SAB Report: Review of the EPA Draft Mercury Study Report to Congress. Review ofthe EPA's Mercury Report to Congress by the Mercury Review Subcommittee

摘要

The SAB created a special Subcommittee (the Mercury Review Subcommittee (MRS)) ofits Executive Committee. Composed of 34 scientists from the United States and Canada, and reflecting a wide range of disciplines and expertise, the MRS convened in public meeting on February 26/27, 1997 in Washington, DC. The Subcommittee was organized into three Workgroups (Sources; Exposure, Doses, and Body Burderns; and Human Health Effects), and addressed a Charge of 46 enumerated questions developed via discussions between EPA, the Food and Drug Administration, and SAB staff. This report reflects the discussions at that meeting.