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A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) will conduct an independent scientific review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft human health assessment of formaldehyde for the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The committee will provide a brief report that comments on EPA’s identification of potential adverse noncancer health effects, assessment of carcinogenic potential, exposure-response analysis for identified end points, quantitative risk assessment methods, and evaluation of sources of uncertainty in the health assessment.
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