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IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (External Review Draft) (September 2011)
EPA has announced the IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (External Review Draft) in a September 30, 2011 Federal Register Notice, for public review and comment. This FRN also announces a public listening session to be held on November 16, 2011. The deadline for comments is November 29, 2011.
[UPDATE] EPA announces the external peer review meeting for the draft report will be held April 3, 2012 in Arlington, Virgina. [Federal Register Notice Mar 2, 2012]
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (External Review Draft) (September 2011). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-11/005A, 2011.
Impact/Purpose:
EPA is undertaking a new health assessment for biphenyl for the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The outcome of this project will be a Toxicological Review and IRIS and IRIS Summary of biohenyl that will be entered on the IRIS database. IRIS is an EPA database containing Agency scientific positions on potential adverse human health effects that may result from chronic (or lifetime) exposure to chemicals in the environment. IRIS contains chemical-specific summaries of qualitative and quantitative health information to evaluate potential public health risks associated with exposure assessment information to evaluate potential public health risks associated with environmental contaminants. The IRIS database is relied on for the development of risk assessments sites-specific environmental decisions, and rule making.
Description:
EPA is conducting a peer review of the scientific basis supporting the human health hazard and dose-response assessment of biphenyl that will appear in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.
URLs/Downloads:
IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (External Review Draft) (PDF, 184 pp, 1638 KB, about PDF)Charge to External Peer Reviewers (PDF, 3 pp, 22 KB, about PDF)
Consolidated Comments from the External Peer Review (Final) (PDF, 52 pp, 404 KB, about PDF)
FR Notice: Mar 2, 2012
FR Notice: Sep 30, 2011
Peer Review Plan (PDF, NA pp, 31 KB, about PDF)