EPA Toxic Substances Program: Long-standing Information Planning Problems Must Be Addressed

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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	Nov. 17, 1993
Report No.	AIMD-94-25
Subject	Health hazards Databases Government information dissemination Information resources management Information systems Pollution control Requirements definition Strategic information systems planning Systems compatibility Toxic substances Chemicals EPA Chemical Screening and Risk Assessment Division Chemical Assessment Tracking System EPA Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions Data Base NIH National Toxicology Program

Summary:

Because toxic chemicals are in such widespread use today, nearly every American's body contains traces of toxic chemicals as a result of skin absorption or other environmental exposure. Some of the chemicals, such as asbestos, PCPs, and ozone-depleting chemicals, have been found to cause tumors and birth defects as well as to harm wildlife. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for identifying, assessing, and regulating the risks posed by the approximately 72,000 chemicals in commercial use as well as chemicals proposed for manufacture. Because of concerns about EPA's information resources management practices, this report examines whether EPA is effectively planning for and using information resources to (1) identify and assess chemicals posing the greatest risk to human health and the environment and (2) retrieve critical data on health and environmental risks by other federal users that assess risks from chemicals.

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EPA Toxic Substances Program: Long-standing Information Planning Problems Must Be Addressed