Calculate the phototoxic benchmark for a given P~abs~ and PAH chemical using the PTLM

The phototoxic benchmark is the acute benchmark concentration of a phototoxic PAH based on its narcotic toxicity (narcotic benchmark) and calculations of site-specific or field-level light absorption.

Usage

phototoxic_benchmark(x, pah = NULL, narc_bench = NULL, time_multiplier)

Arguments

x

light absorption, calculated from p_abs(), or a tuv_results data.frame from tuv() or get_tuv_results().

pah

The PAH of interest, which is used to calculate the narcotic benchmark value.

narc_bench

(optional) the narcotic toxicity (i.e., in the absence of light) of the PAH in ug/L. If supplied, takes precedence over the PAH lookup.

time_multiplier

If x is a tuv_results data frame, this is the multiplier to get the total exposure time. I.e., if the tuv_results contains 24 hours of data, and you need a 48h exposure, the multiplier would be 2 (this is the default). Ignored if x is a numeric value of light absorption.

Value

the phototoxic benchmark value of the PAH in ug/L.

Details

You can either supply a specific PAH, so the narcotic benchmark can be calculated for that chemical, or supply a narcotic benchmark value directly.

References

Marzooghi, S., Finch, B.E., Stubblefield, W.A., Dmitrenko, O., Neal, S.L. and Di Toro, D.M. (2017), Phototoxic target lipid model of single polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environ Toxicol Chem, 36: 926-937. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3601

Examples

phototoxic_benchmark(590, pah = "Benzo[a]pyrene")
#> [1] 0.09815802
phototoxic_benchmark(590, narc_bench = 450)
#> [1] 20.40962