Formaldehyde

CASRN 50-00-0 | DTXSID7020637

Toxicological Review (PDF) (927 pp, 16.3 MB, about PDF)
IRIS Executive Summary (PDF) (10 pp, 450.2 KB, about PDF)

IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (Interagency Science Consultation Draft, 2021)

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Overview

In April 2022, EPA publicly released the draft formaldehyde assessment for review and comment. The Toxicological Review and charge were reviewed internally by EPA and by other federal agencies and White House Offices before public release. Through the IRIS process, all written comments on IRIS assessments submitted by other federal agencies and White House Offices will be made publicly available. Accordingly, interagency comments and the interagency science consultation draft of the IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde-Inhalation are posted on this site.

Background

Formaldehyde is present in a variety of products including plywood adhesives, abrasive materials, insulation, pesticides, and embalming fluids. Major sources of anthropogenic emissions include household furnishings and building materials, motor vehicle exhaust, manufacturing plants that produce or use formaldehyde or substances that contain it (e.g., glues), and tobacco smoke.

History/Chronology
Date	Description
May 2011	NAS's Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) releases the NAS Review of the Environmental Protection Agency's Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde (Final Report).
Apr 2014	EPA convened a state-of-the-science workshop on formaldehyde on April 30 and May 1, 2014 in Arlington, VA. This workshop focused on 3 themes, see the web site for specific details.
Jun 2018	The IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde-Inhalation Agency Review draft (completed in 2017) is formally suspended.
Mar 2021	EPA updates the list of priority assessments developed by IRIS. EPA unsuspends the IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde-Inhalation.
Dec 2021	EPA initiated an interagency science consultation on the draft Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde-Inhalation.
Apr 2022	EPA released the draft Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde-Inhalation for public comment and subsequent external peer review by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Download(s)

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IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (Interagency Science Consultation Review Draft) (PDF) (780 pp, 14.1 MB, about PDF)
IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde-Inhalation Supplemental Information (Interagency Science Consultation Review Draft) (PDF) (1063 pp, 15.1 MB, about PDF)
Assessment Overview for the Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (Dec 2021) (PDF) (191 pp, 3.8 MB, about PDF)
Draft Charge Questions for Reviewers (Dec 2021) (PDF) (8 pp, 215.8 KB, about PDF)
1. ATSDR Comments on the IASC Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (30 pp, 643.6 KB, about PDF)
2. DoD Comments on the IASC Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (2 pp, 137.7 KB, about PDF)
3. EOP Comments on the IASC Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (2 pp, 177.7 KB, about PDF)
4. NIEHS Comments on the IASC Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (15 pp, 205.1 KB, about PDF)
5. NIOSH Comments on the IASC Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (2 pp, 148.4 KB, about PDF)
6. SBA Comments on the IASC Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (6 pp, 232.4 KB, about PDF)

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