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IRIS Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE) (Public Comment Draft, 2016)
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE) (Public Comment Draft, 2016). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-16/184, 2016.
Impact/Purpose:
This material is being released for public viewing and comment prior to a public meeting, providing an opportunity for the IRIS Program to engage in early discussions with stakeholders and the public on data that may be used to identify adverse health effects and characterize exposure-response relationships.
Description:
In September 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) released the draft Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE). Consistent with the 2013 IRIS Enhancements, draft IRIS assessments are released prior to external peer review for a 60-day public comment period and discussed at an upcoming public science meeting. Accordingly, the toxicological review, supplementary information, and other materials pertaining to this draft assessment are posted on this site.
URLs/Downloads:
IRIS Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (Public Comment Draft) (PDF, 155 pp, 3047 KB, about PDF)IRIS Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether -- Supplemental Information (Public Comment Draft) (PDF, 162 pp, 2295 KB, about PDF)
Draft peer review charge for reviewers (PDF, 5 pp, 360 KB, about PDF)
Tables of evidence pertaining to kidney effects in animals exposed to ETBE (PDF, 18 pp, 1068 KB, about PDF)
HERO Primary literature search references for ETBE sorted by author.
FR Notice: Sep 1, 2016
EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0229