Advisors Might Temper Critical BaP Review To Advance IRIS Assessment

February 12, 2016
Despite raising concerns about draft recommendations in a review of EPA's draft benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) assessment, the agency's chartered Science Advisory Board (SAB) has approved the draft peer review of the assessment of the chemical's human health risks pending minor changes. Members of the chartered SAB suggested that some of the recommendations developed by its Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee may add a lot of work for EPA and delay the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment without being worthwhile. But after...


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