Jet emissions, particularly the highly carcinogenic
benzpyrene, can cause various cancers, lymphoma, leukemia, asthma, and birth defects.
An analysis of the effects of tar
benzpyrene and methylcholanthrene on rabbit skin.
(2,3) In Graves3ophthalmopathy, the exaggerated disease has been related to the increased sympathetic activity due to nicotine and
benzpyrene, thus further stimulating the thyroid follicle cells and increasing thyroxine secretion.
The EU Council Directive 98/83/EB requires determination of the amount of organic compounds (acrylamide, benzene, 1,2-dichloretane,
benzpyrene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, tetrachloretene and trichloretene, vinyl chloride) and total amount of organic matter in drinking water by applying indirect methods of organic matter determination: Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Permanganate Index (PI).