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assumptions required for estimation of metabolic dose in the absence of such data, CDHS decided that<br />

animal/human scaling was insufficiently accurate to permit reliance on PBPK-derived estimated doses to<br />

calculate “risk-specific intake levels” (CDHS, 1985).<br />

CDHS (1985) fit the multistage Weibull-in-time model to time to tumor data. The data set for the most<br />

sensitive species and tumor type, male rat hemangiosarcomas, was used to calculate a cancer potency<br />

factor. The cancer potency values which are normalized for surface area were approximated by<br />

assuming that the ratio of animal to human surface areas is equivalent to the ratio of body weights (BW)<br />

taken to the two-thirds power. CDHS (1985) estimated the cancer potency from the<br />

hemangiosarcoma data to be 0.072 (mg/kg-day) -1 . CDHS recommended that a cancer potency of<br />

0.072 (mg/kg-day) -1 be used for estimating risks from exposure to EDC. A unit risk value of 2.1 × 10 -5<br />

(µg/m 3 ) -1 was derived assuming a human breathing rate of 20 m 3 /day, a human body weight of 70 kg,<br />

and 100% fractional absorption after inhalation exposure.<br />

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