Supplement to the 1986 EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) air-quality criteria for lead - Volume 1, addendum (pages A1-A67). Draft report

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5882394

The 1986 U.S. EPA document Air Quality Criteria for Lead (EPA-600/8-83/028 aF-dF) evaluated in detail the latest scientific information concerning sources, routes, and levels of lead (Pb) exposure and associated health effects and potential risks. An Addendum (1986) to that document focuses on additional, newer studies concerning the effects of lead on cardiovascular function and on early physical and neurobehavioral development. The present Supplement to the above materials evaluates further still newer information emerging in the published literature concerning (1) lead effects on blood pressure and other cardiovascular endpoints and (2) the effects of lead exposure during pregnancy or early postnatally on birth outcomes and/or the neonatal physical and neuropsychological development of affected children. The evaluations contained in the Supplement and the 1986 Criteria Document and Addendum are to serve as scientific inputs to decisionmaking with regard to review and revision, as appropriate, of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Lead.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
• OSTI ID: 5882394
• Report Number(s): PB-89-181374/XAB; EPA-600/8-89/049A
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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