What:
m-Xylene, o-Xylene, p-Xylene, and mixed-Xylenes VCCEP Peer Consultation
When: December 13-14, 2005
Where: Northern Kentucky University Metropolitan
Education and Training Services (METS), Erlanger,
Kentucky (close to the Cincinnati Airport)
A panel of scientists with expertise in toxicity testing, risk
assessment, exposure assessment, and children’s health met on December
13-14, 2005, to conduct a peer consultation of a submission on xylenes
(meta, ortho, para, and mixed). The
American Chemistry Council Benzene, Toluene and Xylene (BTX) VCCEP
Consortium prepared the submission for the Voluntary Children's Chemical
Evaluation Program (VCCEP). The
purpose of the peer consultation meeting was to provide a science-based
forum to determine whether the existing data are adequate to characterize
the risks of xylenes to children, and, if not, to identify data needs.
The meeting was open to the public and individuals who could not attend in
person were encouraged to observe via a real-time webcast using their
personal computer.
A report that summarizes the panel discussions and the
individual panel members’ conclusions is found below.
Note that panel members served as individuals and represented their
own personal scientific opinions. They did not represent their
companies, agencies, funding organizations, or other entities with which
they are associated. The Peer Consultation Panel Meeting Report
includes the List
of Attendees, Meeting Materials (which contains the agenda, overview,
panel charge, panelist biographical sketches and conflict of interest/bias
disclosures and presenter biographical sketches), Public Comments, and
Sponsor Presentation Slides.
The
following are the original documents submitted by the sponsor for the
panel's review:
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