Environmental Protection Agency advisories

We know much less about the health risks from indoor air pollution than we do about those attributable to the contamination of outdoor air [4]. Several studies have shown that for inhabitants, especially children and other vulnerable subgroups, the home environment may be a dominant source of exposure to toxicants, including pesticides [5]. Indoor pollution has been ranked by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Board (US-EPA) and the Centers for Disease Control as a high environmental risk [6]. 

Drinking Water Health Advisories for Pesticides, Office of Drinking Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lewis Pubhshets, Chelsea, Mich., 1989. Includes data used for evaluating 1-day, 10-day, and longer-term health advisories for 50 pesticides which have a potential for being found in drinking water, with specific references as sources of information. 

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board. Incineration of Hazardous Liquid Waste. Washington, D.C. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1984. 

EPA. 1996. Drinking water regulations and health advisories. Washington DC U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. EPA 822-B-96-002. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Health Advisory— An estimate of acceptable drinking water levels for a chemical substance based on health effects information. A health advisory is not a legally enforceable federal standard, but serves as technical guidance to assist federal, state, and local officials. 

EPA 822-B-OO-OOl, US Environmental Protection Agency, Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories, Office of Water, Washington, DC (2000). 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting Report, Review of Proposed Revised Guidehnes for Conducting Terrestrial Field Dissipation Studies , SAP Report No. 90-01, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, p. 32 (1998). 

USEPA. Review of American Cyanamid Company s Probablistic Assessment of Chlorfenapyr and Request for Guidance on Problem Formulation. In FIFRA Science Advisory Panel Report, SAP99-05. US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (1999). Also available on the World Wide Web http //www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/1999/september/finalrpt.pdf. 

EPA. 1995b. Guidance for assessing chemical contaminant data for use in fish advisories. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publication No. EPA 823-R-95-007, 2nd ed., Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, USEPA, Washington, DC. September 1995. 

The federal government has developed regulations and advisories to protect individuals from the potential health effects of acrylonitrile in the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that acrylonitrile levels in water not exceed 0.058 ppb. Any release to the environment of more than 100 lb must be reported to the federal government. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established a legally enforceable maximum limit of 2 ppm in workplace air for an 8-hour exposure over a 40-hour work week. 

Toxicity and exposure studies indicate PFOA is immunosuppressive and can cause developmental problems and other adverse effects in laboratory animals, such as rodents [Lau et al (2004), Lau et al (2006)]. In 2005 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft risk assessment of its potential human health effects [U S. EPA (2005)]. A subsequent review by the EPA science advisory board concluded that there is sufficient evidence to classify PFOA as likely human carcinogenic. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1988. United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Drinking Water Health Advisories. Chlordane. Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 104 47-62. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board,... 

EPA 1990. Chemical Emergency and Preparedness Advisory. "Swimming Pool Chemicals Chlorine." OSWER 90-008.1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. June. 

EPA. 1972. Mirex toxicology Report of the mirex advisory committee. Washington, DC U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mirex Advisory Committee, 42-70. 

William Randall Seeker received his Ph.D. in engineering (nuclear and chemical) from Kansas State University. He is the senior vice president and a member of the board of directors of Energy and Environmental Research Corporation. Dr. Seeker has extensive experience in the use of thermal treatment technologies and environmental control systems for managing hazardous waste. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Protection Agency s Science Advisory Board. Dr. Seeker has authored over 100 technical papers on various aspects of technology and environment subjects. 

EPA. 1987f. Updated drinking water standards and health advisory table. San Francisco, CA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX. 

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