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AFTER PEER REVIEW SUGGESTED COMPARING 12 LONG TERM TO 12 SHORT TERM ESR 2004 AVERAGES WERE ADJUSTED

IN 2010 DR FOWLES ADMITTED THE HIGHEST SHORT TERM RESULT WAS PUT INTO THE LONG TERM MEAN TCDD HE HAD DENIED THIS ADJUSTMENT IN 2006 AND 2007 IT INFLATED THE LONG TERM ELEVATION OVER SHORT TERM BY 2.5 TIMES.

APPENDIX O LISTED THE SERUM 2,3,7,8-TCDD LEVEL OF PARTICIPANT 1057 AS 33.3 PPT BY MOVING 1057 THE REPORTED MEAN TCDD ELEVATION OF 12 LONG TERM VERSUS 12 SHORT TERM INCREASED FROM 80 % TO 198 % FOR 13 VERSUS 11. THE ESR 2005 STUDY SELECTION WAS RETARGETED BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANT ELEVATION OF LONG TERM RESIDENTS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE SIGNIFICANT LONG TERM ELEVATION OVER SHORT TERM WAS CREATED BY THIS CHANGE THE SHORT TERM PRE 1974 MEAN WAS ALREADY BIASED TO LOWER 2004 TCDD - DUE TO YOUNGER AGES AT EXPOSURE.

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