EPA Urged To Weigh Methylmercury Dose-Response In Lieu Of IRIS Analysis

EPA is facing calls from observers to consider pursuing a holistic risk-benefit calculus to project the estimated risks to the public from exposure to methylmercury (MeHg), in lieu of the agency's plan to update its 13-year old Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment of the substance that the public is exposed to by eating otherwise beneficial seafood. During a recent EPA National Forum on Contaminants in Fish in Alexandria, VA, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official suggested that...