Draft Acrylamide Toxicological Profile Now Available for Public Comment

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
October 30, 2009

The Department of Health and Human Service’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has posted on its website a draft toxicological profile for acrylamide, a chemical by-product of some high-temperature cooking processes that has been linked to cancer in laboratory rats. The agency is accepting public comments on the profile until February 26, 2010.

Categories: Issue 325, Legislation, Regulations and Standards
Tags: acrylamide

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Draft Acrylamide Toxicological Profile Now Available for Public Comment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

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