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Lymphohematopoietic Cancers Induced by Chemicals and Other Agents: Overview and Implications for Risk Assessment (External Review Draft)
EPA is announcing the release of the draft report, Lymphohematopoietic Cancers Induced by Chemicals and Other Agents: Overview and Implications for Risk Assessment, for a 45-day public comment period. Public comments received after the release of the FRN will be provided to the external peer reviewers for their consideration. The deadline for comments is January 24, 2011. Any comments not received within the requested time period will be considered by EPA in their revisions. The External Peer Review meeting details will be announced in a separate Federal Register Notice. [Federal Register Dec 8, 2010]
Citation:
U.S. EPA. Lymphohematopoietic Cancers Induced by Chemicals and Other Agents: Overview and Implications for Risk Assessment (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-10/095A, 2010.
Impact/Purpose:
The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the types and mechanisms underlying the lymphohematopoietic cancers induced by chemical agents and radiation in humans, with a primary emphasis on leukemia and leukemia-inducing agents.
Description:
This draft report provides an overview of the types of mechanisms underlying the lymphohematopoietic cancers induced by chemical agents and radiation in humans, with a primary emphasis on leukemia and leukemia-inducing agents. It focuses on how mechanistic information on human leukemia-inducing agents can inform risk assessment.
URLs/Downloads:
Lymphohematopoietic Cancers Induced by Chemicals and Other Agents: Overview and Implications for Risk Assessment (PDF, 100 pp, 900 KB, about PDF)FR Notice: Dec 8, 2010
