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Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

CASRN 1336-36-3 | DTXSID5024267

  • IRIS Summary (PDF)  (22  pp, 146.5 KB, about PDF)
  • Status: polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) is in step 1 at this time.
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IRIS Toxicological Review of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) (Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials)

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Overview

In March 2015, EPA invited the public to provide input and participate in discussions about problem formulation, preliminary assessment materials, and draft IRIS assessments. During problem formulation, the IRIS Program was looking for input from the scientific community and the general public as it frames the specific scientific issues that were the focus of the systematic review of potential health hazards of PCBs (effects other than cancer).

In October 2014, EPA’s IRIS Program announced an agreement with the National Academies’ National Research Council (NRC) to arrange for independent experts to attend IRIS public science meetings to provide input on the science underlying the development of IRIS assessments. The NRC then selected a limited number of experts to join in the discussion of the key science topics with EPA with those that were registered as discussants on the EPA website. Participation of these experts was meant to be supplementary and stakeholders and the public continued to register as discussants on the EPA website and were also invited to suggest additional science topics prior to the agenda being finalized and released.

Download(s)

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.

  • Scoping and Problem Formulation materials for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): Effects Other Than Cancer (PDF)  (72  pp, 1.3 MB, about PDF)
  • IRIS June 2015 Meeting & Presentations

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Image text: 1. (highlighted) Draft Development, 2. Agency Review, 3. Interagency Science Consultation, 4. Public Comment and External Peer Review, 5. Revise Assessment, 6. Final Agency Review/Interagency Science Discussion, 7. Final Assessment

Related Links

  • Aroclor 1016
  • Aroclor 1248
  • Aroclor 1254
  • EPA Chemicals Dashboard - Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
  • eChemPortal - Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

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Chemical Structure for
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Synonyms

  • Aroclor
  • Aroclor 1221
  • Aroclor 1232
  • Aroclor 1242
  • Aroclor 1248
  • Aroclor 1254
  • Aroclor 1260
  • Aroclor 1262
  • Aroclor 1268
  • Aroclor 2565
  • Aroclor 4465
  • Aroclor 5442
  • Biphenyl, polychloro-
  • Chlophen
  • Chlorextol
  • Chlorinated biphenyl
  • Chlorinated diphenyl
  • Chlorinated diphenylene
  • Chloro 1,1-biphenyl
  • Chloro biphenyl
  • Clophen
  • Dykanol
  • Fenclor
  • Inerteen
  • Kanechlor
  • Kanechlor 300
  • Kanechlor 400
  • Montar
  • Noflamol
  • PCB
  • PCBs
  • Phenochlor
  • Phenoclor
  • Polychlorinated biphenyl
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
  • Polychlorobiphenyl
  • Pyralene
  • Pyranol
  • Santotherm
  • Santotherm fr
  • Sovol
  • Therminol fr-1
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  • 1336-36-3
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