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Exposure Assessment Guidelines HS-1612
  • HS-1612, the Exposure Assessment Guidelines are currently under revision and will be posted on final approval.
General Exposure Assessment Policies
  • 12/21/01 HSM-01018 Finalizing, Revising and Releasing Exposure Assesment and Mitigation Documents as Health and Safety (HS) Reports (PDF, 118KB) Supersedes HSM-00006

  • 10/04/01 HSM-01014 Worker Health And Safety Branch Policy On The Estimation Of Short-Term, Intermediate-Term, Annual And Lifetime Exposures (PDF, 20KB)

  • 01/10/01 HSM-01005 Department Policy on the Risk Management and Mitigation Process (PDF, 32KB)

  • 12/01/00 HSM-00010 Interim Guidance for Selecting Default Inhalation Rates for Children and Adults (PDF, 42KB)

  • 04/24/98 HSM-98014 Position Paper: Standard Reference Values and Availability of Exposure Factors Handbook (PDF, 53KB)

  • 01/26/96 HSM-96006 Parameters Defining Insignificant Exposure (PDF, 22KB)
Dermal Absorption/Pharmacokinetic Policies
  • 7/5/96 HSM-96005 Revised Policy on Dermal Absorption Default for Pesticides(PDF, 6KB)

  • 4/7/94 HSM-94001 Determination of Dermal Absorption of Pesticides in Animals(PDF, 32KB)
Handler Exposure Policies and Procedures
  • 09/27/02 HSM-02037 Approximating Confidence Limits For Upper Bound And Mean Exposure Estimates From The Pesticide Handlers Exposure Database (Phed V1.1) (PDF, 318KB) Supersedes HSM-01010

  • 06/19/98 HSM-98001 Canada-United States Trade Agreement (CUSTA) Working Group, Final Draft of Position Paper for Issue Eight: Typical Workdays for Various Crops (PDF, 54KB)

  • 06/02/98 HSM-98017 Daily Exposure Expected for Mixing/Loading Versus from Applying/Incorporating (PDF, 121KB)

  • 04/08/94 HSM-94006 Protection Provided by Closed Mixing/Loading System (PDF, 9KB)
Reentry Exposure Policies and Procedures
  • 01/02/03 HSM-03001 Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Yolo Counties Scout Profile (PDF, 242KB)

  • 01/08/02 HSM-02001 Equations for predicted values and prediction limits for dislodgeable foliar residues (PDF, 155KB)

  • 02/04/00 HSM-00011 Worker Health and Safety Branch Policy on the Statistical Analysis for Dislodgeable Foliar Residue Data (PDF, 65KB)

  • 03/09/99 HSM-99008 Transfer Factor For Strawberry Harvesters (PDF, 18KB)

  • 06/08/90 HSM-90001 Dermal transfer factor for cotton scouts (PDF, 54KB)
Exposure Assessment Documents
  • 08/14/02 HSM-02021 Annual Average Concentrations of 1,3-Dichloropropene Based on Monthly Use and Air Monitoring by the California Air Resoures Board: Monterey/Santa Cruz andKern Counties, 2000 and 2001 (PDF, 467KB)

  • Worker Health and Safety Reports Exposure Assessment Reports may be found by entering "Exposure Assessment" as a keyword
Mitigation Documents

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