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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
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements (PDF, 8 K)
- Acronyms (PDF, 15 K)
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- Cover Page (PDF, 92 K)
- Table of Contents (PDF, 42 K)
- Executive Summary (PDF, 19 K)
- Introduction (PDF, 56 K)
- Risk Assessment Methods (PDF, 345 K)
- Introduction
- Hazard Identification
- Dose-Response Assessment
- Exposure Assessment
- Risk Characterization
- Summarizing Risk Data
- Development and Use of Risk-Based Consumption Limits (PDF, 122 K)
- 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 (PDF, 71 K)
- Overview & Section Organization
- Consumption Limit Tables
- Toxicological Profile Summaries for Target Analytes (PDF, 357 K)
- Introduction
- Metals
- Organochlorine Pesticides
- Organophosphate Pesticides
- Chlorophenoxy Herbicides
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
- Dioxins
- Mapping Tools for Risk Assessment and Risk Management (PDF, 323 K)
- Literature Cited (48 K)
Appendix
- A—Reviewers of First Edition of Guidance Document (PDF, 12 K)
- B—Population Exposure Assessment & Consumption Patterns and Surveys (PDF, 132 K)
- C—Dose Modification Due to Food Preparation and Cooking (PDF, 90 K)
- D—Guidance for Risk Characterization (PDF, 122 K)
- E—Additional Developmental toxicity Issues (PDF, 28 K)
- F—Summary of Limits of Detection for the Recommended Target Analytes (PDF, 15 K)
List of Figures
- 1-1—Series Summary: Guidance for Assessing Chemical Contamination Data for Use in Fish Advisories
- 2-1—Elements or Risk assessment and risk management
- 2-2—Schematic of exposure categories in upper half of a normal population distribution
- 6-1—GIS Data Layers may use raster or vector Representation techniques
- 6-2—Examples of GIS Displays from EPA's BASINInfo Maps-on-Demand Facility
- 6-3—Map showing active fish and wildlife advisories for a state
List of Tables
- 1-1—Target Analytes Recommended for Fish Sampling Programs
- 1-2—Comparison of FDA Action Levels and Tolerances with EPA Screening Values
- 1-3—Fish Consumption Rates for Various Fisher Populations
- 2-1—Uncertainty Factors and Modifying Factors for Estimating Exposure Limits for Chronic Effects
- 2-2—Mean Body Weights of Children and Adults
- 2-3—Categories of Information Necessary for a Population Exposure Assessment
- 2-4—Exposure Data Template
- 2-5—Risk Estimates
- 2-6—Risk Characterization
- 2-7—Risk Summaries for a Waterbody
- 2-8—Risk Summaries for a Geographic Area
- 3-1—Risk Values Used in Risk-Based Consumption Limit Tables
- 3-2—Input Parameters for Use in Risk Equations
- 3-3—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints & Chlordane
- 3-4—Monthly Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints- Chlordane
- 3-5—Average Body Weights and Associated Multipliers
- 4-1—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - Arsenic
- 4-2—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Cadmium
- 4-3—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Methlymercury
- 4-4—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Selenium
- 4-5—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Tributyltin
- 4-6—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - Chlordane
- 4-7—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - DDT
- 4-8—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Dicofol
- 4-9—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints -Dieldrin
- 4-10—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Endosulfan
- 4-11—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Endrin
- 4-12—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - Heptachlor Epoxide
- 4-13—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - Hexachlorobenzene
- 4-14—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - Lindane
- 4-15—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - Mirex
- 4-16—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - Toxaphene
- 4-17—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Chlorpyrifos
- 4-18—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Diazinon
- 4-19—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Disulfoton
- 4-20—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Ethion
- 4-21—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Terbufos
- 4-22—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoint - Oxyfluorfen
- 4-23—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic Health Endpoint - PAHs
- 4-24—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Endpoints - PCBs
- 4-25—Monthly Fish Consumption Limits for Carcinogenic Health Endpoint - Dioxins/Furans
- 5-1—Health and Toxicological Data Reviewed for Target Analytes
- 5-2—Toxicity Equivalent Factors for Various PAHs
- 5-3—Relative Potency Estimates for Various PAHs
- 5-4—Reported Concentrations (ppm) of Dioxin-Like Congeners in Commercial Aroclor Mixtures
- 5-5—PCB and Dioxin Concentrations (ppb) in Channel Catfish
- 6-1—Comparison of Raster- Versus Vector-Based GIS Programs
