Zinc and Compounds

Overview

The U.S.EPA has conducted an external peer review of the scientific basis supporting the health hazard and dose-response assessment for zinc that will appear on the Agency's online data base, the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Peer review is meant to ensure that science is used credibly and appropriately in derivation of this dose-response assessment. The draft Toxicological Review and IRIS Summary for zinc have undergone internal Agency review.

History/Chronology

Date	Description
Apr 2003	EPA released the external review draft.
Aug 2005	EPA released the final IRIS Toxicological Review and Summary Documents for Zinc and Compounds.

Additional Information

EPA is hereby providing for public information a draft Toxicological Review, draft IRIS Summary and charge to external peer reviewers for EPA's health assessment of zinc. These documants are provided for public viewing during an external scientific peer review period. While EPA is not seeking public comments by this action, any scientific views received on the content of the Toxicological Review or IRIS Summary prior to December 22, 2003 will be considered in subsequent drafts.

Please direct any correspondence to: Harlal Choudhury, NCEA, U.S. EPA, 26 W. ML King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268 or e-mail to IRIS.desk@epa.gov.

This download(s) is distributed solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. It has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency determination or policy.

• Toxicological Review of Zinc and Compounds (External Review Draft) (PDF)  (64  pp, 447.3 KB, about PDF)
• Zinc and Compounds [IRIS Summary] (PDF)  (13  pp, 144.5 KB, about PDF)
• Charge to Peer Reviewers: Toxicological Review and IRIS Summary for Zinc (PDF)  (1  pp, 58.6 KB, about PDF)

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