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To evaluate the scientific basis for these alternative standards, we compare the OSHA estimates of risk, derived from mathematical modelling of selected studies, to empirical data on lung cancer and kidney dysfunction in the published literature. At least seven epidemiologic studies examine renal tubular proteinuria by cumulative cadmium exposure. Three suggest increased proteinuria at cumulative exposures below 500 \u03bcg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\u2010year (equivalent to a PEL of 11.1 \u03bcg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup> over 45 working years). One shows prevalence increasing at cumulative exposures between 100 and 299 \u03bcg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup> (equivalent to a PEL between 2.2 and 6.6 \u03bcg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>). Insufficient data exist to estimate a no\u2010effect level for kidney toxicity. For lung cancer, qualitative evidence of carcinogenicity in humans is seen in four of five occupational cohorts. Quantitative estimates of risk based on epidemiologic data provide lower and more plausible estimates of lifetime risk than do estimates from a rodent bioassay. 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