ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S HUMAN HEALTH PYRETHROID CUMULATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT

 

Charles Smith

 

Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Pesticide Programs/Health Effects Division

US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7509P, Ariel Rios Building 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Washington, DC 20460

 

smith.charles@epa.gov  

 

ABSTRACT

A discussion of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (Office of Pesticide Programs/Health Effects Division) human health Pyrethroid Cumulative Risk Assessment completed in October 2011 will be presented. This presentation will focus on: 1) the regulatory background for cumulative pesticide risk assessments, 2) how cumulative risk assessments differ from single chemical risk assessments, 3) specifics of the pyrethroid cumulative assessment (toxicology/dietary exposure/residential exposure), 4) results of the pyrethroid cumulative assessment, and 5) how EPA is incorporating new uses into the pyrethroid cumulative assessment.