Amid Calls To Speed Reviews, IRIS Seeks 3-5 Years To Adopt NAS' Advice

摘要

A top EPA research official says the agency will need three to five more years to fully integrate all National Academy of Sciences (NAS) advice for improving its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program, though a public interest official says prolonged reform efforts are depriving the public of crucial information on chemicals' risks. Ken Olden, director of EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment, which oversees the IRIS program, told a July 16 joint hearing of the House Science, Space & Technology Committee's environment and oversight panels that the agency will begin releasing chemical assessments that incorporate all of the NAS recommendations in three to five years.