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IRIS Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA) (Interagency Science Consultation Draft)
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Contact
- Karen A. Hammerstrom
- by phone at: 703-347-8642
- by email at: hammerstrom.karen@epa.gov
Downloads/Related Links
- Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (Interagency Science Consultation Draft) (PDF) (305 pp, 4 MB, about PDF)
- Charge to External Peer Reviewers (Interagency Science Consultation Draft) (PDF) (3 pp, 64 KB, about PDF)
- OMB Comments on the Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid and Charge to External Peer Reviewers (Interagency Science Consultation Draft) (PDF) (3 pp, 29 KB, about PDF)
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Background
The draft Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid provides scientific support and rationale for the hazard identification and dose-response assessment pertaining to chronic exposure to trichloroacetic acid. Trichloroacetic acid is used as an antiseptic, skin peeling agent, and chemical intermediate to produce a variety of organic chemicals. Trichloroacetic acid is also used industrially as an etching and pickling agent for surface treatment of metals and as a solvent in the plastics industry. Trichloroacetic acid is formed from organic materials during water chlorination.
This assessment contains the derivation of a chronic reference dose and cancer oral slope factor.
This assessment contains the derivation of a chronic reference dose and cancer oral slope factor.
History/Chronology
| 1996 | EPA posted the IRIS assessment for trichloroacetic acid on the database (cancer assessment only). |
| 2004 | EPA started IRIS reassessment of trichloroacetic acid cancer assessment and assessment of noncancer endpoints. |
| Sep 2009 | EPA released an External Reviewer Draft for public comment and review. |
Next Steps
Following external peer review of the Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA) , the assessment will be revised, to respond to external peer review and public comments, will undergo a final EPA internal review and a review by and science discussion with other federal agencies and White House offices, and will be posted to the IRIS database.
Citation
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA) (Interagency Science Consultation Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-09/003B, 2009.