Acrylamide IRIS Assessment

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EPA's Office of Research and Development has requested that the Science Advisory Board review its draft assessment entitled ``Toxicological Review of Acrylamide.'' Acrylamide polymer is primarily used in waste water treatment, paper and pulp processing, and mineral processing. Other uses include as a water soluble polymer in crude oil production, as a cosmetic additive, for soil and sand stabilization, grouting agents for sewer line sealing and manhole sealing, and in electrophoresis gels used in research. Acrylamide has been detected in a wide range of baked and fried foods. The detection of acrylamide in food prompted intense international interest and on-going research to better characterize its hazard effects, and to modify cooking practices to minimize levels in processed foods. EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment, within the Office of Research and Development, has been updating the human health hazard and dose-response assessment for Acrylamide. EPA previously developed an oral reference dose (RfD) for non-cancer effects and a cancer oral slope factor for Acrylamide which are described in EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment (1988). An inhalation reference concentration (RfC) was added to IRIS in 1990. The current EPA draft assessment incorporates more recent studies and methods to derive an oral RfD and inhalation RfC for non-cancer effects, and an oral slope factor and inhalation unit risk for carcinogenic effects.

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Agency Review Background URLs


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PF


Panel Formation


Nominations of Experts:

FRN


Federal Register Notices Announcing Public Meetings

TitleTypeCitationPublication Date
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Meeting of the Science Advisory BoardPublic MeetingVol 73 Number 187 Pages 55512-5551309/25/2008
Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Acrylamide Review PanelPublic MeetingVol 73 Number 123 Pages 36075-3607606/25/2008
Notification of a Public Teleconference and Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Acrylamide Review PanePublic MeetingVol 73 Number 22 Pages 6181-618202/01/2008

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Meeting


Public Meetings and/or Teleconferences

Meeting DateTitle
10/28/2008 to 10/28/2008Strategic Research Directions
07/16/2008 to 07/16/2008Acrylamide Review Panel Draft Report Teleconference
03/10/2008 to 03/12/2008Acrylamide Review
02/20/2008 to 02/20/2008Acrylamide Review - Preparatory Teleconference

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Final Report


Final Report(s)


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Agency Response


Agency Response


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