FDA Eyes IRIS Analyses To Develop Risk Levels For Heavy Metals In Food

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking to EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessments of developmental harms from several toxic heavy metals as a key factor in its new project to develop action levels for several of the substances including mercury and lead in foods commonly eaten by infants and young children. An FDA spokeswoman tells Inside TSCA that the agency intends to consider IRIS assessments in its “Closer to Zero” project designed to assess new research...