Integrated risk information system

[1] Initially, in the 1980s, the IRIS program established a database of human health assessments about the impacts of chemicals in the environment.

EPA created the database to provide a consistent approach to risk assessment practices across the various environmental laws that the Agency implemented and enforced.

The same year, the EPA introduced the IRIS Toxicological Review, which presented the first agency-wide health assessment document.

Among other things, the newly revised program provided opportunity for research to close data gaps on mission critical chemicals.

In 2013, the EPA announced that it would be making enhancements to the IRIS process in order to improve transparency, efficiency, and the scientific foundation of the agency's assessments.

Support for these decisions comes from backing[further explanation needed] from programs such as Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and OMB.