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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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Review of the Environmental Protection Agency's Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde
Consensus Study Report
·2011
Formaldehyde is ubiquitous in indoor and outdoor air, and everyone is exposed to formaldehyde at some concentration daily. Formaldehyde is used to produce a wide array of products, particularly building materials; it is emitted from many sources, including power plants, cars, gas and wood stoves, an...
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