Integrated Risk Information System

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014631",
  "term": "Integrated Risk Information System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. IRIS is an electronic database that contains EPA's latest descriptive and quantitative regulatory information about chemical constituents. Files on chemicals maintained in IRIS contain information related to both noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic health effects.\n\n2. An electronic data base containing the Agency's latest descriptive and quantitative regulatory information on chemical constituents.\n\n3. An electronic database that contains the EPA's latest descriptive and quantitative regulatory information about chemical constituents. Files on chemicals maintained in IRIS contain information related to both noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic health effects.\n\n4. An EPA program that identifies and characterizes the health hazards of chemicals found in the environment. IRIS is EPA's preferred source of toxicity information.\n\n5. A compilation of electronic reports on specific substances found in the environment and their potential to cause human health effects.",
  "abbreviation": "IRIS",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources",
    "AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms",
    "Glossary of Asbestos-related Terms and Acronyms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/integrated-risk-information-system/"
}