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SELECTION OF CANCER POTENCY VALUES<br />

In some instances, several governmental organizations have calculated cancer potency values for the<br />

same chemical. The sources for unit risk and cancer potency values included in the Technical Support<br />

Document (<strong>TSD</strong>) for Describing Available Cancer Potency Factors were generally chosen in the<br />

following hierarchical order for the reasons described below:<br />

1. Toxic Air Contaminant documents (Air Toxicology and Epidemiology Section, Office of<br />

Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA))<br />

2. Standard Proposition 65 documents (Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Section, Office<br />

of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency)<br />

3. Integrated Risk In<strong>format</strong>ion System (IRIS) documents (Office of Health and Environmental<br />

Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)<br />

4. Expedited Proposition 65 documents (Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Section,<br />

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency)<br />

5. Air Toxicology and Epidemiology Section (ATES) documents (Air Toxicology and Epidemiology<br />

Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection<br />

Agency)<br />

6. Pesticides and Environmental Toxicology Section (PETS) documents (Pesticides and Environmental<br />

Toxicology Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental<br />

Protection Agency)<br />

All the cancer potency value sources listed above generally follow the recommendations of the National<br />

Research Council on cancer risk assessment (NRC, 1983, 1994). The hierarchy of choice listed here<br />

gives preference to sources which include external peer review and public comment procedures for<br />

publishing cancer potency values. Additional weight of consideration was given to the most recent<br />

derivations using the latest data sets and scientific methodology. The publication procedure for Toxic<br />

Air Contaminant documents includes a public comment period and review by the Air Resources<br />

Board’s Scientific Review Panel (SRP) before adoption by the Air Resources Board of the California<br />

Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). Furthermore, a petition procedure is available to initiate<br />

TAC document review and revision if required because of new or previously unconsidered toxicity data.<br />

The standard Proposition 65 document adoption procedure included a public comment and external<br />

peer review by the Proposition 65 Scientific Advisory Panel. The expedited Proposition 65 document<br />

adoption procedure includes a public comment period. IRIS documents do not receive public comment<br />

or external peer review, but do undergo extensive intraagency review at US EPA and must be<br />

approved by the Carcinogen Risk Assessment Verification Endeavor Work Group (CRAVE).<br />

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