Drinking-Water-Criteria document for polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs). 1987 review of the draft final. Final report

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

OSTI ID:6660028

The Halogenated Organics Subcommittee of the Science Advisory Board's Environmental Health Committee completed its independent scientific review of the Draft Drinking-Water-Criteria Document for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). The review was conducted in Washington, D.C. November 19-20, 1987. The major recommendation of the Subcommittee was that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explore whether the available data on PCB congeners can be developed on a scale of toxicity similar to the toxicity equivalency factor that the Agency had already prepared for dioxins. The efforts could potentially yield some scientifically interesting insights relating to uncertainties in the PCB data base even if it represents only an approximation in which data analysis and scientific judgment are combined. In general, the Subcommittee concluded that the document suffers from a failure to clearly identify its scientific objectives.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Science Advisory Board
• OSTI ID: 6660028
• Report Number(s): PB-89-105845/XAB; SAB/EHC-88/019
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
520600* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Regulations -- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AROMATICS
CARCINOGENS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRINKING WATER
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LABORATORY ANIMALS
METABOLISM
MUTAGENS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
REGULATIONS
REVIEWS
TOXICITY
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY