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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, PDF Finalizing, revising and releasing exposure assessment and mitigation documents as health and safety (HS) reports (118 kb) supersedes HSM-00006
  • 10/04/01 HSM-01014, PDF Worker Health and Safety Branch policy on the estimation of short-term, intermediate-term, annual and lifetime exposures (20 kb)
  • 01/10/01 HSM-01005, PDF Department policy on the risk management and mitigation process (32 kb)
  • 12/01/00 HSM-00010, PDF Interim guidance for selecting default inhalation rates for children and adults (42 kb)
  • 04/24/98 HSM-98014, PDF Position Paper: Standard reference values and availability of exposure factors handbook (53 kb)
  • 01/26/96 HSM-96006, PDF Parameters defining insignificant exposure (22 kb)

Dermal Absorption/Pharmacokinetic Policies

  • 7/5/96 HSM-96005, PDF Revised policy on dermal absorption default for pesticides (6 kb)
  • 4/7/94 HSM-94001, PDF Determination of dermal absorption of pesticides in animals (32 kb)

Handler Exposure Policies and Procedures

  • 09/27/02 HSM-02037, PDF Approximating confidence limits for upper bound and mean exposure estimates from the pesticide handlers exposure database (Phed V1.1) (318 kb) supersedes HSM-01010, PDF
  • 06/19/98 HSM-98001, PDF Canada-United States Trade Agreement (CUSTA) working group, final draft of position paper for issue eight: typical workdays for various crops (54 kb)
  • 06/02/98 HSM-98017, PDF Daily exposure expected for mixing/loading versus from applying/incorporating (121 kb)
  • 04/08/94 HSM-94006, PDF Protection provided by closed mixing/loading system (9 kb)

Reentry Exposure Policies and Procedures

  • 01/02/03 HSM-03001, PDF Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Yolo counties scout profile (242 kb)
  • 01/08/02 HSM-02001, PDF Equations for predicted values and prediction limits for dislodgeable foliar residues (155 kb)
  • 02/04/00 HSM-00011, PDF Worker Health and Safety Branch policy on the statistical analysis for dislodgeable foliar residue data (65 kb)
  • 03/09/99 HSM-99008, PDF Transfer factor for strawberry harvesters (18 kb)
  • 06/08/90 HSM-90001, PDF Dermal transfer factor for cotton scouts (54 kb)

Exposure Assessment Documents

  • 08/14/02 HSM-02021, PDF Annual average concentrations of 1,3-dichloropropene based on monthly use and air monitoring by the California Air Resources Board: Monterey/Santa Cruz and Kern counties, 2000 and 2001 (467 kb)
  • Worker Health and Safety Reports Exposure assessment reports may be found by entering "exposure assessment" as a keyword

Mitigation Documents

  • 01/14/02 HSM-02003, PDF Tribufos mitigation (31 kb) supersedes HSM-99021
  • 6/29/98 HSM-98002, PDF Revised EPTC exposure mitigation document (29 kb)


For content questions contact:
Joe Frank
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Telephone: (916) 324-3517
E-mail: jfrank@cdpr.ca.gov