Science Inventory

All-Ages Lead Model (AALM), Version 2.0 (External Review Draft, 2019)

Citation:

U.S. EPA. All-Ages Lead Model (AALM), Version 2.0 (External Review Draft, 2019). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-19/011, 2019.

Impact/Purpose:

The All Ages Lead Modeling tool was developed to rapidly evaluating the impact of lead exposures on lead levels in blood and other human tissues across mutliple lifestages (from birth to 90 years of age). This 2019 update is highly anticipated since the 2005 update received comments from SAB. Together, the model software and documentation advance EPA’s earlier modeling capabilities for the assessment of lead exposures on body burden of lead and associated lead biomarkers.

Description:

The All Ages Lead Model (AALM) predicts lead concentration in body tissues and organs of hypothetical individuals, based on a simulated lifetime of lead exposure. The purpose of the model is to provide risk assessors and researchers with a tool for rapidly evaluating the impact of possible sources of lead in a specific human setting where there is a concern for potential or real human exposure to lead.

URLs/Downloads:

Technical Support Document for the All Ages Lead Model (AALM), Version 2 -- Parameters, Equations, and Evaluations (External Review Draft)  (PDF, 333 pp,  3958  KB,  about PDF)

Users Guide for the FORTRAN Version of the All Ages Lead Model (April 2019)  (PDF, 20 pp,  785  KB,  about PDF)

AALM Software, Version 2

EPA's SAB Activity Page for the Review of the All-Ages Lead Model

Memo: Formation of the SAB Panel for the review of the EPA’s External Review Draft All Ages Lead Model (AALM) Documentation and Software  (PDF, 6 pp,  226  KB,  about PDF)

List of Candidates for the All Ages Lead Model Review Panel (2019)

Lead at Superfund Sites: Frequent Questions from Risk Assessors on the Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic (IEUBK) Model

Docket ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0026   Exit EPA's Web Site

SAB FR: Sep 24, 2019   Exit EPA's Web Site

Peer Review Charge  (PDF, 1 pp,  75  KB,  about PDF)

Peer Review Plan  (PDF, NA pp,  37  KB,  about PDF)

Peer Review Report (Aug 2020)  (PDF, 85 pp,  1356  KB,  about PDF)

Agency Response Document  (PDF, 2 pp,  104  KB,  about PDF)

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( DATA/SOFTWARE/ MODEL)
Product Published Date:09/17/2019
Record Last Revised:11/23/2021
OMB Category:Influential
Record ID: 343670