SAB Backs EPA’s Novel Draft IRIS Arsenic Assessment Amid Concerns

EPA’s science advisors have approved their draft report that generally supports the agency’s long-running effort to assess the risks of inorganic arsenic, an assessment that once final is expected to drive tougher standards for drinking water, hazardous waste sites, pesticides and other exposure sources. But in approving the draft report of their arsenic subpanel Oct. 15, members of the chartered Science Advisory Board (SAB) also voted to require some revisions to their report amid objections from some panelists and industry...