Oral exposure to 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene induced increased liver and kidney weights.
Liver weight effects were a normal adaptive response to higher metabolic load.
Kidney weight effects were male rat-specific with no associated histopathology.
A provisional RfD of 1.2 mg/kg/day, based on a NOAEL/LOAEL approach, is proposed.
An oral population DNEL, analogous to an oral RfD, is proposed.