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World Trade Center Independent Peer Review

Review Document and Key References


Charge for WTC Peer Review Meeting

Main Document

COPC. 2002.  World Trade Center Indoor Air Assessment:  Selecting Contaminants of Potential Concern and Setting Health-Based Benchmarks.  World Trade Center Indoor Air Taskforce Working Group.  Under Review. 

References [From Main Body of Report]  

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 1995. Toxicological Profile for Asbestos. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA.  

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 2002.  Technical Briefing Paper: Health Effects from Exposure to Fibrous Glass, Rock Wool or Slag Wool. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA.

Federal Register. 3/8/90. EPA - National Contingency Plan. 40 CFR Part 300.

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). 1988. Monograph on Man-made Mineral Fibers, Vol 43, p. 39. In: IARC Monographs of the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France.

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). 2002. USEPA, Office of Research and Development.

Johnson C. 2002.  Mercury Vapor Levels in Dwellings in Close Proximity to the WTC Site. City University of New York. 

Lanphear B.P., Matte T.D., Rogers J., et al. 1998.  The Contribution of Lead-Contaminated House Dust and Residential Soil to Children’s Blood Lead Levels.  Environ Res: (79) 51-68. Electronic link not available

Lioy, P., et al. 2002.  Characterization of the Dust/Smoke Aerosol that Settled East of the World Trade Center (WTC) in Lower Manhattan after the Collapse of the WTC September 11, 2001.  EHP, Vol 110 (7) P. 703 - 714.  Electronic link not available  

Millette J.R., Hays S.M. 1994. Settled Asbestos Dust Sampling and Analysis. CRC Press Boca Raton, FL.Electronic link not available  

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. 1993.  Technical Basis and Background for Cleanup Standards for Contaminated Sites.  N.J.A.C.  7:26D (Draft).

New York City Department of Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 2002. Final Technical Report of the Public Health Investigation to Assess Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan.  Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services. 

New York State Department of Health. 1985.  PCB Re-Entry Guidelines.  New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Toxic Substances Assessment, Division of Environmental Health Assessment.  Albany, NY.  July 17.  Document 1330P.  

Radian International. 1999.  Development of Risk-Based Wipe Sample Cleanup Levels at the Claremont Polychemical Superfund Site in Old Bethpage, New York.  Prepared for: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Electronic link not available

Rottner, B.R. 2002. Special Technical Report: Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Mercury at the World Trade Center Emergency Project. New York City Department of Design and Construction. Electronic link not available

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2001.  Public Health Service National Toxicology Program, 9th Report on Carcinogens, Revised January.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 1989.  Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Volume 1: Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A).  OSWER, EPA/540/1-89/002.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  1992.  Guidance for Data Usability in Risk Assessment (Part A). OSWER.  9285.7-09A.  

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  1993.  Provisional Guidance for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.  Office of Research and Development. EPA/600/R-93/089. Electronic link not available

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  1994. Guidance Manual for the Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model for Lead in Children.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 1996. Ambient Levels and Noncancer Health Effects of Inhaled Crystalline and Amorphous Silica:  Health Issue Assessment. EPA/600/R-95/115.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region III.  1997.  Hazard Evaluation Handbook.  A Guide to Removal Actions. EPA 903/B-97-006. Electronic link not available

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  2001.  Exposure and Human Health Re-assessment of 2,3,7,8- Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and Related Compounds.  Office of Research and Development. Peer Review Draft.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  2001a.  Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (Peer Review Draft) OPPTS, Wash. D.C.  Electronic link not available

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  2001b.  Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund Volume 1: Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part E, Supplemental Guidance for Dermal Risk Assessment) Interim.  EPA/540/R/99/005. Review Draft.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  2002a. Special Investigative Audit #14: Environmental Data Trend Report, World Trade Center Disaster; Final Update - Trends for Data Collected 9/11/01 to 4/24/02 from Lower Manhattan.  Prepared by IT Corporation for Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. - (Draft Version - October 2001)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  2002b.  Toxicological effects of fine particulate matter derived from the destruction of the World Trade Center, April 2002 draft.  National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  2002c.  EPA Website for World Trade Center Sampling Results.

U.S. Geological Survey (2001) Environmental Studies of the World Trade Center after the September 11, 2001 Attack.  Open File Report OFR-010429.

Wallace, Deborah. 1990. In the Mouth of the Dragon: Toxic Fires in the Age of Plastics. Avery Publishing Group, Inc., New York.  Electronic link not available

References [From Appendices]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 1988.  Toxicological Profile for 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.  United States Public Health Service, ATSDR, Atlanta, GA.

ATSDR. 1993.  Toxicological Profile Update for Polychlorinated Biphenyls.  United States Public Health Service, ATSDR, Atlanta, GA.

Durkin, P.R., L. Rubin, J. Withey, and W. Meylan. 1995.  Methods of assessing dermal absorption with emphasis on uptake from contaminated vegetation.  Toxicology and Industrial Health 11(l):63-79.  Electronic link not available

Kim N.K. and J. Hawley. 1985.  Re-Entry Guidelines: Binghamton State Office Building.  New York State Dept. of Health, Bureau of Toxic Substances Assessment, Division of Health Risk Control.  Albany, NY.  August.  Document 0549P.  Electronic link not available

EPA. 1987.  Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Spill Cleanup Policy.  Final Rule.  Federal Register, Volume 52, Number 63.  April 2.  

EPA. 1989.  Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund.  Volume I: Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A).  Interim Final. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C. December.

EPA. 1992.  Dermal Exposure Assessment: Principles and Applications.  Interim Report.  Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Washington, D.C. January.  EPA/600/891/011/B.

EPA, 1997a.  Draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Residential Exposure Assessment.  Office of Pesticides Programs. December 19, 1997.

EPA, 1997b.  Exposure Factors Handbook.  EPA/600/P95/002

EPA, 2001a.  Science Advisory Council for Exposure.  Policy Number 12 on Recommended Revisions to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Residential Exposure Assessments. Revised: February 22,  2001.

EPA,  2001b.  Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund Volume 1: Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part E, Supplemental Guidance for Dermal Risk Assessment) Interim.  EPA/540/R/99/005. Review Draft.

Michaud, J.M., S.L. Huntley, R.A. Sherer, M.N. Gray, and D.J. Paustenbach. 1994.  PCB and dioxin re-entry criteria for building surfaces and air.  Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 4(2):197-227.  Electronic link not available

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). 1993.  Technical Basis and Background for Cleanup Standards for Contaminated Sites.  N.J.A.C.  7:26D (Draft).  Electronic link not available

Radian International. 1999.  Development of risk-based wipe sample cleanup levels at the Claremont Polychemical Superfund site in Old Bethpage, New York.  Prepared for: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Electronic link not available

Rodes, C., R. Newsome, R Vanderpool, J Antley, R. Lewis.  2001.  Experimental methodologies and preliminary transfer factor data for estimation of dermal exposure to particles.  Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 11:123-139.  Electronic link not available

 

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