An Exploratory Study: Assessment of Modeled Dioxin Exposure in Ceramic Art Studios (External Review Draft)
[11/29] EPA announces an External Peer Review Worshop will be hosted on Jan 16, 2008 in a November 29, 2007 Federal Register Notice.
[10/4/07] EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the draft document, An Exploratory Study: Assessment of Modeled Dioxin Exposure in Ceramic Art Studios (External Review Draft), as announced in the October 4, 2007 Federal Register Notice. In addition EPA will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peer-review workshop to review the external review draft. The deadline for comments is November 18, 2007.
Citation:
U.S. EPA. An Exploratory Study: Assessment of Modeled Dioxin Exposure in Ceramic Art Studios (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-06/044A.
Impact/Purpose:
The purpose of this report is to describe an exploratory investigation of potential dioxin exposures to artists/hobbyists who use ball clay to make pottery and related products.
Description:
EPA has released an external review draft entitled, An Exploratory Study: Assessment of Modeled Dioxin Exposure in Ceramic Art Studios(External Review Draft). The public comment period and the external peer-review workshop are separate processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the document. In addition to consideration by EPA, all public comments submitted in accordance with this notice will also be forwarded to EPA’s contractor for the external peer-review panel prior to the workshop.
EPA has realeased this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination.
URLs/Downloads:
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY: ASSESSMENT OF MODELED DIOXIN EXPOSURE IN CERAMIC ART STUDIOS (ERD) COMPLETE REPORT (PDF, 144 pp, 7983 KB, about PDF)AN EXPLORATORY STUDY: ASSESSMENT OF MODELED DIOXIN EXPOSURE IN CERAMIC ART STUDIOS (ERD) W/O APPENDICES (PDF, 140 pp, 560 KB, about PDF)
EPA'S DIOXIN EXPOSURE INITIATIVE (DEI) - 1994
APPENDIX A: SUBJECT QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS (PDF, 9 pp, 50 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX B: PICTURES OF ARTISANS PRIOR TO SKIN RINSE PROCEDURE (PDF, 5 pp, 5077 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX C: REAL-TIME PARTICLE CONCENTRATION DATA (PDF, 14 pp, 231 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX D: RESPICON, CASCADE IMPACTOR, PDR-1000, AND CLIMET CI-500 DATA FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT (PDF, 5 pp, 67 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX E: SEM AND EDS DATA BY SUBJECT (PDF, 5 pp, 337 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX F: MONTE CARLO SIMULATION RESULT GRAPHICS (PDF, 15 pp, 269 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX G: EVALUATION OF CLAY DUST INHALATION (PDF, 14 pp, 230 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX H: SKIN RINSING DATA (PDF, 2 pp, 23 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX I: ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DERMAL ABSORPTION (PDF, 5 pp, 51 KB, about PDF)
DIOXIN REASSESSMENT. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (NAS) REVIEW DRAFT 2004
FR Notice: Nov 29, 2007
FR NOTICE: OCT 4, 2007