You are here:
IRIS Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide (External Review Draft)
EPA announced the release of the Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts in a September 23, 2009 Federal Register Notice. This draft assessment was provided for public viewing and comment. Public comments received on the Toxicological Review within 60 days after the release of the FRN were provided to the external peer reviewers for their consideration. Any comments not received within the requested time period may be considered by EPA in their revisions. The FR also announced a public listening session that was held on October 27, 2009. The external peer review meeting was held on December 14, 2009 as announced in the November 10, 2009 Federal Register Notice announcement.
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-08/016, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
The draft Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts provides scientific support and rationale for the hazard and dose-response assessment pertaining to chronic exposure to hydrogen cyanide and cyanide salts.
Description:
EPA is conducting a peer review of the scientific basis supporting the human health hazard and dose-response assessment of hydrogen cyanide and cyanide salts that will appear on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.
URLs/Downloads:
FR Notice: Nov 10, 2009
FR Notice: Sep 23, 2009
IRIS Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts (External Review Draft) (PDF, 129 pp, 737 KB, about PDF)
Charge to External Peer Reviewers (PDF, 2 pp, 13 KB, about PDF)
Charge to External Peer Reviewers (PDF, 2 pp, 13 KB, about PDF)
Consolidated Comments from the External Peer Review (Final) (PDF, 32 pp, 146 KB, about PDF)
PEER REVIEW REPORT