Proposition 65
October 12 and 13, 2011 Meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee
[09/30/11] posted 09/23/11
Written Public Comments Posted 10/03/11
- The Carcinogen Identification Committee completed all business at yesterday's October 12th meeting and will not convene today. A synopsis of the Committee meeting will be available in the near future.
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65; Health and Safety Code Section 25249.8 et seq.).
The Carcinogen Identification Committee of OEHHA’s Science Advisory Board identifies chemicals for addition to the Proposition 65 list: The Committee serves as the “State’s qualified experts” for determining whether a chemical has been clearly shown, through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles, to cause cancer.
A public meeting of this committee will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, October 12 and 13, 2011 at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building, Sierra Hearing Room, at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California. Each day of the meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will last until 5:00 p.m. or until all business is conducted. Committee items that are not completed on October 12 will be heard on October 13. In the event that all Committee business is completed on October 12, there will be no meeting on October 13.
This meeting will be webcast: The URL for the webcast (not active until the day and time of the meeting) is: http://calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/.
If you have special accommodation or language needs, please contact Cynthia Oshita at (916) 445-6900 or cynthia.oshita@oehha.ca.gov by October 5, 2011. TTY/TDD/Speech-to-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service.
The tentative agenda for this meeting is given below. The order of items on the agenda is provided for general reference only. The order in which items are taken up by the Committee is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.
- WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
- CONSIDERATION OF CHEMICALS AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE CANCER
- Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate
- Staff presentation
- Committee discussion
- Public comments
- Committee discussion and decision
- Written Public Comments Received:
- Download all written comments on Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate
or downoad individual comments below
- Carlos Nunez (exemplar of 671 identical comments)
- Todd Stedeford, Ph.D., J.D., DABT, et al.
- Arthur Lawyer, Ph.D., on behalf of Albemarle Corp. and ICL North America
- Sarah Janssen, MD, Ph.D., MPH, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Fluoride and its salts
- Staff presentation
- Department of Public Health presentation
- Committee discussion
- Public comments
- Committee discussion and decision
- Written Public Comments Received:
- Download all written comments on Fluoride and its salts (updated 10/13/11)
or downoad individual comments below
- Conrad Hassoldt
- Una Marie Pierce
- Kathy Dolphin
- Roy Wolf
- Becky Henning
- Lynette Heitman
- Patricia Arpajou
- Colleen Beel
- Cathy Aborn
- Darryl Pion
- Danny Gottlieb
- Anne Fehlam
- Robin Reid
- Kim Bacon
- Helen M. Bourne
- Pauline Rippel
- Phil Young
- Vickie Ficklin
- Kristi Olivas
- Donna Young
- Sandra Schrift
- Robert and Lois Canzoneri
- Laura Tompkins
- Susan Boeshart
- Den Abe
- Ryonen Mandel
- Jay F. Cagnina
- Joseph Sopher
- Jan Jus
- Raymond F. Gist, DDS and Kathleen T. O'Loughlin DMD, MPH, American Dental Association
- Candette Kilgore
- Dena Mattox
- Tom Dawson
- Maureen Jones, Citizens for Safe Drinking Water
- Denise Morgan
- Diane Campbell
- Holly Quan
- Michael K. Arata
- Michael J. Powell, OD
- Barbara A. Kochanowski, Ph.D., Consumer Healthcare Products Association
- Teresa L. Treiber
- Kathleen Thiessen Ph.D. Center for Risk Analysis
- Janet Woodcock, MD and Michael M. Landa, Food and Drug Administration
- Marcie Pollock
- Glayol Sabha
- David Kennedy, DDS, The Preventive Dental Health Association
- Peter DuBois, California Dental Association and Cathy Mudge, California Dental Association Foundation
- Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH, California Dental Association Foundation
- JoAnn Ross
- Mary A. Marston, RN
- Cynthia Erville
- Jutta Stange
- Fluoride Action Network
- Kim Glazzard, Organic Sacramento
- Lynne M. Harrington-Crick
- Jon Crick
- Teal Zeisler
- Rudolf Ziegelbecker (added 10/10/11)
- Paul Supan (added 10/10/11)
- Michael J. Fuller (added 10/13/11)
- PRIORITIZATION OF CHEMICALS FOR CARCINOGEN IDENTIFICATION COMMITTEE REVIEW
- Staff presentation
- Committee members discuss and propose priority rankings for each chemical
- Committee discussion
- Public comments
- Committee discussion and recommendations
- Written Public Comments Received:
- Download all written comments on chemicals for priority ranking
or download individual comments below.
- Acetaminophen: Barbara A. Kochanowski, Ph.D., Consumer Healthcare Products Association
Consuelo Hernandez, California Healthcare Institute
- Bisphenol A: Steven Hentges, Ph.D., Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group, American Chemistry Council
John M. Rost, Ph. D., North American Metal Packaging Alliance
Nancy Rachman, Ph.D., Grocery Manufacturers Association
Alan P. Kaufman, Toy Industry Association
Sarah Janssen MD, Ph.D., MPH and Gina Solomon, MD, MPH, Natural Resources Defense Council: comment also includes butyl benzyl phosphate and 2,4-D and its salts
- Butyl Benzyl Phthalate: Anne Claassen and William K. Rawson on behalf of Ferro Corporation
(Also see comment submitted by Sarah Janssen, NRDC for bisphenol A)
- Butylated Hydroxytoluene: James R. Coughlin, Ph.D., on behalf of the BHT Coalition
- Chloropicrin: James W. Wells on behalf of Chloropicrin Manufacturers Task Force
- Clodinafop-Propargyl: Debbie Stubbs, Ph.D., Syngenta
- Coumarin: Jennifer Abril, International Fragrance Association North America
- 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine-Based Compounds Metabolized to 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine: J. Lawrence Robinson, Color Pigments Manufacturers Association
- (2,4-D) and Its Salts and Esters: Arthur Lawyer, Ph.D., on behalf of Industry Task Force II on 2,4 D Research Data
(Also see comment submitted by Sarah Janssen, NRDC for bisphenol A)
- Dinitroaniline Pesticides and Prodiamine and Trifluralin: Frederick Hess, Ph.D., BASF Corporation
Debbie Stubbs, Ph.D., Syngenta
Arthur Lawyer, Ph.D., on behalf of BASF Corporation,
Dow AgroSciences, and Syngenta
Brian L. Bret, Ph.D., Dow AgroSciences: Benfluralin, Ethafluralin, and Trifluralin
- Flonicamid: Greg W. Gorder, Ph.D., on behalf of ISK Biosciences
- Fluazinam: Greg W. Gorder, Ph.D., on behalf of ISK Biosciences
- Hexythiazox: Peter Beyrouty, MS Gowan Company
John J. Wrubel, Nisso America: comment also includes thiophanate methyl
- Metofluthrin: Christian Volz and Stanley W. Landfair on behalf of Sumitomo Chemical Company
- N-Methylpyrrolidone: Ralph J. Parol, Ph.D., DABT N Methylpyrrolidone Producers Group
- Pimecrolimus and Tacrolimus: Michele B. Corash and M. Joyce Rico, MD on behalf of Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Consuelo Hernandez, California Healthcare Institute
- Pyraflufen Ethyl: Timothy M. Formella, Nichino America
- Thiophanate Methyl: (See comment submitted by John J. Wrubel, Nisso America for Hexythiazox)
- Triazole Antifugal Agents: Patricia L. Kwiatkowski, Ph.D., Bayer CropScience
Edward M. Ruckert, U.S. Triazole Task Force
Hank Giclas, Western Growers Association (and other Agricultural Associations)
Debbie Stubbs, Ph.D., Syngenta: Cyproconazole, Difenoconazole, and Propiconazole
Brian L. Bret, Ph.D., Dow AgroSciences
- Tris(2-Ethylhexyl) Phosphate: Susan Van Volkenburg, LANXESS Corporation
- PROCEDURES FOR PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS, AND COMMITTEE VOTES DURING MEETINGS
- STAFF UPDATES
- SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIONS
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