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IRIS Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (External Review Draft)
[12/09] UPDATE: EPA announces a public workshop that is to be held on January 6, 2010 in a December 1, 2009 Federal Register Notice announcement where specific details for the workshop can be found.
[9/09] EPA announced the release of the Toxicological Review of Chloroprene in a September 29, 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 during the External Peer Review Panel Meeting. Any comments not received within the requested time period will be considered by EPA in their revisions. The deadline for comments is November 30, 2009.
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-09/010AF, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
Chloroprene (CASRN 126-99-8) or 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene is a volatile liquid monomer used exclusively in the manufacture of polychloroprene (neoprene) elastomer.
Description:
EPA is conducting a peer review of the scientific basis supporting the human health hazard and dose-response assessment of chloroprene that will appear on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.
URLs/Downloads:
FR Notice: Dec 1, 2009
FR Notice: Nov 5, 2009
FR Notice: Sep 29, 2009
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)