Perfluorooctanoic Acid Human Health Risk Assessment Review Panel (PFOA Review Panel)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics has been studying perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in order to understand the health and environmental impact of perfluorochemicals. The EPA has completed its draft Risk Assessment of Potential Human Health Effects Associated with PFOA and Its Salts, and the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) has been asked to review and comment on the scientific soundness of this assessment.

• Agency Response to the Review of EPA's Draft Risk Assessment of Potential Human Health Effects Associated with PFOA and Its Salts (EPA-SAB-06-006) [PDF, 2 pp., 101 KB, About PDF Files]

• EPA-SAB-06-006    SAB Review of EPA's Draft Risk Assessment of Potential Human Health Effects Associated with PFOA and Its Salts [PDF, 39 pp., 300 KB, About PDF Files]

• Compilation of Board Comments on Draft PFOA Panel Report, February 15, 2006. [PDF, 8 pp., 99 KB, About PDF Files]

• Agenda for the Science Advisory Board to Review the PFOA Risk Assessment Review Panel Draft Report, Public Teleconference, Wednesday, February 15, 2006. [PDF, 1 pp., 19 KB, About PDF Files]

• Public Comments for Consideration by the Science Advisory Board at the February 15, 2006 Public Teleconference:
  Public Comments Regarding the SAB Review of Draft PFOA Panel Report from the 3M Medical Department, St. Paul, MN. [PDF, 15 pp., 3.14 MB, About PDF Files]

  Written Comments Regarding SAB PFOA Risk Assessment from Dr. Robert Rickard, DuPont Haskell Laboratory.
  [PDF, 15 pp., 3.14 MB, About PDF Files]

  Letter from J. L. Butenhoff; March 21, 2006: SAB Review of EPA's Draft Risk Assessment of Potential Human Health Effects Associated with PFOA and Its Salts. [PDF, 2 pp., 36 KB, About PDF Files]

• Federal Register Notice - Notification of a Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board on February 15, 2006
  (January 30, 2006)

• Perfluorooctanoic Acid Risk Assessment (PFOA) Draft Report for Review at the February 15, 2006 Public Teleconference
  [PDF, 37 pp., 329 KB, About PDF Files]

• Summary Minutes of the U.S. EPA, SAB, Perflourooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Draft Risk Assessment Review Panel Public Teleconference on July 6, 2005 [PDF, 11 pp., 67 KB, About PDF Files]

• Draft Agenda for the SAB Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Risk Assessment Review Panel Public Teleconference, Wednesday, July 6, 2005. [PDF,1 pp., 17 KB, About PDF Files]

• Perfluorooctanoic Acid Risk Assessment (PFOA) Draft Report for Review at the July 6, 2005 Public Teleconference [PDF, 31 pp., 232 KB, About PDF Files]

• New Public Comments
  Letter to Dr. Sue Shallal, Comments Presented by Dr. Jerry Hardisty, D.V.M., Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc. [PDF, 2 pp., 70 KB, About PDF Files] and Report entitled: Pathology Peer Review and Pathology Working Group Review of Mammary Glands from a Chronic Feeding Study in Rats with PFOA Report [PDF, 74 pp., 2.47 MB, About PDF Files]

  Larry R. Zobel, MD, MPH, 3M Corporation, St. Paul, MN [PDF, 3 pp., 104 KB, About PDF Files]

  Letter from Robert W. Rickard, PhD, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company [PDF, 2 pp., 65 KB, About PDF Files]; Attachment I [PDF, 1 pp., 68 KB, About PDF Files] and Attachment II - Slide Presentation [PDF, 31 pp., 2.37 MB, About PDF Files]

• Summary Minutes of the U.S. EPA, SAB, Perflourooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Draft Risk Assessment Review Panel Public Meeting on February 22-23, 2005 [PDF, 12 pp., 66 KB, About PDF Files]

• Summary Minutes of the U.S. EPA, SAB, Perflourooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Draft Risk Assessment Review Panel Public Teleconference on January 25, 2005 [PDF, 6 pp., 30 KB, About PDF Files]

• Federal Register Notice - Notification of an Upcoming Teleconference of the Perfluorooctanoic Acid Risk Assessment (PFOA) Review Panel (June 6, 2005)

• Agenda for the SAB Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Risk Assessment Review Panel Public Meeting, Tuesday, February 22, 2005; and Wednesday, February 23, 2005. [PDF, 3 pp., 43 KB, About PDF Files]

• Public Comments for Consideration by PFOA Review Panel at the February 22-23, 2005 Public Meeting:
  Mr. Robert Bilott, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP [PDF, 392 pp., 12 MB, About PDF Files]
  John L. Butenhoff, Ph.D., CIH, DABT, 3M Company [PDF, 18 pp., 558 KB, About PDF Files]
  David Gray, Ph.D.,Tetra Tech, Inc. [PDF, 4 pp., 126 KB, About PDF Files]
  Timothy Kropp, PhD and Jane Houlihan, PhD, Environmental Working Group [PDF, 24 pp., 355 KB, About PDF Files] with (Appendix A - Mechanisms of Action Associated with PFOA in Addition to Peroxisome Proliferation) [PDF, 5 pp., 127 KB, About PDF Files]
  John A. Moore, PhD. DABT, Hollyhouse, Inc. [PDF, 6 pp., 334 KB, About PDF Files]
  Geary Olsen, D.V.M., Ph.D. and Larry Zobel, M.D., M.P.H, 3M Company [PDF, 10 pp., 54 KB, About PDF Files]
  Joseph V. Rodricks, Ph.D., Environ Corp. [PDF, 4 pp., 219 KB, About PDF Files]
  James A. Popp DVM, PhD, Stratoxon LLC [PDF, 6 pp., 32 KB, About PDF Files]
  Mr. Bob Griffin, The Little Hocking Water Association, Inc. [PDF, 2 pp., 116 KB, About PDF Files]

• Other Public Comments:
  Robert W. Rickard, PhD, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company [PDF, 42 pp., 2.32 MB, About PDF Files]
  Mr. Robert Bilott, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, March 22, 2005 [PDF, 9 pp., 446 KB, About PDF Files]
  Timothy J. Kropp, PhD, and Jane Houlihan, Environmental Working Group, March 28, 2005 [PDF, 12 pp., 342 KB, About PDF Files]
  John L. Butenhoff, Ph.D.; Geary Olsen, D.V.M., Ph.D.; and Larry Zobel, M.D., M.P.H, 3M Company, April 18, 2005 [PDF, 16 pp., 152 KB, About PDF Files]
  Mr. Robert Bilott, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, May 20, 2005 [PDF, 133 pp., 3.93 MB, About PDF Files]

• Overview of Draft PFOA Risk Assessment for the Science Advisory Board, January 25, 2005, Presentation by Dr. Jennifer Seed (RAD/OPPT), and Dr. Hugh Barton (ETD/NHEERL/ORD)

• Agenda for the SAB Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Risk Assessment Review Panel Public Teleconference, Tuesday, January 25, 2005. [PDF, 1 pp., 25 KB, About PDF Files]

• PFOA Draft Risk Assessment Web Page

• Charge Questions for EPA's SAB Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Risk Assessment Review Panel [PDF, 4 pp., 34 KB, About PDF Files]

• Perfluorooctanoic Acid Risk Assessment (PFOA) Review Panel Roster [PDF, 2 pp., 16 KB, About PDF Files]

• Determination for SAB Perfluorooctanoic Acid Risk Assessment (PFOA) Review Panel [PDF, 28 pp., 385 KB, About PDF Files]

• Federal Register Notice - Notification of Upcoming Meetings of the SAB Perfluorooctanoic Acid Risk Assessment (PFOA) Review Panel (January 12, 2005)

• Invitation for Comments on the "Short List" Candidates for the Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Risk Assessment Review Panel of the EPA SAB [PDF, 12 pp., 127 KB, About PDF Files]

• Federal Register Notice Requesting Nominations for Experts

  The EPA SAB Staff Office is announcing the formation of a new review panel and soliciting nominations for members of the panel. This panel is being formed to help provide advice to the Agency, as part of the SAB's mission, established by 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and technical advice, consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical bases for EPA policies and regulations on the above subject. Nominations should be submitted in electronic format through the Form for Nominating Individuals to Panels of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board provided on the SAB Web site. The form can be accessed through a link on the blue navigational bar of the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. To be considered, all nominations should include the information requested on that form. Anyone who is unable to access nominations on the SAB Web site can obtain a paper copy of the form by contacting Dr. Suhair Shallal, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), as indicated below. The deadline for submitting nominations is three (3) weeks from publication of this notice.

  Any member of the public wishing further information regarding this Request for Nominations, or a paper nomination form, may contact Dr. Shallal by telephone/voice mail at (202) 343-9977, via e-mail at shallal.suhair@epa.gov, or at the following address: Suhair Shallal, PhD., Science Advisory Board Staff Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Mail Code 1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

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