EPA Adds Cobalt Assessment To IRIS Schedule

June 28, 2022
EPA’s newly released agenda for Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessments shows the program is working on a review of cancer risks from cobalt inhalation -- marking the first new project the risk office has added to its agenda for the first time since the Biden administration undid a general Trump-era freeze on half of the program’s work early in 2021. The June 28 IRIS outlook document details scheduled next steps for the program’s pending assessments, including what appears to...


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