NAS Calls IRIS Handbook ‘A Model’ For TSCA But Seeks Targeted Changes

November 30, 2021
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is praising the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program’s systematic review approach as “a model” for TSCA and other EPA offices, while urging changes it says would further improve IRIS assessments’ transparency and rigor, according to its newly released peer-review of the program’s handbook. “The committee found that the handbook reflects the significant improvements that EPA has made in its IRIS assessment process. For instance, the handbook describes the inclusion of sophisticated, state-of-the-art methods...


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