Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on Phthalates Meeting, November 2011

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - Friday, November 4, 2011
Bethesda, Maryland

Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to convene a Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) to study the effects on children’s health of all phthalates and phthalate alternatives as used in children’s toys and child care articles. The CHAP makes recommendations to the Commission regarding any phthalates (or combinations of phthalates) in addition to those identified in section 108 of the CPSIA or phthalate alternatives that the panel determines should be declared banned hazardous substances. The sixth meeting of the CHAP on phthalates will be held November 2-4, 2011 at CPSC headquarters.

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Read the Public Notice [Text] [PDF]

Part 1: Wednesday, November 2

Part 2: Wednesday, November 2

Part 3: Wednesday, November 2

Part 4: Thursday, November 3

Part 5: Thursday, November 3

Part 6: Thursday, November 3

Part 7: Friday, November 3

Part  8: Friday, November 3

   Non-Government Participants' Reports

These reports were not prepared by the Commission or Commission staff and are not official documents of the CPSC, have not been reviewed by, and may not necessarily reflect the views of, the Commission.

Letter from the Breast Cancer Foundation, December 7, 2011, and Response by CPSC staff, December 20, 2011

Letter from Angela Rollins, Exxon Mobil, October 27, 2011

DiNP Dose-Response Studies: Gestation PK and Developmental Effects; Postnatal Effects, from the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, October 2011

Letter from Steven Goldberg, BASF, November 29, 2011, and Response by CPSC Staff, December 19, 2011;

Letter from Latham & Watkins on behalf of ExxonMobil, December 2, 2011

Letter from BASF: Failure to Consider Industry Data on Phthalates and Pthtalate Substitutes, Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP), January 20, 2012

Letter from American Chemistry Council on Xenograft Research, January 25, 2012

Letter from the American Chemistry Council on the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on Phthalates, January 31, 2012

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