Recent Additions

On January 6, 2010, an external peer review panel workshop was hosted by an independent contractor on the Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (External Review Draft). Completing this review, a final report of the comments from the workshop were collected and is now available.

EPA is requesting that any speaker or observer who registered by e-mail before January 25, 2010, for the February 23, 2010, listening session on methanol, to please send in another registration request to IRISListeningSession, IRISListeningSession@epa.gov to ensure you are on the list.

EPA announces the details of an external peer review meeting to be held on March 3-4, 2010. This draft document, Exposure Factors Handbook 2009 Update (External Review Draft) was previously provided for public viewing and comment. [Federal Register Feb 2, 2010 ]

The IRIS Program is looking for post-doctoral candidate(s) to support their program's mission. A more detailed postion discription and the steps for applying can be found on the NCEA post-doc website.

EPA is annoucing the Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for Carbon Monoxide (CO) Final Report. This is EPA’s latest evaluation of the scientific literature on the potential human health and welfare effects associated with ambient exposures to CO. The development of this document is part of the Agency's periodic review of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and will provide the scientific basis to inform EPA decisions related to the review of the current CO standards. [Federal Register Jan 29, 2010]

On December 17, 2009, an external peer review panel workshop was hosted by an independent contractor on the Toxicological Review of cis- and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene (External Review Draft). Completing this review, a final report of the comments from the workshop were collected and is now available.

On December 14, 2009, an external peer review panel workshop was hosted by an independent contractor on the Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts (External Review Draft). Completing this review, a final report of the comments from the workshop were collected and is now available.

On December 10, 2009, an external peer review panel workshop was hosted by an independent contractor on the Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (External Review Draft). Completing this review, a final report of the comments from the workshop were collected and is now available.

EPA is announcing the availability of a final report titled, An Approach to Using Toxicogenomic Data in U.S. EPA Human Health Risk Assessments: A Dibutyl Phthalate Case Study'' (EPA/600/R-09/028F). This report is about the application of genomic technologies (e.g., transcriptomics, genome sequence analysis) to study effects of environmental chemicals on human health and the environment. Currently, EPA provides no guidance for evaluating and incorporating genomic data into risk assessment. This report describes an approach to evaluate toxicogenomic data for use in risk assessment and a case study for dibutyl phthalate (DBP). [Federal Register January 13, 2010]

EPA announces the release of the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Methanol for a 60-day public review and comment period. Additionally, as per the new IRIS process, all comments received from federal agencies and White House offices on draft IRIS assessments will be made publicly available. Accordingly, interagency comments and the interagency draft of the Methanol IRIS assessment have also been released. Following the review period, EPA has also announced that a public listening session will be held on February 23, 2010. [Federal Register January 12, 2010]

NCEA announces three new science vacancy positions open to the public or career employees for merit promotion. Find out more at http://epa.gov/ncea/jobs.