2010 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 10:35:46 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] VOCs, HEALTH: Advisory Board supports EPA review of TCE
 
[Note: This information appears to be inferred from statements made by members of an EPA Science Advisory Board panel this past week. It is not an official report of the panel, which is not due until later this year. Please excuse duplicate postings. - LS]

Agency finds TCE to be human carcinogen

JACKSONVILLE DAILY NEWS (NC)
May 13, 2010

A federal advisory committee endorsed the Environmental Protection Agency's preliminary findings that the chemical solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) is a human carcinogen, according to reports from the Bureau of National Affairs.

On Wednesday, the EPA's Trichloroethylene Review Panel concluded a three-day meeting to review a large draft evaluation of TCE's health effects.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.jdnews.com/news/agency-78311-human-committee.html

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