Meeting Transcript of the November 5, 2008 Meeting of The Carcinogen Identification Committee
November 5, 2008 Meeting of The Science Advisory Board’s Carcinogen Identification Committee
A meeting of the Proposition 65 Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) was held on November 5, 2008, at Sacramento City Hall, City Council Chambers in Sacramento, 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 members of the public. The segments of the agenda covered by this material include the “Consideration of Chemicals as Known to the State to Cause Cancer,” “Update of the Section 27000 List of Chemicals Which Have Not Been Adequately Tested as Required,” and “Staff Update - Prioritization: Applying Epidemiology Data Screen and First Animal Data Screen.”
The CIC determined that N,N-dimethylformamide had not been clearly shown to cause cancer; and therefore declined to add it to the Proposition 65 chemical list. However, the CIC determined that 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene had been clearly shown to cause cancer and recommended that it be added to the Proposition 65 chemical list. Additionally, the CIC voted unanimously to accept the identified additions and deletions to the Section 27000 list as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
Meeting agenda
I CONSIDERATION OF CHEMICALS AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE CANCER
A. N,N-Dimethylformamide
- Staff presentation by Lindsey Roth, MA and David Morry, Ph.D., OEHHA
- Public comments
B. 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene
- Staff presentation by Kate Li, Ph.D. and Jay Beaumont, Ph.D., OEHHA
II.UPDATE OF THE SECTION 27000 LIST OF CHEMICALS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY TESTED AS REQUIRED
- Staff presentation by Carol Monahan-Cummings
- Letter to James B. Gulliford, Assistant Administrator, U.S. EPA, from Allan Hirsch, OEHHA, dated March 28, 2008
- Letter to Christopher Reardon, Chief Deputy Director, DPR, from Allan Hirsch, OEHHA, dated March 28, 2008
- Letter to Allan Hirsch, OEHHA from Jim Willis, U.S. EPA, dated April 23, 2008
- Letter to Allan Hirsch, OEHHA from Jack E. Housenger, U.S. EPA, dated July 1, 2008
- Letter to the Proposition 65 Office, OEHHA from Jay Schreider, Ph.D., DPR dated May 15, 2008
- HSC 25249.8 excerpt follows
- Health and Safety Code § 25249.8. List of Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity. (a) On or before March 1, 1987, the Governor shall cause to be published a list of those chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity within the meaning of this chapter, and he shall cause such list to be revised and republished in light of additional knowledge at least once per year thereafter. Such list shall include at a minimum those substances identified by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(b)(1) and those substances identified additionally by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(d).
(b) A chemical is known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity within the meaning of this chapter if in the opinion of the state's qualified experts it has been clearly shown through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, or if a body considered to be authoritative by such experts has formally identified it as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity, or if an agency of the state or federal government has formally required it to be labeled or identified as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity.
(c) On or before January 1, 1989, and at least once per year thereafter, the Governor shall cause to be published a separate list of those chemicals that at the time of publication are required by state or federal law to have been tested for potential to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity but that the state's qualified experts have not found to have been adequately tested as required.
(d) The Governor shall identify and consult with the state's qualified experts as necessary to carry out his duties under this section.
(e) In carrying out the duties of the Governor under this section, the Governor and his designates shall not be considered to be adopting or amending a regulation within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act as defined in Government Code Section 11370.
- Health and Safety Code § 25249.8. List of Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity. (a) On or before March 1, 1987, the Governor shall cause to be published a list of those chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity within the meaning of this chapter, and he shall cause such list to be revised and republished in light of additional knowledge at least once per year thereafter. Such list shall include at a minimum those substances identified by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(b)(1) and those substances identified additionally by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(d).
- Current Copy of Section 27000, Title 27 California Code of Regulation
- Draft Copy of Proposed Amendments to Section 27000, Title 27 California Code of Regulations
III - PRIORITIZATION: APPLYING EPIDEMIOLOGY DATA SCREEN AND FIRST ANIMAL DATA SCREEN
- November 5, 2008 Meeting of The Science Advisory Board’s Carcinogen Identification Committee
Comment Period
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- 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene
- N,N-Dimethylformamide