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FRAMEWORK FOR APPLICATION OF THE TOXICITY EQUIVALENCE METHODOLOGY FOR POLYCHLORINATED DIOXINS, FURANS, AND BIPHENYLS IN ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Citation:
Henry, T. R., P. M. Cook, P M. Cirone, M J. DeVito, J W. Duncan, R. Pepin, S. Schwenk, AND S. Wharton. FRAMEWORK FOR APPLICATION OF THE TOXICITY EQUIVALENCE METHODOLOGY FOR POLYCHLORINATED DIOXINS, FURANS, AND BIPHENYLS IN ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT. DIOXIN 2003: 23rd International Symposium of Halogenated Organic Pollutants and Persistent Organic Pollutants, Boston, MA, August 24-29, 2003.
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and biphenols (PCBs) commonly occur as complex mixtures in the environment, including in animal tissues. For more than a decade the USEPA and other organizations have estimated the combined risks that such mixtures pose to human health using a method known as the toxicity equivalence methodology... Based on recommendations from a 1998 workshop sponsored by EPA and the US Department of the Interior, the Framework for Application of the Toxicity Equivalence Methodology for Polychlorinated Dioxins, Furans and Biphenyls in Ecological Risk Assessment (heretofore referred to as the framework) has been developed.