Environmental Assessment
IRIS Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (Interagency Science Discussion Draft)
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Report Information
EPA is releasing the draft report, Toxicological Review of Chloroprene, that was distributed to Federal agencies and White House Offices for comment during the Science Discussion step of the IRIS Assessment Development Process. Comments received from other Federal agencies and White House Offices are provided below with external peer review panel comments.
Norman Birchfield
- by phone at: 703-347-0174
- by fax at: 703-347-8699
- by email at: birchfield.norman@epa.gov
Background
The draft Toxicological Review of chloroprene provides scientific support and rationale for the hazard and dose-response assessment pertaining to chronic exposure to chloroprene. Chloroprene (C4H5Cl) is a volatile, flammable liquid used primarily in the manufacture of polychloroprene or neoprene rubber. The latter is used to make diverse products, such as tires, wire coatings, and tubing. Human health risk concerns for chloroprene are primarily related to exposures via effluent and emissions from facilities that use chloroprene to produce polychloroprene elastomers or transport the product, although these exposure concerns have not been well characterized.
This assessment contains the derivation of a chronic inhalation reference concentration (RfC) and chronic cancer inhalation unit risk.
This assessment contains the derivation of a chronic inhalation reference concentration (RfC) and chronic cancer inhalation unit risk.
History/Chronology
| 1999 | The IRIS reassessment of chloroprene was initiated in 1999. Currently there is no entry in the IRIS database for chloroprene. |
| Sep 2009 | EPA released the external review draft for public review and comment. |
| Nov 2009 | EPA announced the public listening session to be held on November 23, 2009 in a November 5, 2009 Federal Register Notice. |
| Dec 2009 | EPA announced an external peer review workshop to be held on January 6, 2010 in a December 1, 2009 Federal Register Notice. |
| Feb 2010 | EPA released the comments from the public comment period and external review workshop. |
| Jul 2010 | EPA hosted an interagency science discussion on the review of the draft Toxicological Review of Chloroprene. |
| Sep 2010 | EPA released the final toxicological report and IRIS Summary for Chloroprene and the interagency science discussion draft with comments. |
Next Steps
Now that the interagency review draft has been completed and finalized, this assessment has been loaded into the IRIS Web site and Database.
Citation
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (Interagency Science Discussion Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-09/010D, 2010.
Downloads
- Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (Interagency Science Discussion Draft) (PDF) (315 pp, 3 MB, about PDF)
- Chloroprene Summary (Interagency Science Discussion Draft) (PDF) (24 pp, 204 KB, about PDF)
- Chloroprene CEQ IASD Comments (PDF) (2 pp, 46 KB, about PDF)
- Chloroprene NIEHS IASD Comments (PDF) (1 pp, 27 KB, about PDF)
- Chloroprene OMB IASD Comments (PDF) (2 pp, 22 KB, about PDF)