Review of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Ethylene Oxide Development Support Document

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Ethylene oxide is a hazardous air pollutant and known carcinogen emitted in Texas. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) conducted an inhalation carcinogenic dose-response assessment to derive a toxicity factor for ethylene oxide. An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review TCEQ's 2020 Ethylene Oxide Carcinogenic Dose-Response Assessment Development Support Document and appendices 1-5. The committee will evaluate the methods, results, and conclusions to determin...

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Additional InformationThis review will focus on specific scientific aspects, including the overall weight of the evidence for a causal relationship between ethylene oxide and breast cancer, the appropriateness of selected cancer endpoints, model accuracy and validation analyses, and implications of endogenous ethylene oxide production for risk. Additional URLs:

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