IRIS Public Science Meeting (May 2019)
EPA hosted an IRIS public science meeting to provide an opportunity for the public to give input and participate in an open discussion regarding the IRIS Assessment Plan (IAP) that was prepared for this IRIS chemical prior to the development of the draft assessment.
This included the following chemical: Methylmercury
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Meeting Details
At IRIS Public Science Meetings, the IRIS Program encourages the scientific community and the public to participate in discussions on IRIS draft assessment materials. The scientific information and perspectives from the meeting would be considered as this assessment progresses.
At this meeting, the IRIS Program invited public discussion on the following draft assessment material:
- IRIS Assessment Plan for Methylmercury (Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials)
Dates
- The meeting was held on May 15, 2019.
Meeting Agenda
On May 15, 2019, EPA hosted a public webinar to provide an opportunity for the public to give input and participate in an open discussion regarding the IAP for Methylmercury. See the final agenda and meeting presentation materials:
- Final Agenda for the May 2019 IRIS Public Science Meeting (PDF) (1 pp, 139 K)
- EPA Presentation on the Methylmercury IAP at the May 2019 IRIS Public Science Meeting (PDF) (25 pp, 519 K)
- Analysis of Potential Confounding in Methylmercury Studies (Alan Stern) (PDF) (17 pp, 157 K)
- Comments on the EPA-IRIS IAP for Methylmercury (Edward Groth) (PDF) (7 pp, 66 K)
Methylmercury Assessment Managers: Leonid Kopylev & Deborah Segal
- IRIS Assessment Plan for Methylmercury (Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials)
- Literature Search References Sorted by Author (Methylmercury)(dynamic literature link - generated by HERO)
- Review comments on these materials in the Methylmercury Docket at EPA-HQ-ORD-2018-0655.
- Federal Register Notice: April 4, 2019 announced the availability of the draft IRIS Assessment Plan for a 30-day public comment period.