Review of Existing Literature on Quantifying and Valuing Human Health Risks Associated with Low Level Exposure to PCBs

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Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction and summary of findings
  • 1.1 Damage function approach
  • 1.2 Background on PCB contamination and risk
  • 1.3 Health risk overview
  • 1.4 Health risk conclusions
  • 1.5 Valuation conclusions
  • 1.6 Organization of the remainder of this report
• 2. Review of concentration-response relationships between environmental exposures to low levels of PCBs and health effects
  • 2.1 Immune system deficiencies
  • 2.2 Neurological impairment
  • 2.3 Developmental impairment
  • 2.4 Fatal and non-fatal cancers
• 3. Valuation
  • 3.1 Approaches to economic valuation of health effects
  • 3.2 Available unit values or valuation functions for PCB-related health effects
  • 3.3 Mortality valuation (applicable for fatal cancers)
  • 3.4 Non-fatal liver cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • 3.5 Hypertension and hypertension-related health effects
  • 3.6 Abnormal neurodevelopment and developmental deficits
  • 3.7 Respiratory symptoms
  • 3.8 Summary of recommended values
• References