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,
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.