EPA Toxic Substances Program: Long-standing Information Planning Problems
Must Be Addressed (Chapter Report, 11/17/93, GAO/AIMD-94-25).

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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 REPORTNUM:  AIMD-94-25
     TITLE:  EPA Toxic Substances Program: Long-standing Information 
             Planning Problems Must Be Addressed
      DATE:  11/17/93
   SUBJECT:  Systems architecture
             Management information systems
             Data bases
             Information analysis operations
             Systems evaluation
             Systems compatibility
             Information resources management
             Strategic information systems planning
             Computerized information systems
             Toxic substances
IDENTIFIER:  NIH National Toxicology Program
             EPA Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions Data Base
             EPA Chemical Screening and Risk Assessment Division 
             Chemical Assessment Tracking System
             
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