Example –
methylene chloride
(MC)
in soil
Adult central tendency soil ingestion:
Dose =
26,000
mg
MC
50 mg soil
ingested
10
-6
kg
soil
9 years
exposed
kg soil
day
mg soil
70 years of life
71.8 kg
= 2.3 × 10
-3
mg
MC
/kg/day