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National Guidance
Guidance for Assessing Chemical Contaminant Data for Use In Fish Advisories
Volume 2: Risk Assessment and Fish Consumption Limits - Third Edition
November 2000; EPA 823-B-00-008
Download the complete guidance: Volume 2: Risk Assessment and Fish Consumption Limits (PDF) (383 pp., 1.2 MB; About PDF).
- Introduction
- Risk Assessment Methods
- Introduction
- Hazard Identification
- Dose-Response Assessment
- Exposure Assessment
- Risk Characterization
- Summarizing Risk Data
- Development and Use of Risk-Based Consumption Limits
- Overview and Section Organization
- Equations Used to Develop Risk-Based Consumption Limits
- Default and Alternative Values for Calculating Consumption Limits
- Modification of Consumption Limits for a Single Contaminant in a Multispecies Diet
- Modification of Consumption Limits for Multiple Contaminant Exposures
- Risk-Based Consumption Limit Tables
- Overview & Section Organization
- Consumption Limit Tables
- Toxicological Profile Summaries for Target Analytes
- Introduction
- Metals
- Organochlorine Pesticides
- Organophosphate Pesticides
- Chlorophenoxy Herbicides
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
- Dioxins
- Mapping Tools for Risk Assessment and Risk Management
- Literature Cited (48 K)
Appendix
- A—Reviewers of First Edition of Guidance Document
- B—Population Exposure Assessment & Consumption Patterns and Surveys
- C—Dose Modification Due to Food Preparation and Cooking
- D—Guidance for Risk Characterization
- E—Additional Developmental toxicity Issues
- F—Summary of Limits of Detection for the Recommended Target Analytes