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EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL CARCINOGENICITY OF COKE OVEN EMISSIONS
Citation:
EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL CARCINOGENICITY OF COKE OVEN EMISSIONS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-91/095 (NTIS PB93185163), 1988.
Description:
Coke oven emissions are known human carcinogens, classified as weight-of-evidence Group A under the EPA Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment (U.S. EPA, 1986a). vidence on potential carcinogenicity from animal studies is "Sufficient,". and the evidence rom human studies is "Sufficient." he potency factor (F) for coke oven emissions are estimated to be 1.53 (mg/kg/day)-1, placing it in potency group 2 according to the CAG's methodology for evaluating potential carcinogens (U.S. EPA, 1986b), coke oven emissions. ombining the weight-of-evidence group and the potency group are assigned a "HIGH" hazard ranking for the purposes of RQ adjustment.
