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A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) will assess the scientific, technical, and process changes being implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Specifically, the committee will review the IRIS process and the changes being implemented or planned by EPA and will recommend modifications or additional changes as appropriate to improve the scientific and technical performance of the IRIS program. The committee will focus on the development of the IRIS assessments rather than the review process that follows draft development.
Description
A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) will assess the scientific, technical, and process changes being implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Specifically, the committee will review the IRIS process and the changes being implemented or planned by EPA and will recommend modifications or additional changes as appropriate to improve the scientific and technical performance of the IRIS program. The committee will focus on the development of the IRIS assessments rather than the review process that follows draft development. Because several reviews of IRIS assessments have expressed concerns about EPA’s weight-of-evidence analyses, the committee will review current methods for evidence-based reviews and recommend approaches for weighing scientific evidence for chemical hazard and dose-response assessments.
Contributors
Committee
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Committee Membership Roster Comments
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7/31/2012: Lauren Zeise was provisionally appointed to the committee but will not be serving
Sponsors
EPA
Staff
Ellen Mantus
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Major units and sub-units
Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
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