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SCIENCE PANEL TO REVIEW THE POTENTIAL OF MALATHION’S LINK TO CANCER IN HUMANS
Release Date: 08/10/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000
SCIENCE PANEL TO REVIEW THE POTENTIAL OF
MALATHION’S LINK TO CANCER IN HUMANS
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) will hold a meeting August 17 and 18 to review the findings that malathion may be linked to cancer in humans. According to the EPA Preliminary Draft, July 1999 “Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment,” EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) has proposed to classify malathion as having “suggestive evidence of carcinogenicity but not sufficient to assess human carcinogenic potential” by all routes of exposure. The meeting will be at the Holiday Inn at Ballston, 4610 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Va., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the Thursday, Aug. 17 and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18. The agenda and background document for the meeting are available at: https://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/ or by calling the OPP Docket at 703-305-5805. To participate in the meeting contact Paul Lewis, EPA’s Office of Science Coordination and Policy, by calling 703-305-5369 or sending the request by fax to 703-605-0656 or an email to lewis.paul@epa.gov.
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