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ased on dose-response data for benign and malignant liver tumors in female mice (see Table 1)<br />

(<strong>OEHHA</strong>, 1992).<br />

Methodology<br />

Expedited Proposition 65 methodology (with cross-route extrapolation) was used to derive a cancer<br />

potency factor. A unit risk factor was then calculated by <strong>OEHHA</strong>/ATES from the cancer potency<br />

factor using a reference human body weight of 70 kg and an inspiration rate of 20 m 3 /day.<br />

V. REFERENCES<br />

California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) 1992. Expedited Cancer Potency Values and<br />

Proposed Regulatory Levels for Certain Proposition 65 Carcinogens. Office of Environmental Health<br />

Hazard Assessment, Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Section, Berkeley, CA.<br />

Gold L, Slone T, Backman G, Eisenberg S, Da Costa M, Wong M, Manley N and Ames, B. 1990.<br />

Third chronological supplement to the Carcinogenic Potency Database; Standardized results of animal<br />

bioassays published through December 1986 and by the National Toxicology Program through June<br />

1987. Environ Health Perspect 84:215-285.<br />

Hazardous Substance Data Bank (HSDB) 1994. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda MD (CD-<br />

ROM Version). Micromedix, Inc., Denver CO, Edition 22.<br />

National Toxicology Program (NTP) 1986. Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Chlorinated<br />

Paraffins (C12, 60% Chlorine) in F344/N Rats and B6C3F 1 Mice (Gavage Studies). Technical Report<br />

Series No. 308. NIH Publication No. 86-2564. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,<br />

NTP, Research Triangle Park, NC.<br />

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