EPA Urged To Include Chloroprene IRIS Value In Pending Neoprene RTR

February 13, 2023
Environmentalists are pressing EPA to incorporate its industry contested risk value for chloroprene in its pending court-ordered proposal to conduct a Risk & Technology Review (RTR) of neoprene production facilities, which does not include a chloroprene health standard 13 years after the agency first adopted the value. One environmentalist following the issue tells Inside EPA Feb. 10 that groups are “hoping EPA will integrate” the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) chloroprene value -- first set in 2010 to reflect...


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