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IRIS Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene (External Review Draft)
EPA is announcing the availability of the final Science Advisory Board report, Review of EPA’s Draft Assessment entitled Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene (September 2014).
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-14/312, 2014.
Impact/Purpose:
EPA is undertaking an update of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) health assessment for benzo[a]pyrene (BaP). The outcome of this project is an updated Toxicological Review and IRIS Summary for BaP that will be entered into the IRIS database.
Description:
The IRIS Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene was released for external peer review in September 2014. The EPA’s Science Advisory Board’s (SAB) Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) conducted a peer review of the scientific basis supporting the benzo[a]pyrene assessment and released a final report of their review in April 2016. Information regarding the peer review can be found at the SAB's website.
URLs/Downloads:
IRIS Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene (External Review Draft 2014) (PDF, 216 pp, 3385 KB, about PDF)IRIS Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene: Supplemental Information (External Review Draft 2014) (PDF, 334 pp, 4803 KB, about PDF)
Note to Reviewers (Sep 2014) (PDF, 2 pp, 276 KB, about PDF)
NCEA Draft Charge to External Reviewers (PDF, 3 pp, 92 KB, about PDF)
SAB Final Charge to Reviewers
Review of EPA's Draft Assessment Entitled Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene (September 2014)
Peer Review Plan (PDF, 2 pp, 33 KB, about PDF)
AGENCY RESPONSE TO PEER REVIEW REPORT