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IRIS Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA) (External Review Draft)
[09/24/09] EPA announces the release of the Toxicological Review of trichloroacetic acid in a September 24, 2009 Federal Register Notice. This draft assessment is provided for public viewing and comment. Public comments received on the Toxicological Review within 60 days after the release of the FRN will be provided to the external peer reviewers for their consideration. Any comments not received within the requested time period will be considered by EPA in their revisions. The FR also announced a public listening session that was held on November 4, 2009. The external peer review meeting will be held on December 10, 2009 as announced in the November 10, 2009 Federal Register Notice announcement.
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA) (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-09/003A, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
The draft Toxicological Review of trichloroacetic acid provides scientific support and rationale for the hazard and dose-response assessment pertaining to chronic exposure to trichloroacetic acid.
Description:
EPA is conducting a peer review and public comment of the scientific basis supporting the human health hazard and dose-response assessment of Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) that when finalized will appear on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.
URLs/Downloads:
FR Notice: Nov 10, 2009
FR Notice: Sep 24, 2009
Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (External Review Draft) (PDF, 253 pp, 1227 KB, about PDF)
Charge to External Peer Reviewers (PDF, 2 pp, 24 KB, about PDF)
Consolidated Comments from the External Peer Review (Final) (PDF, 70 pp, 347 KB, about PDF)