Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 4.10.1995

Proposed Guidelines for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Agency) is today issuing proposed guidelines for assessing the risks for neurotoxicity from exposure to environmental agents. As background information for this guidance, this notice describes the scientific basis for concern about exposure to agents that cause neurotoxicity and outlines the general process for assessing potential risk to humans because of environmental contaminants. These proposed Guidelines for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment (hereafter ``Guidelines'') are intended to guide Agency evaluation of agents that are suspected to cause neurotoxicity in line with the policies and procedures established in the statutes administered by the EPA. The Guidelines were developed as part of an interoffice guidelines development program under the auspices of the Risk Assessment Forum, within EPA's Office of Research and Development. Draft Guidelines were developed by an Agency work group composed of scientists from throughout the Agency, and selected drafts were peer reviewed internally and by experts from universities, environmental groups, industry, and other governmental agencies. A subsequent draft has undergone peer review in a wo