EPA HAWC is an interactive, expert-driven, content management system for human health assessments that is intended to promote transparency, data usability, and understanding of the data and decisions supporting an environmental and human health assessment. Specifically, EPA HAWC is an application that allows the data and decisions supporting an assessment to be evaluated and managed in modules (e.g., study evaluation, summary study data) that can then be publicly accessed online.

EPA HAWC Publications

EPA Report

• U.S. EPA. Appendix D. HAWC User's Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-20/345F, 2021.

Journal Article

• Shapiro AJ, Antoni S, Guyton KZ, Lunn RM, Loomis D, Rusyn I, Jahnke GD, Schwingl PJ, Mehta SS, Addington J, Guha N. Software Tools to Facilitate Systematic Review Used for Cancer Hazard Identification. Environ Health Perspect. 2018 Oct;126(10):104501. DOI: 10.1289/EHP4224.

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Technical Support

EPA HAWC is supported by most modern browsers; Google Chrome is preferred. There are reported errors in functionality when using Internet Explorer.

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