Beryllium and compounds

CASRN 7440-41-7 | DTXSID4023913

Toxicological Review (PDF) (94 pp, 312.5 KB, about PDF)
IRIS Summary (PDF) (51 pp, 277.3 KB, about PDF)

IRIS Toxicological Review of Beryllium and Compounds (2008 External Review Draft)

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Overview

EPA is conducting a peer review and public comment of the scientific basis supporting the human health hazard and dose-response assessment of Beryllium that when finalized will appear on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.

Background

Beryllium is a light alkaline earth metal used in metal alloys and in high-performance products in the metallurgical, aerospace, and nuclear industries. According to the Superfund database, beryllium is found in over 300 NPL sites. An IRIS Toxicological Review of Beryllium and Compounds was published in 1988 and reassessed in 1998.

This external review draft version only focuses on the cancer assessment and does not re-evaluate posted reference doses or reference concentrations.

History/Chronology
Date	Description
Nov 1987	EPA completed the original beryllium and compounds assessment and posted this in the IRIS database.
Apr 1998	Reassessment of oral reference dose and inhalation reference concentration released with cancer reassessment pending forthcoming studies.
May 2008	EPA releases assessment that includes updated draft cancer assessment for an external peer review.

Status

This draft has been archived.

Additional Information

Comments on the assessment may be submitted and reviewed using the e-Government Regulations.gov Web site. From the site, select Environmental Protection Agency and the key word EPA- HQ-ORD-2008-0315 (for the docket ID).

Download(s)

Toxicological Review of Beryllium (External Review Draft) (PDF) (144 pp, 616.2 KB, about PDF)
Charge to External Peer Reviewers (PDF) (2 pp, 18.6 KB, about PDF)
Consolidated Comments from the External Peer Review (Final) (PDF) (35 pp, 285.2 KB, about PDF)

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