February 04, 2004

By: Yannik Allan
Website: http://www.1st-in-cell-phones.com

Peer review set for NTP studies May 18

Recent safety studies by the National Toxicology Program will be peer-reviewed at an open, public meeting May 18 by a subcommittee of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors. The studies are of the sedative chloral hydrate; the moth ball ingredient napthalene; the meat and fish preservative sodium nitrite; an ingredient in hard or high temperature resistant plastics p,p'-Dichlorodiphenyl Sulfone, and indium phosphide, which is used in making solar cells, semi-conductors, lasers and photodiodes.

Then, on May 24, the board will meet to discuss and review NTP activities. Among the agenda items is a discussion of testing recommendations for future studies- with opportunity for comment from the public. Both public events will be at the NTP's headquarters, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, in the Rodbell auditorium of the Rall building, the NIEHS' main administrative and laboratory facility 111 T. W. Alexander drive, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Both meetings begin at 8:30 a.m.

At the May 24 meeting, the board will review the current activities and status of the NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction and will discuss and hear public comment on recommendations for future NTP study in several areas including DNA-based therapies, dietary supplements, cellular phone radiation emissions and occupational chemicals. The Food and Drug Administration has nominated for safety testing a class of DNA-derived vaccines and gene therapies not yet generally available, as well as the radio frequency radiation emissions from cellular phones.

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