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Air Quality Criteria for Lead Volume II of II - (NEPIS)(EPA) - US ...

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Figure AX7-1.3.1. Avian reproduction and growth toxicity data considered in<br />

development <strong>of</strong> the Eco-SSL.<br />

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2005b).<br />

Environmental Protection Agency, 2005b). For more in<strong>for</strong>mation on the rationale <strong>for</strong> selecting<br />

TRVs, please refer to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2003).<br />

Many <strong>of</strong> the toxicity data presented in the Eco-SSL document (U.S. Environmental<br />

Protection Agency, 2005b) are lower than those discussed in the 1986 <strong>Lead</strong> AQCD. The TRV<br />

and resulting Eco-SSL were derived using many conservative assumptions. For example, the<br />

<strong>EPA</strong> (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2005b) recognizes that toxicity is observed over a<br />

wide range <strong>of</strong> doses (100 mg Pb/kg bw/day), even when considering only reproductive<br />

effects in the same species. In addition, the TRV <strong>of</strong> 1.63 mg/kg-day is lower than most <strong>of</strong> the<br />

reported doses that have been associated with measured effects. This is true <strong>for</strong> not only<br />

survival, growth, and reproductive effects but also biochemical, behavioral, physiological, and<br />

pathological effects, which generally are observed at lower concentrations than effects on growth<br />

or reproduction. In addition, the Eco-SSL was back-calculated using conservative modeling<br />

assumptions. There<strong>for</strong>e, the Eco-SSL <strong>of</strong> 11 mg/kg may be considered a conservative value.<br />

AX7-69

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