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Summary Of U.S. EPA Dioxin Workshop - Feb 2009
This document provides a summary of the Scientific Workshop to Inform EPA’s Response to National Academy of Science Comments on the Health Effects of Dioxin in EPA’s 2003 Dioxin Reassessment. The goals of the Dioxin Workshop were to identify and address issues related to the dose-response assessment of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).
Citation:
U.S. EPA. Summary Of U.S. EPA Dioxin Workshop - Feb 2009. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-09/027, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
This document provides a summary of the Scientific Workshop to Inform EPA’s Response to National Academy of Science Comments on the Health Effects of Dioxin in EPA’s 2003 Dioxin Reassessment. The goals of the Dioxin Workshop were to identify and address issues related to the dose-response assessment of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and Argonne National Laboratories, through an inter-Agency agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy, convened a workshop that identified and addressed issues related to the dose-response assessment of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). This report summarizes the discussions and conclusions from that workshop, which was held on February 18−20, 2009, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
URLs/Downloads:
Summary of U.S. EPA Dioxin Workshop February 18−20, 2009. Cincinnati, Ohio (PDF, 38 pp, 711 KB, about PDF)2009 Dioxin Re-Assessment Workshop Details and Announcement
Preliminary Literature Search on Dioxin 2008
Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) and Related Compounds (U.S. EPA, 2003)
Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds: Evaluation of the EPA Reassessment (NAS, 2006)
NAS Public Summary of the Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds Evaluation of the EPA Reassessment
NCEA Dioxin Overview Page (with a history of Dioxin Research)