IRIS Program Update: Formaldehyde Workshop

IRIS February 2014 Update

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The latest news from EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program


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EPA is announcing a formaldehyde workshoptentatively scheduled to take place April 29-30, 2014. We will confirm the dates in the very near future. Additionally, we anticipate posting a draft agenda in early March and a final agenda by late March.

EPA is currently revising its IRIS assessment of formaldehyde. This assessment addresses both noncancer and cancer human health effects that may result from chronic inhalation exposure to this chemical. To facilitate discussion of several scientific issues pertinent to the assessment, EPA will convene a state of the science workshop. This workshop will be open to the public, broadcast by webinar/teleconference, and will take place in the EPA Potomac Yards Conference Center in Arlington, VA. For the latest information on the workshop, including confirmed workshop dates and the confirmed workshop agenda, please visit the IRIS formaldehyde workshop website.