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IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (Interagency Science Discussion Draft)
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (Interagency Science Discussion Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-11/005D, 2013.
Impact/Purpose:
EPA is undertaking a new health assessment for biphenyl for the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The outcome of this project will be a Toxicological Review and IRIS and IRIS Summary of biohenyl that will be entered on the IRIS database. IRIS is an EPA database containing Agency scientific positions on potential adverse human health effects that may result from chronic (or lifetime) exposure to chemicals in the environment. IRIS contains chemical-specific summaries of qualitative and quantitative health information to evaluate potential public health risks associated with exposure assessment information to evaluate potential public health risks associated with environmental contaminants. The IRIS database is relied on for the development of risk assessments sites-specific environmental decisions, and rule making.
Description:
EPA is releasing the draft report, Toxicological Review of Biphenyl, that was distributed to other federal agencies and the Executive Office of the President for comment during Interagency Science Discussion (IASD) (Step 6b) of the IRIS assessment development process. Interagency comments received and EPA’s response are provided below.
URLs/Downloads:
IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (Interagency Science Discussion Draft) (April 2013) (PDF, 213 pp, 1945 KB, about PDF)IRIS Summary for Biphenyl (Interagency Science Discussion Draft) (April 2013) (PDF, 25 pp, 180 KB, about PDF)
EPA’s Response to Major Interagency Science Discussion Comments (PDF, 4 pp, 61 KB, about PDF)
1. CEQ IASD comments on biphenyl (PDF, 1 pp, 43 KB, about PDF)
2. OMB and OSTP IASD comments on biphenyl (PDF, 2 pp, 46 KB, about PDF)
IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (Aug. 2013) (PDF, 225 pp, 1700 KB, about PDF)
IRIS Summary for Biphenyl (Aug 2013) (PDF, 12 pp, 111 KB, about PDF)