
suggest that air and surface and drinking water are potentially significant sources of
2,4-dimethylphenol. Following the Exposure Decision Tree in EPA's 2000 Methodology (USEPA
2000a), significant potential sources other than fish and shellfish from inland and nearshore
waters and water ingestion exist (Box 8A in the Decision Tree); however, information is not
available to accurately characterize exposure from those different sources (Box SB in the
Decision Tree). Therefore, EPA recommends an RSC of 20 percent (0.20) for
2,4-dimethylphenol.
7 Criteria Derivation: Analysis
Table 1 summarizes the model inputs used to derive the 2015 updated human health AWQC
that are protective of exposure to 2,4-dimethylphenol from consuming drinking water and
eating fish and shellfish (organisms) from inland and nearshore waters. The criteria calculations
are presented below. These updated criteria recommendations are based on the 2000
Methodology (USEPA 2000a) and the updated exposure assumptions described above. (See
section 4, Exposure Factors; section 5, Hazard Identification and Dose Response; and section 6,
Relative Source Contribution.)
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Table 1. Summary of Input Parameters for 2015 Human Health AWQC for 2,4-Dimethylphenol
Input Parameter
RfD
CSF
RSC
BW
Dl
FCR
BAF
TL2
TL3
TL4
TL2
TL3
TL4
Value
0.02 mg/kg-d
No data
0.20
80.0 kg
2.4 L/d
0.0076 kg/d
0.0086 kg/d
0.0051 kg/d
4.8 L/kg
6.2 L/kg
7.0 L/kg
7.1 AWQC for Noncarcinogenic Toxicological Effects
For consumption of water and organisms:
AWQC (ug/L) = toxicity value (RfD [mg/kg-dl x RSC) x BW (kg) x 1,000 (ug/mg)
Dl (L/d) + ฃf=2 (FCR, (kg/d) x BAF, (L/kg))
= 0.02 mg/kg-d x 0.20 x 80.0 kg x 1,000 ug/mg
2.4 L/d + ((0.0076 kg/d x 4.8 L/kg) + (0.0086 kg/d x 6.2 L/kg) + (0.0051 kg/d x 7.0 L/kg))
= 127 ug/L
= 100 ug/L (rounded)
For consumption of organisms only:
AWQC (ug/L) = toxicity value (RfD [mg/kg-dl x RSC) x BW (kg) x 1,000 (ug/mg)
ฃJL2 (FCR, (kg/d) x BAR (L/kg))
= 0.02 mg/kg-d x 0.20 x 80.0 kg x 1.000 ug/mg
(0.0076 kg/d x 4.8 L/kg) + (0.0086 kg/d x 6.2 L/kg) + (0.0051 kg/d x 7.0 L/kg)
= 2,550 ug/L
= 3,000 ug/L (rounded)
7.2 AWQC for Carcinogenic Toxicological Effects
EPA identified no CSF sources through the systematic search described above. (See section 5,
Hazard Identification and Dose Response.) Therefore, EPA was unable to derive AWQC for
carcinogenic toxicological effects.
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7.3 AWQC Summary
EPA derived the AWQC for 2,4-dimethylphenol using a noncarcinogenic toxicity endpoint. The
updated human health AWQC for 2,4-dimethylphenol are 100 u,g/L for consumption of water
and organisms and 3,000 u,g/L for consumption of organisms only (Table 2). These updated
criteria replace EPA's previously published values (USEPA 2002b).
Table 2. Summary of EPA's Previously Recommended (2002) and Updated (2015) Human Health
AWQC for 2,4-Dimethylphenol
Water and Organism
Organism Only
2002 Human Health AWQC
380 ug/L
850 ug/L
2015 Human Health AWQC
100 ug/L
3,000 ug/L
These AWQC are intended to be protective of the general adult population from
noncarcinogenic effects due to chronic (up to a lifetime) exposure to 2,4-dimethylphenol from
ingesting water and/or consuming fish and shellfish from inland and nearshore waters.
8 Criteria Characterization
The updated 2015 human health AWQC for 2,4-dimethylphenol take into account current data
on health effects and exposure input parameters, consistent with the 2000 Methodology
(USEPA 2000a). The following paragraphs describe the individual influence of each of the
revised inputs and exposure assumptions on the overall change in value.
Body Weight
EPA's updated AWQC assume a higher BW compared to the previously recommended 2002
criteria, reflecting a recent rise in average adult BW among the U.S. population. The updated
BW assumption of 80.0 kg, based on recent survey data from the 1999-2006 NHANES data, is
10 kg greater than the previous assumption of 70 kg. Assuming all other input parameters
remain constant, a higher average BW in the AWQC calculations (Eqs. 1 and 2 above) results in
higher AWQC. That is, as BW increases, the level of a contaminant in water at or below which
negative health effects are not anticipated from a lifetime of exposure also increases.
Drinking Water Intake
The updated Dl assumption is 2.4 L/d, which is higher than the previously recommended rate of
2 L/d. Assuming all other input parameters remain constant, a higher Dl assumption in the
AWQC calculations (Eqs. 1 and 2 above) results in lower AWQC. That is, as Dl increases, and
thus overall exposure increases, the level of a contaminant in water at or below which negative
health effects are not anticipated from a lifetime of exposure decreases.
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Fish Consumption Rate
The updated FCR for fish and shellfish from inland and nearshore waters is 22.0 g/d; the
TL-specific FCRs are 7.6 g/d, 8.6 g/d, and 5.1 g/d forTLs 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The previously
recommended FCR was 17.5 g/d. Assuming all other input parameters remain constant, a
higher FCR assumption in the AWQC calculations (Eqs. 1 and 2 above) results in lower AWQC.
That is, as fish consumption increases, and thus overall exposure increases, the level of a
contaminant in water at or below which negative health effects are not anticipated from a
lifetime of exposure decreases.
Bioaccumulation Factor
The national lower (TL2), mid (TL3), and upper (TL4) TL BAFs used in the updated AWQC (Eqs. 1
and 2 above) are 4.8, 6.2, and 7.0 L/kg wet-weight, respectively. These BAFs were derived using
EPA's 2000 Methodology (USEPA 2000a) and its Technical Support Document, Volume 2 (USEPA
2003a). These national TL BAFs replace EPA's previously recommended BCF of 93.8 L/kg.
As an additional line of evidence, EPA used model-estimated BAFs from the Estimation Program
Interface (EPI) Suite (USEPA 2012) to support field-measured or predicted BAFs developed using
the four methods described above. The BCFBAF program within EPI Suite estimates fish BAFs by
using Kow and biotransformation data from a model designed by Arnot and Gobas (2003). The
model includes mechanistic processes for bioaccumulation, such as chemical uptake from the
water at the gill surface and from the diet, chemical elimination at the gill surface, fecal
egestion, growth dilution, and metabolic biotransformation. Other processes included in the
calculations are bioavailability in the water column (only the freely dissolved fraction can
bioconcentrate) and absorption efficiencies at the gill and in the gastrointestinal tract. The
model requires the Kow of the chemical and the normalized whole-body metabolic
biotransformation rate constant as input parameters to predict BAF values. The EPI Suite model
estimates are as follows:
TL2 = 9.984 L/kg
TL3 = 10.67 L/kg
TL4 = 12.33 L/kg
Assuming all other input parameters remain constant, lower BAFs or BCFs result in higher
AWQC. That is, as bioaccumulation or bioconcentration of a contaminant in fish and shellfish
decreases, the level of a contaminant in water at or below which negative health effects are not
anticipated from a lifetime of exposure increases.
The utilization of a national-level BAF rather than a BCF better represents the amount of a
contaminant accumulating in an organism because it accounts not only for the organism's
exposure to the pollutant in the water column, but also from the food chain and surrounding
environment as well as biotransformation of the pollutant in the organism due to metabolic
processes. The utilization of the three TLs of fish and shellfish consumed, as opposed to
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representing all TLs of fish and shellfish consumed by a single value, allows for better exposure
representation.
Reference Dose
EPA retained an RfD of 0.02 mg/kg-d for 2,4-dimethylphenol based on a 1990 EPA IRIS
assessment (USEPA 1990; USEPA 2002c). EPA used this RfD to derive AWQC for
noncarcinogenic effects. Assuming all other input parameters remain constant, no change in
the values used for the RfD in the AWQC calculations (Eqs. 1 and 2) results in no change in
AWQC.
Cancer Slope Factor
EPA did not select a CSF for 2,4-dimethylphenol and therefore did not derive AWQC for
carcinogenic effects. EPA did not derive AWQC for carcinogenic effects of 2,4-dimethylphenol in
its previous criteria update (USEPA 2002c).
Relative Source Contribution
An RSC of 20 percent is included in the AWQC calculation. Previously, the AWQC did not include
an RSC (or, in other words, the RSC was 100 percent) (USEPA 2002c). Assuming all other input
parameters remain constant, a lower RSC in the AWQC calculations (Eqs. 1 and 2) results in
lower AWQC.
9 Chemical Name and Synonyms
2,4-dimethylphenol (CAS Number 105-67-9)
Phenol, 2,4-dimethyl-
Caswell No. 907A
EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 086804
HSDB4253
m-xylenol
NSC 3829
RCRA waste number U101
l-hydroxy-2,4-dimethylbenzene
2,4-xylenol
4-hydroxy-l,3-dimethylbenzene
4,6-dimethylphenol
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