Formaldehyde
CASRN 50-00-0 | DTXSID7020637
- Toxicological Review (PDF) (927 pp, 16.3 MB)
- IRIS Executive Summary (PDF) (10 pp, 450.2 KB)
IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde (Interagency Science Discussion Draft, 2024)
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Overview
Citation
Background
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. |
| Aug 2023 | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released their consensus study report, Review of EPA's 2022 Draft Formaldehyde Assessment, which provides recommendations to the U.S. EPA. |
| Jun 2024 | EPA submitted the revised interagency science discussion draft for final Agency and Interagency review. |
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- ATSDR Comments on the IASD Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (7 pp, 304.7 KB, about PDF)
- NIOSH Comments on the IASD Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (2 pp, 163.1 KB, about PDF)
- USDA Comments on the IASD Draft of Formaldehyde-Inhalation (PDF) (2 pp, 150.4 KB, about PDF)
- EPA Presentation - Interagency Step 6 Meeting on the IRIS Formaldehyde Assessment (PDF) (23 pp, 581.1 KB, about PDF)
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