IRIS Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (External Review Draft)
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Abstract
The draft Toxicological Review of chloroprene provides scientific support and rationale for the hazard and dose-response assessment pertaining to chronic exposure to chloroprene. Chloroprene (C4H5Cl) is a volatile, flammable liquid used primarily in the manufacture of polychloroprene or neoprene rubber. The latter is used to make diverse products, such as tires, wire coatings, and tubing. Human health risk concerns for chloroprene are primarily related to exposures via effluent and emissions from facilities that use chloroprene to produce polychloroprene elastomers or transport the product, although these exposure concerns have not been well characterized.
This assessment contains the derivation of a chronic inhalation reference concentration (RfC) and chronic cancer inhalation unit risk.
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History/Chronology
Date | Description |
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1999 | The IRIS reassessment of chloroprene was initiated in 1999. Currently there is no entry in the IRIS database for chloroprene. |
Sep 2009 | EPA released the external review draft for public review and comment. |
Nov 2009 | EPA announced a public listening session to be held on November 23, 2009 in a November 5, 2009 Federal Register Notice. |
Dec 2009 | EPA announced an external peer review workshop to be held on January 6, 2010 in a December 1, 2009 Federal Register Notice. |
Feb 2010 | EPA released the comments from the public comment period and external review workshop. |
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- IRIS Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (External Review Draft) (PDF) (185 pp, 909 KB, about PDF)
- Charge to External Peer Reviewers (PDF) (3 pp, 13 KB, about PDF)
- Consolidated Comments from the External Peer Review (Final) (PDF) (69 pp, 314 KB, about PDF)