Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program write by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This book was released on 2018-04-11. Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the past several years, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been transforming the procedures of its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), a program that produces hazard and doseâ€'response assessments of environmental chemicals and derives toxicity values that can be used to estimate risks posed by exposures to them. The transformation was initiated after suggestions for program reforms were provided in a 2011 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that reviewed a draft IRIS assessment of formaldehyde. In 2014, the National Academies released a report that reviewed the IRIS program and evaluated the changes implemented in it since the 2011 report. Since 2014, new leadership of EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) and IRIS program has instituted even more substantive changes in the IRIS program in response to the recommendations in the 2014 report. Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System Program: A 2018 Evaluation reviews the EPA's progress toward addressing the past recommendations from the National Academies.
Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program
Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program write by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review Advances Made to the IRIS Process. This book was released on 2018. Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Over the past several years, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been transforming the procedures of its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), a program that produces hazard and dose‒response assessments of environmental chemicals and derives toxicity values that can be used to estimate risks posed by exposures to them. The transformation was initiated after suggestions for program reforms were provided in a 2011 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that reviewed a draft IRIS assessment of formaldehyde. In 2014, the National Academies released a report that reviewed the IRIS program and evaluated the changes implemented in it since the 2011 report. Since 2014, new leadership of EPA’s National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) and IRIS program has instituted even more substantive changes in the IRIS program in response to the recommendations in the 2014 report. Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System Program: A 2018 Evaluation reviews the EPA’s progress toward addressing the past recommendations from the National Academies" -- Publisher's description
Emerging Contaminants
Emerging Contaminants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Emerging Contaminants write by Kathleen Sellers. This book was released on 2019-11-15. Emerging Contaminants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Emerging Contaminants: Anticipating Developments examines the factors that have led "new" environmental contaminants to emerge in the past and combines the lessons learned to anticipate potential new developments. The analyses described in this book originate in multiple disciplines: the science of toxicology; environmental law and regulation; the field of product stewardship; and the social science which explains why ideas take hold. Over a dozen case studies of contaminants that emerged as environmental issues over the last hundred years illustrate crucial points. The results of the analyses in this book support a step-by-step method to assess the potential for a contaminant to emerge, and a framework to apply those conclusions to managing site liabilities. Features: Describes an unprecedented understanding of why contaminants emerge as issues, based on a multidisciplinary analysis Makes abstract concepts tangible, basing analyses on data and illustrating key points with case studies Enables readers to anticipate and prepare to manage future challenges associated with emerging chemicals Presents an analytical framework for companies to assess and manage business risks Written for regulators, policymakers, industry professionals with responsibility for contaminated site management, as well as attorneys, and consultants, this book provides a framework for anticipating the emergence of new contaminants so that the risks–whether to human health and the environment or to a business–can be anticipated and appropriately managed.
Review of DOD's Approach to Deriving an Occupational Exposure Level for Trichloroethylene
Review of DOD's Approach to Deriving an Occupational Exposure Level for Trichloroethylene - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Review of DOD's Approach to Deriving an Occupational Exposure Level for Trichloroethylene write by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This book was released on 2020-01-13. Review of DOD's Approach to Deriving an Occupational Exposure Level for Trichloroethylene available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a solvent that is used as a degreasing agent, a chemical intermediate in refrigerant manufacture, and a component of spot removers and adhesives. It is produced in mass quantities but creates dangerous vapors and is an environmental contaminant at many industrial and government facilities, including facilities run by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It is important to determine the safe occupational exposure level (OEL) for the solvent in order to protect the health of workers who are exposed to its vapors. However, there are concerns that the current occupational standards insufficiently protect workers from these health threats. Review of DOD's Approach to Deriving an Occupational Exposure Level for Trichloroethylene makes recommendations to improve the DoD's approach to developing an OEL for TCE, strengthen transparency of the process, and improve confidence in the final OEL value. This report reviews the DoD's approach using a literature review, evidence synthesis based on weight of evidence [WOE], point-of-departure derivation, physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling, extrapolation tools, and explores other elements of the process of deriving an OEL for TCE. It examines scientific approaches to developing exposure values and cancer risk levels, defining the scope of the problem, and improving hazard identification.
Review of the Draft NTP Monograph
Review of the Draft NTP Monograph - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Review of the Draft NTP Monograph write by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This book was released on 2020-03-18. Review of the Draft NTP Monograph available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The National Toxicology Program (NTP) conducted a systematic review of the evidence of adverse neurodevelopmental and cognitive effects of fluoride exposure. NTP's conclusions are summarized in the monograph Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects. At the request of NTP, a committee convened by the National Academies reviewed their monograph to ensure the integrity of that report. It is important to note that the committee was tasked with reviewing the monograph and focused its efforts on evaluating whether evidence as presented in the monograph supported NTP's conclusions. Thus, it did not conduct its own independent evaluation of the evidence, and it did not conduct a data audit. However, it did review some key literature to enable its review of the monograph. Review of the Draft NTP Monograph contains findings and suggestions for improvements and some overarching findings concerning methods, assessment of animal and human evidence, and NTP's hazard conclusion.
