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z _ (THU) 17: DEP ► SERO TEL 50894"t 6557 P. 002 <br /> NOV, 0 7 9 6 <br /> 1 <br /> f <br /> FACT SHEET <br /> DEO f <br /> Southeast ETHYLENE D ROMME <br /> ftgion <br /> (RDB) <br /> 20 <br /> ltiveWide <br /> Drive <br /> Lakwfle gyms; , -dibromaethane'.r; ixamide. Track names include fr3rorno'urne and Do fume. <br /> MA n <br /> 02347 �lses <br /> 508 * EDB is mostly man-made chemical used as a pesticide and VwI in a additive- Mmrica lty,EM <br /> 946,271DO was added to leaded gasoline to produce he ftr fuel e-Mciency but less EDB is made for this pude <br /> as leaded fowl use has decreased. <br /> ITB has been used as a pesticide in scil,and on citrus,vegetible,and fvrain craps. EPA,stopped <br /> most of las pesticide use in 1984. <br /> .F <br /> EDS F-S a.m mu factured c hemi cal. It also occurs naturally in the ocean in very small amounts where f <br /> it is formed,probably by algae and kelp. <br /> Ethyleac dibrornide is a colorless liquid with a mild,sweet mar,high volatility and hirh v�raw <br /> sviubllity- <br /> +� Zt dissolves in water and will move through soil into the grommdwater. <br /> • <br /> It bresJ�s dowa in air to farm less toxic chemicals,but may remain unchanged in soil and <br /> gmundwatm for several yeas. <br /> Small:amount remain awiched to sail particles. <br /> verul factors will determine whether hurutfut effects will occur and what the type and severity of <br /> triose health effects will be. These factors include the dose(stow much), the duration (haw long), the <br /> route or pathway by which you are exposed (h ma th Ings eating, drin ki rim,or shin contact),the other <br /> ehern Ica is to which you are exposed, and your age,sex,nutritional status, family traits,lifestyle,and <br /> shite Of health. <br /> • <br /> The Massachusetts Degmunent oC Environmental Protection(M ADEP)has set a.drinkiitg water <br /> standard of 0.0000 pam-per-mi]lion of EDB per one mi l]ion of drinking water(0.00002 ppm)_ <br /> M AIDEp leas dished a zrcundwater standard of 3 parts--per-million EDS inaregs where there is <br /> rhe potential for EIS to leave the groundwater and migrate to indoor ate. <br /> ■ U SEPA does not allow any EDB residues to be in food. <br />