Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds: Evaluation of the EPA Reassessment
Author:   National Research Council ,  Division on Earth and Life Studies ,  Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology ,  Committee on EPA's Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds
Publisher:   National Academies Press
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9780309102582


Pages:   268
Publication Date:   20 November 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds: Evaluation of the EPA Reassessment


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Presents the view that although the US Environmental Protection Agency presented a review of the scientific literature in its 2003 draft reassessment of the risks of dioxin, the agency did not sufficiently quantify the uncertainties and variabilities associated with the risks, nor did it adequately justify the assumptions used to estimate them.

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Author:   National Research Council ,  Division on Earth and Life Studies ,  Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology ,  Committee on EPA's Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780309102582


ISBN 10:   0309102588
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   20 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Public Summary; 3 Summary; 4 1 Introduction; 5 2 General Considerations of Uncertaintyand Variability, Selection of DoseMetric, and Dose-Response Modeling; 6 3 Toxic Equivalency Factors; 7 4 Exposure Assessment; 8 5 Cancer; 9 6 Noncancer End Points; 10 7 Review of Risk Characterization; 11 8 Conclusions and Recommendations; 12 References; 13 A Biographical Information onCommittee Members; 14 B EPA's 2005 Guidelines forCarcinogen Risk Assessment

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Committee on EPA's Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds, National Research Council

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