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Lead (Pb) Standards - Risk and Exposure Assessments from Review Completed in 2016

The following quantitative risk and exposure assessments informed the EPA's 2016 review of the Pb NAAQS.

2007 REA - Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessment

  • Lead: Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessments for Selected Case Studies: Volume I Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessments - Full-scale (Main Body of Report) (PDF)(172 pp, 1 M, October 2007 About PDF)
  • Lead: Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessment (Full-Scale): Volume II Appendices (PDF)(875 pp, 14 M, November 2007, About PDF)
  • Errata for Lead: Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessments for Selected Case Studies. Volume II: Appendices (PDF)(2 pp, 318 K, October 2008, About PDF)

2006 REA - Screening-Level Ecological Risk Assessment

  • Lead Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessments and Ecological Risk Assessment for Selected Areas - Pilot Phase: Main Body of Draft Report (PDF)(221 pp, 4 M, December 2006, About PDF)
  • Lead Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessments and Ecological Risk Assessment for Selected Areas - Pilot Phase: Draft Appendices (PDF)(357 pp, 6 M, December 2006, About PDF)

You may also be interested in other documents from the lead NAAQS review completed in 2016.

Reviewing National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

  • Carbon Monoxide Standards
  • Lead Standards
  • Nitrogen Dioxide Primary Standards
  • Nitrogen Dioxide Secondary Standards
  • Ozone Standards
  • Particulate Matter Standards
  • Sulfur Dioxide Primary Standards
  • Sulfur Dioxide Secondary Standards
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Last updated on August 14, 2024
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