Proposition 65
July 15, 2009 Meeting Synopsis and Slide Presentations Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting Held on July 15, 2009
[07/23/09]
Transcript available [08/27/09]
Audiocast available [08/31/09]
A meeting of the Proposition 65 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) was held on July 15, 2009 at the Elihu Harris State Building in Oakland, California. Below are links to the slide presentations made by staff of the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and those members of the public that made presentations.
Following the staff presentation, comments from the public and committee discussion, the DARTIC determined that, based upon current scientific information, bisphenol A has not been clearly shown to cause reproductive toxicity; and therefore the Committee declined to add it to the Proposition 65 chemical list. However, the DARTIC requested that OEHHA further evaluate the following concerning bisphenol A for discussion at future meetings of the Committee:
- Possible increased susceptibility for developmental toxicity from bisphenol A in subpopulations, for example in those with poor nutritional status for certain nutrients such as folic acid
- Evidence that bisphenol A exposures in utero or pre-conception may lead to precancerous lesions and eventually cancers (e.g., breast and prostate)
- Evidence for bisphenol A-induced developmental- or reproductive-related neurobehavioral effects, as these endpoints are further studied
- Evidence for effects on the immune system resulting from bisphenol A exposures during early development, as new information becomes available
- Evidence of bisphenol A-induced developmental and reproductive effects from epidemiologic studies as new information becomes available
Audio from this meeting available as a MP3 file here in the near future. A copy of the meeting transcript will be posted in the near future.
Meeting Agenda
The Meeting Transcript available as a pdf file here.
I. WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Joan E. Denton, Ph.D., Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
II. CONSIDERATION OF A CHEMICAL AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY
- A) Bisphenol A
Hazard Identification Materials
- Staff presentations (Drs. James Donald, Mari Golub, Lily Wu, Ling-Hong Li, Francisco Moran, Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Branch, OEHHA)
- Public comments*
- Index of Comments Submitted to the DART Identification Committee on July 15, 2009
- Public Commenters (in the order presented):
- Gina Solomon, MD, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Patrice Sutton, University California San Francisco (UCSF), Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment
- Lahfat Apatira, UCSF
- Fred vom Saal, Ph.D., University of Missouri
- Tracey Woodruff, Ph.D., UCSF
- Susan Forsyth, RN
- Caroline Silveira, Grocery Manufacturers Association
- Stanley Landfair, McKenna Long & Aldridge on behalf of American Chemistry Council
- Steven Hentges, Ph.D., American Chemistry Council
- Rochell W. Tyl, Ph.D., RTI International
- F. Jay Murray, Ph.D., Murray & Associates
- William C. Hoyle, Ph.D., North American Metal Packaging Alliance
- Julie Silas, Healthy Building Network
- Bill Allayaud for Renee Sharp, Environmental Working Group
- Luis Cabrales, Coalition for Clean Air
- Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health
- Pamela Palitz, Environment California
- Janet Nudelmen, Breast Cancer Fund
- Anita Sarah Jackson, MomsRising.org
- Rivka Gordon, Association for Reproductive Health Professionals
- Elisa Batista, MomsRising.org
- Sophie Noero, WORKSAFE
- Andria Ventura, Clean Water Action
- Joseph H. Guth, Science & Environmental Health Network
- Nancy Bellen, Advocate and breast cancer survivor
- Alissa Shaw, Planned Parenthood
- Sarah Janssen, MD, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Gretchen Lee Salter, Breast Cancer Fund
- Committee discussion and decision:
Supplemental slide concerning developmental toxicity
Supplemental slide concerning male reproductive toxicity
III. STAFF UPDATES
- Chemical listings and safe harbor level development
(Cynthia Oshita, Proposition 65 Implementation, OEHHA)
- Proposition 65 litigation
(Carol Monahan-Cummings, Chief Counsel, OEHHA)
IV. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIONS AND CLOSING REMARKS
- Joan E. Denton, Ph.D. Director, OEHHA
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