Review of Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances

Topics: Environmental Quality, Health, and Management Disaster Management and Homeland Security Risk Assessment and Communication Terrorism and Homeland Security Air Pollution, Air Quality Disaster Response and Recovery Toxic Chemicals, Toxicity Testing

Current stage: Meetings and report drafting in progress

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Statement of Task

The National Research Council Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) will review proposed AEGLs for extremely hazardous substances developed by an interagency National Advisory Committee (NAC). The NRC Committee on AEGLs will: (1) review the proposed AEGLs for scientific validity, completeness, internal consistency, and conformance to published NRC guidelines; (2) review the NAC's research recommendations and identify additional priorities for research to fill data gaps; and (3) review periodically the recommended standard procedures for developing AEGLs.

About this Study

Primary Board:

Board on Environmental Science and Toxicology

Sponsor(s):

U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Study Director:

Keegan Sawyer

Contact:

KSawyer@nas.edu

Expected Report Release:

:
Twenty-second Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Summer 2013

Study in Progress