EPA Advisors Call For Clarity, Priorities In Asbestos Peer Review Report

摘要

EPA's top science advisors are seeking a reorganization of a draft peer review of the agency's risk assessment for Libby amphibole (LA) asbestos to clarify the reviewers' backing of the agency's controversial non-cancer critical endpoint and distinguish between short- and long-term data needs, but the advisors are stopping short of questioning the scientific soundness of the document's conclusions.