General Guidelines cont'd - hdbk110697

DOE-HDBK-1106-97

Radiological Contamination Control Training

for Laboratory Research

Instructor's Guide

Instructor's Notes

Note: EPA carcinogen

5. Provide as much physical separation as possible between

designations are as

classes.

follows:

EPA-A Human

6. Biohazards should be properly labeled and may be stored as

Carcinogen: sufficient

one group.

evidence from

epidemiologic studies to

7. Class B and C carcinogens should be properly labeled and

support a casual

stored with their chemical family.

association between

exposure and cancer.

8. Store Class A carcinogens in the glovebox or another

EPA-B Probable Human

regulated area.

Carcinogen: weight of

evidence of human

carcinogenicity based on

epidemiologic studies is

limited; agents for which

weight of evidence of

carcinogenicity based on

animal studies is

sufficient. Two

subgroups: B1: Limited

evidence of

carcinogenicity from

epidemiologic studies;

B2: Sufficient evidence

from animal studies;

inadequate evidence or no

data from epidemiologic

studies.

B-2