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Office of Inspector General

Report: Congressionally Requested Information on EPA Utilization of Integrated Risk Information System

Report #13-P-0127January 31, 2013

What We Found

Based on the results of our survey, 85 percent of the EPA survey respondents reported that they have used IRIS as their primary source for cancer values and 81 percent have used IRIS as their primary source for non-cancer values.

Report Materials​​

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