[net-gold] How To Determine If A Substance Causes Cancer at Work
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- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:21:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:03:14 -0000
From: JonG <jon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] How To Determine If A Substance Causes Cancer at Work
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How To Determine If A Substance
Causes Cancer at Work
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The National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) is seeking
public input to determine what substances
cause cancer and at what level of occupational
exposure.
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"The National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
intends to review its approach to classifying
carcinogens and establishing recommended
exposure limits (RELs) for occupational
exposures to hazards associated with cancer.
As part of this effort, NIOSH is requesting
initial input on these issues (including
answers to the 5 questions in the following
section), to be submitted to the NIOSH Docket
number 240, for a comment period lasting
through September 22, 2011. This information
will be taken under consideration and used to
inform NIOSH efforts to assess and document
its carcinogen policy and REL policy regarding
occupational hazards associated with cancer.
NIOSH has also created a new NIOSH Cancer and
REL Policy Web Topic Page [see
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http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/cancer/policy.html
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to provide additional details about this effort
and progress updates."
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"NIOSH is announcing a Request for Information
on key issues identified and associated with the
NIOSH Carcinogen and REL policies. Special
emphasis will be placed on consideration of
technical and scientific issues with the current
NIOSH Cancer and REL Policies that require
further examination including the following:
Show citation box
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(1) Should there explicitly be a carcinogen policy
as opposed to a broader policy on toxicant
identification and classification (e.g.carcinogens,
reproductive hazards, neurotoxic agents)?
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(2) What evidence should form the basis for
determining that substances are carcinogens?
How should these criteria correspond to
nomenclature and categorizations (e.g., known,
reasonably anticipated,etc.)?Show citation box
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(3) Should 1 in 1,000 working lifetime risk
(for persons occupationally exposed) be the
target level for a recommended exposure limit
(REL) for carcinogens or should lower targets
be considered?Show citation box
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(4) In establishing NIOSH RELs, how should the
phrase "to the extent feasible" (defined in the
1995 NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit Policy)
be interpreted and applied?Show citation box
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(5) In the absence of data, what uncertainties
or assumptions are appropriate for use in the
development of RELs? What is the utility of a
standard "action level" (i.e., an exposure limit
set below the REL typically used to trigger risk
management actions) and how should it be set?
How should NIOSH address worker exposure to
complex mixtures?
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Public Comment Period: Comments must be received
by September 22, 2011.
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The concept of a compensable industrial disease
has developed only recently and its acceptance
has lagged far behind that of industrial accidents.
The original Workers' Compensation Acts, as
promulgated from the year 1911 forward by many of
the states, did not provide for the recognition of
occupational illness and disease as compensable
events. As demands have been placed upon the
medical system to treat and to prevent occupational
illness, the legal system, under social, economic,
and political pressure, has sought to provide a
remedy for the thousands of injured workers who
have suffered and who are continuing to suffer
from occupational illness and disease.
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Complete Article With Links:
http://tinyurl.com/6esns6u
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Attorney at Law |
http://www.gelmans.com
1700 State Route 23 Suite 120 |
Wayne NJ 07470-7537
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direct f. 973-807-1811 |
mailto:
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