Genotoxic risk of styrene-7,8-oxide (SO) after oral styrene (ST) intake was evaluated.
Study was based on published results on inhalation genotoxicity of ST or SO in rats.
A physiological toxicokinetic model predicted blood burdens of SO in rats and humans.
Genotoxic risk of SO was linked to the SO blood burden.
A genotoxic risk of SO for humans resulting from ST from food containers is excluded.