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A General Guideline for Management of Risk from Carcinogens

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A simple relationship is formulated that helps to discriminate between acceptable and unacceptable individual lifetime risks (RL) to populations that are exposed to chemical carcinogens. The relationship is an empirical one and is developed using objective risk data as well as subjective risk levels that have found substantial acceptance among those concerned with carcinogenic risk assessment issues. The expression sets acceptable levels of lifetime carcinogenic risk and is a function of the total population exposed to the carcinogen. Its use in risk assessment and risk management provides guidance in distinguishing those carcinogens that should be regulated because of the health hazard they pose from those whose regulation may not be needed.

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  • Paul Milvy, 1986. "A General Guideline for Management of Risk from Carcinogens," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 6(1), pages 69-79, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:6:y:1986:i:1:p:69-79
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1986.tb00195.x
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    1. Stavins, Robert, 2004. "Introduction to the Political Economy of Environmental Regulations," RFF Working Paper Series dp-04-12, Resources for the Future.
    2. Kenneth T. Bogen & Robert C. Spear, 1987. "Integrating Uncertainty and Interindividual Variability in Environmental Risk Assessment," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(4), pages 427-436, December.

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