Review of the Office of Drinking Water's draft final-criteria document for ortho-meta-para-dichlorobenzene

Technical Report · Wed Mar 09 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6598221

The Halogenated Organics Subcommittee of the Science Advisory Board's Environmental Health Committee completed its review of the Office of Drinking Water's Draft Final Criteria Document for ortho-meta-para-dichlorobenzene. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has used the weight of evidence approach in recommending a classification of B2 for drinking water based on existing animal studies. The Subcommittee concluded that the reasoning offered for the conclusion is scientifically defensible, but it is not the only defensible conclusion. In assessing the issue of carcinogenicity, a key question is the weight that should be assigned to the rat data. For purposes of this and other issues, most Subcommittee members concluded that the compound should more appropriately be classified as Category C of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Science Advisory Board
• OSTI ID: 6598221
• Report Number(s): PB-89-109003/XAB; SAB-EHC-88-016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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