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®: CRE Regulatory Action of the Week
ATSDR Announces Development of New and Updated Toxicological Profiles
On May 12, 2008, the U. S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry announced in the Federal Register that it was developing one new and five updated toxicological profiles. These Tox Profiles are being developed under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), which amended the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). These statutes require that ATSDR identify the substances that pose the greatest risk to human health at Superfund sites, and to develop profiles of the substances toxicity.
The five profiles currently under development are
1.Chromium......................................... 007440-47-3
2.Radon.............................................. 010043-92-2
3.Cadmium.......................................... 007440-43-9
4.Formaldehyde.................................... 000050-00-0
5.Manganese........................................ 007439-96-5
6.Perfluoroalkyls \*\............................... 000375-22-4
000335-67-1
001763-23-1
*Denotes new profile.
ATSDR explains in its Federal Register notice that Notice of the availability of drafts of these five updated and one new toxicological profiles for public review and comment will be
published in the Federal Register on or about October 17, 2008, with notice of a 90-day public comment period for each profile. Following the close of the comment period, chemical-specific comments will be addressed, and, where appropriate, changes will be incorporated into each profile.
Additional information on these profiles is available at the ATSDR Web site: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html.
Click here to read EPA Federal Register notice seeking comment on new and updated Tox Profiles
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