Public Health Assessment Public Comment Release
Because of uncertainties involved in estimating carcinogenic risk, ATSDR employs a weight-of-
in words (qualitatively) rather than giving a numerical risk estimate only. The numerical risk
estimate must be considered in the context of the variables and assumptions involved in their
derivation and in the broader context of biomedical opinion, host factors, and actual exposure
conditions. The actual parameters of environmental exposures must be given careful
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