Welcome back to this public conference of
the United States Customer Product Safety and security Compensation our hearing which
started this early morning at 9:00 a.m. will now continue just a pointer that this
is a public hearing to solicit discuss the petition asking for the
Compensation initiate rulemaking under the federal unsafe compound act to
declare numerous classifications of products consisting of a '' native organo halogen fire retardants to be quote banned hazardous materials finish quote we have spoken with four panels this morning as well as we are going to currently hear from our fifth on this panel we are pleased to have MS Cady Huffman from the Partnership of registered nurses for healthy atmospheres MS Jenna Reed Union of Concerned Researchers mr.Robert scientific research
justification me mr. Robert Simon from the American Chemistry Council and while mr. Simon exists I would just claim that mr. Mike walls from the American Chemistry Council will certainly also be readily available to address concerns as well as on the phone we have MS Sonja lunder from the Environmental Working Team joining us together with dr. Hubble'' s this Heather Stapleton from Battle Each Other University and also Miss Pamela Miller from the Alaska community action on toxic substances thank you all significantly for joining us today and also again every one of the panelists will testify for as much as 5 mins the yellow light shows you have one minute continuing to be and for those of you get on the phone Miss Mills will notify you and you have one minute as soon as all the panels have concluded their statement we will rely on the Commission for five mins rounds of questions with that said miss out on gathering you may begin thanks thank you and thank you for this chance to comment today on the application asking for rulemaking on products including organic halogen flame resistants and also the CPSC team briefing bundle once more my name is Katie huffing as well as I'' m the executive director of the Alliance of nurses for healthy environments I'' m. a registered nurse as well as a registered nurse midwife the Partnership is the only nationwide nursing.
organization that concentrates only on the crossway of health and wellness in the.
environment our objective is to promote healthy settings and healthy and balanced individuals.
by leading the nursing as well as informing profession progressing research study.
incorporating evidence-based technique and influencing plan we have more than 3000.
participants throughout the country our participants consist of registered nurses from all strolls of.
our profession Healthcare facility based public health school-based as well as advanced.
practice to simply call a few nurses are one of the most relied on career and we take.
When offering education and learning to individuals and also working to, our tasks very seriously.
stop disease the main work of our company occurs with the charitable.
volunteer work of our nurses with our policy as well as campaigning for workgroup these.
registered nurses have led interaction of health and wellness specialists on the major issues.
related to flame resistants as well as wellness our work has been assisted by the American.
nurses organizations resolution Nursing Method chemical exposure and right to.
know which supports a course of activity that decreases the use of poisonous chemicals.
demands ample information on the wellness results of chemicals and also.
chemicals and also items before they are introduced on the marketplace as well as produces.
extra streamlined methods for hazardous chemicals to be removed from usage based.
on this resolution nurses require to advocate for customer items that are.
complimentary of toxic chemicals as component of their requirement of practice I am very.
concerned that expectant females the expanding fetus and also our kids are being.
revealed to halogenated flame retardants each day it'' s my task to aid females have.
the healthiest maternities feasible because of this I identify the importance of.
having regular levels of thyroid hormonal agents while pregnant and screen for.
symptoms of thyroid dysfunction to make sure that action can be promptly taken if an.
irregularity is located that this class of flame retardants are structurally.
similar to thyroid hormonal agent and have actually been shown to disrupt thyroid hormone.
feature is extremely concerning thyroid disturbance throughout pregnancy can have a.
unfavorable effect on fetal brain growth in addition to other inadequate.
pregnancy outcomes as you have spoken with other.
others right here today with one in 6 kids in the US currently facing the long-lasting.
difficulty of developmental disabilities such as autism and interest deficit.
hyperactivity problem we need to seriously deal with chemicals that could.
belong of this disconcerting trend I'' m additionally worried with the effects of.
halogenated flame resistants on fertility.
elevated PB de levels at human bust milk has actually been associated with cooked.
Accord ism as well as decreased testes dimension and decreased sperm counts as.
the inability to conceive is boosting in this nation demand we need to be attending to.
these possible chemical beginnings as a registered nurse midwife I'' m frequently asked which.
items are safe to use with their baby which nursing cushion would I recommend.
what'' s the finest group to acquire as a result of the restricted consumer information we carry.
a lot of the flame resistants addressed in the petition it can be really.
challenging as a provider to offer guidance on the best items this is.
specifically frustrating when it'' s been revealed that these poisonous chemicals are not.
even giving included flame security when height talking with my pediatric.
registered nurse associates they have described that they have several means we can counsel.
moms and dads to reduce threats of fire such as having functioning smoke alarm as well as not.
smoking in your home but they have no meaningful advice to offer to parents on.
just how to decrease the risk of kids exposures to flame resistants suppliers are.
able to include these fire resistant to their items without labeling or.
checking them for wellness effects this whole class of halogenated fire.
resistants olive'' s similar molecular structure and all are most likely to respond.
similarly in the body our company believe that due to the dangerous nature of these.
flame retardants and also the high potential for damage specifically to the growing unborn child.
and kids due to essential developmental home windows of susceptibility.
that the CPSC is forced to manage these fire retardants under the government.
harmful compound Act likewise the staff briefs mentions that AFR'' s might not be. prevalent as they ' ve been discovered in just 22 percent of the'children ' s items. checked by CPSC this is not an irrelevant number as youngsters has.
many toys in their toy boxes 22 percent can result in considerable.
direct exposures amongst this susceptible populace our following generation is worthy of.
to be able to grow up and also without these hazardous chemicals let'' s. not make the blunder of regrettable substitutions as well as take on the existing.
proposal to limit these unneeded and wellness harming course of fire.
retardants thank you thank you significantly miss out on Reed great afternoon initially I'' d like. to give thanks to chairwoman Buerkle and also the CPSC commissioners for the opportunity to.
testify before you today on this essential concern my name is Jenna Reed.
I am the science and also plan expert at the center for science and democracy of.
the Union of Concerned Scientists with more than 500,000 participants as well as supporters.
throughout the nation we are a detached nonprofit team devoted to boosting.
public law via extensive and also independent scientific research the Facility for.
science and also freedom at UCS supporters for improved transparency and stability.
in our democratic institutions particularly those making science-based.
public policy choices the Union of Concerned Researchers stands with various other.
participants of the scientific area in supporting this application hiring.
the Customer Item Safety and security Commission to proclaim Organa halogen fire.
retardants o FRS as an unsafe course of chemicals as well as to ban their usage in.
kids'' s items furniture bed mattress and also the casing surrounding electronic devices.
the scientific evidence outlined in the application supports this governing change.
the CPSC has the authority to secure the public from toxic materials that.
may trigger considerable accident or substantial illness given that the facility'' s. beginning we have actually worked to protect clinical stability within the federal.
federal government as well as called attention to incidences of special interests.
mischaracterizing scientific research to promote for details policy goals the chemical.
market and also its trade association the American Chemistry Council zhh work to.
plant uncertainty about the science exposing damages about chemicals effect on our.
health and wellness including flame resistants is an outright example of this unacceptable.
behavior the business that make FRS have actually put significant time and also cash.
into misshaping a scientific reality concerning these chemicals as the 2012 Chicago.
Tribune investigative collection kept in mind the chemical sector has twisted research.
outcomes overlooked findings that run counter to its purposes and also worked off.
prejudiced industry moneyed reports as rigorous science in doing so the.
American Chemistry Council as well as its member companies.
has advertised the widespread use of IFRS at the expense of Public Wellness.
looking at these chemicals through a strictly unbiased lens shows the.
demands need for CPSC swift activity toxicity as well as direct exposure data sustain the.
analysis of Organa halogen flame resistants as a course of chemicals under.
the federal unsafe compounds Act residential or commercial properties that are shared by of' '
ours. include their semi volatility and also ability to crowd migrate from customer.
products into house dirt and direct exposure has actually been connected with a series of.
health and wellness influences including reproductive disability neurological effects.
endocrine disturbance genotoxicity cancer cells and immune disorders as a course there is.
an ample body of evidence sustaining the final thought that these chemicals have.
the ability to cause personal ailment and therefore fulfill the definition of.
poisonous under F H sa possibly most egregiously bio keeping an eye on data have.
exposed that neighborhoods of shade and also low-income communities are.
disproportionately revealed to and also bear high degrees of fire retardant chemicals.
adding to the cumulative chemical burden that these communities are currently.
experiencing from boosted great particle issue from power plants or.
refineries in their neighborhoods to greater levels of pollutants in their.
drinking water I'' ve seen firsthand the determination of the earliest type of. fire retardants polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs that still torment the.
debris and also water of the Hackensack Meadowlands just a pair of miles from.
where I expanded up in New Jersey among my very first Jobs was operating in the chemistry.
department of the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute where I.
invest my days drawing out PCBs and organochlorine pesticides from the dirt.
as well as sediment of the of the Meadowlands as well as analyzing that information in spite of being.
prohibited in 1977 these chemicals are still discovered alarmingly high quantities all over.
commercial hotspots of the country as well as remain to bio gather in a variety of.
species the restriction of PCBs took place decades back and we are still managing the.
harmful impacts of the chemicals occurrence throughout the nation the following.
generation of these chemicals organo halogen fire retardants are inside of.
our very own houses as well as a variety of products thanks largely partly the.
disinformation projects planted by unique passions the reality stays that.
the sign does not sustain their proceeded usage.
seen firsthand the determination of PCBs in my local setting inspired me to.
utilize my scientific training to function to layout or enhance plans that decrease.
public health and wellness and ecological risks as well as protect against future situations of.
chemicals overburdening ecosystems and homes that is why I'' m below today
to. ask the CPSC to act with seriousness to approve this application and further control.
AFR'' s to shield our children and also future generations thank you thank you very.
much mr.Simon many thanks chair Buerkle and also commissioners my name is Robert Simon. and also I ' m here today'testifying in behalf of the American Chemistry Council as well as.
the North American flag retirement liens I recognize there'' s a lot of rate of interest in this. issue and we were trying to assist promote the commissioners demand to.
consolidate a few of the testament so I'' m mosting likely to existing remarks in support of.
both myself and Mike Wallace from the American Chemistry Council I'' ll shot and. be brief just a quick remark and also I recognize we'' ve been prior to the commissioners. in the past on several problems and I simply intend to stress that the American Chemistry.
Council represents the principle makers of chemicals in the US as well as.
we are fully dedicated to product safety that by nature of subscription in the.
American Chemistry Council you are obligated to abide by a responsible.
care program which consists of eight different codes including a product.
safety code which'' s mandatory for responsibility that includes third-party.
confirmation in our new item security code yet I simply desired to emphasize our.
commitment to total product safety and security I'' m right here today speaking on behalf of the.
staff briefing plan as it associates with the petition HB 15 1 and also the personnel.
recommendation to reject the application I'' m mosting likely to highlight five key points today.
however our overall message to the commissioners to the public to several of.
the various other stakeholders are today this petition is extremely wide it will.
increase fire danger as well as it is not consistent with the f HSA so my.
testament concentrate on five bottom lines very first fire security as the commissioners well.
recognize is an important concern for the CPSC to consider we.
a great deal of progress over the last 40 years in reducing fire risk a whole lot of that has.
come as a result of the CEA'' s CPSC ' s management on that issue and
fire. returns have actually contributed in that in regards to helping in reducing the fire risk of.
products having claimed that as you all know from from the variety of item.
recalls and also product challenges that are available that fire risk is still a very.
real concern according to the CPSC area data we respond to a fire every 23.
seconds in the u.s.So that essential notion of fire security requires to be.
taken into consideration as component of this and I would certainly just emphasize that in the review of.
this petition this has the prospective to weaken fire security as well as also.
compromise the fire security of some items so encourage the CPSC to.
very carefully think about that in the context of its evaluation of this application second.
point would be as you'' ve heard I assume also acknowledged by a few of the.
supporters for this petition this is an incredibly broad request you'' re you ' re. banning an entire course of chemicals fire resistants include a broad range.
of products with different qualities formulas and also.
designated uses and it'' s just not proper to group every one of these things.
with each other to take that one-size-fits-all method just doesn'' t make sense the
. risk as well as risk profile of even these materials within this course of.
chemicals is just not the same which'' s been acknowledged by government.
firms consisting of the US Epa so stress that.
factor the petition as it is currently specified would ban compounds that other.
federal government regulatory authorities have actually figured out do not present a risk and would certainly also prohibit.
substances that haven'' t also been developed yet so again I urge the.
Compensation to consider this holistically in regards to the broad effects of.
this fine example would be under both Republican and democratic.
administrations brand-new fire retardant products have been approved consisting of.
under the new law Berg Chemical Safety Act this would run counter to that a relevant point would certainly be is the.
materials that are the subject of the application have actually already been or presently.
being examined for their safety and security by United States EPA under an extensive new regulatory.
system in position for managing chemicals the CPSC clearly has a crucial and.
important role to play in consumer items however this request would.
duplicate several of the job that'' s already underway or has been done by US.
EPA to assess the safety of chemicals and also control those chemicals as well as a large.
piece of this we were below with the last time testifying about hopefully the.
capacity of the brand-new Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act after the last hearing in.
January 2016 it'' s happy right here to say most of individuals around this area not simply.
the chemical market yet environmental groups labor unions etc we function to assist.
pass the bipartisan Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act that is a brand-new regulation that has.
gone into effect it significantly boosts the method we manage chemicals.
in the United States and I assume that'' s an essential factor to take into consideration as well as I'' ll. simply finish with a final point which is since we we believe this the petition.
progressed is a improper and extremely troubling application of the FHS an and.
as well as should be refuted I would simply finish with a comment just directly from the.
personnel bundle that I believe stresses the broad nature of this the FHS a.
calls for consideration of the link in between the poisoning of a material.
direct exposure to that substance through sensibly near and also traditional usage.
of an item as well as leading to considerable accident or.
significant disease related to the direct exposure team thinks about that the ofr.
represent a wide course of chemicals defined mostly by their useful use.
and the visibility of either bromine or chlorine the data on OA ofr reveal differing.
poisoning and also direct exposure potential among person of our compounds these.
differing properties of specific individual of our compounds suggest.
that AFR'' s remain in reality stand for a number of subclasses of chemicals as well as ought to not.
and should be analyzed independently and one can not end that all compounds.
would be considered dangerous materials under they J say that'' s part of the. reason we motivate the Compensation to consider the team report.
and the scientific research on these she'' s appreciate the opportunity to.
extensive direct exposure to hazardous fire resistants specifically during maternity.
infancy as well as very early childhood years kids ' s exposures are commonly 3 to 5. times higher than their mothers in its'rundown plan the CPSC personnel elevated.
worries concerning the requests goal of prohibiting all additive Organa halogen.
chemicals yet lots of studies have documented the means these chemicals can. Tony the food chain continue the setting and also intimidate human health. the statement today files a clear pattern of regrettable
substitution or. as we learn today to call it regrettable denial where restrictions on a certain. ofr s cause making use of new improperly studied halogenated choices most. lately poisoning problems have actually triggered 4 states Maryland New york city Vermont.
and also Washington to prohibit two types of tryst in foam items we see that without.
clear red kick back entry rigorous Olaf ours en masse a portion of the market will. shift to brand-new badly researched telogen ated chemicals bolstering this cycle
most. recent sorry Organa halogen flame resistant share physical and chemical.
high qualities that weren ' t there consideration en masse under the. government just how does their'disc Materials Act the halogen carbon bond imparts. thermal stability yet also leads to persistence and longevity of these.
chemicals in the atmosphere and also contributes to their toxicity to human.
When incinerated they develop very toxic, health and wellness. and consistent compounds like dioxins as well as furans in response to this application.
the ACCC mentioned an EPA news release declaring that the firm has determined.
50 fire retardants that are not likely to present a danger for human wellness.
neither the ACCC neither the EPA have stated whether any of these choices are.
halogenated the statement is likely based on the evaluation of the EPA ' s. made for the Environment Program that was also discussed earlier by Rick.
grosse and also the testament in 2015 in a report every one of the 10 halogenated flame.
resistants that EPA examined were ranked as high risk in at the very least one category. either for their threat to human wellness or environmental persistence and.
bioaccumulation EPA did call 2 chemicals as a reduced level of concern. for polyurethane foam however both were not halogenated a research study by Miriam diamond.
who will affirm later today reviewed 94 fire fire retardant to ensure that could be.
replacement for those presently using consumer products she located that 40% had.
tool or high worry for ecological determination et cetera posed a reduced. problem and wrapped up the replacement fire retardants need to be evaluated as. Since the 1 by 1 regulatory technique is problematic for ensuring, a course.
that alternate flame retardants will certainly be much less unsafe and oppress others.
regardless of a motivating market shift away from additive fire resistants and.
family products ofr has remained to be made use of in some new products as noted in.
testament today we conclude that voluntary actions by producers and. state by state constraints on private chemicals are not enough.
to keep these chemicals out of brand-new items and also we keep in mind that portable XRF.
devices permit budget friendly and also fast and also non-invasive conformity monitoring. actually meaning that a classification large restriction on halogens can be easier to implement. than a ban on details authors the CPSC personnel affirm that there was insufficient.
information to prove that these four product groups in the application are the.
resource of ofr is determined in individuals and also they ' ll bring up the point that the.
chemicals are using automobiles and additionally'one min continuing to be thank you but.
study has actually revealed that consumer items are the primary resource of human.
direct exposure to flame resistants in our statement written testimony we affix.
this D searching for that twice as numerous extra pounds of PBDEs. were included to polyurethane foam in house items than cars so in.
shutting we would prompt the to give the application as we ' ve composed.
as well as beyond natural halogen flame retardants in these 4 item.
category thanks thanks significantly following is dr.Heather Stapleton dr.
Partnership of nurses for healthy and balanced atmospheres I'' m. a registered nurse and also a registered nurse midwife the Alliance is the only national nursing.
Tony the food chain persist in the setting and threaten human wellness. Significance that a group wide restriction on halogens can be less complex to impose.Stapleton are you on the phone thank you yes we can thank you significantly great
greater than 70 peer-reviewed publications focusing on this topic additionally I.
affirmed in front of the United States Senate subcommittee in May of 2012 on a hearing.
just focused on environment revenues today I'' d like to take a couple of minutes to.
sum up some crucial study searchings for that have been generated for my.
group especially over the in 2015 which straight associate with several issues.
raised today specifically associating to our understanding of human exposure.
pertaining to use of flame resistants and furnishings as well as bed mattress since 2008 my.
research study group has been testing furniture items specifically sofas.
chairs cushions as well as a number of child things for fire returning chemicals as.
of today we have evaluated greater than 2000 of these items as well as we have a really.
excellent data base concerning where flame retardants are utilized and just how their.
use has actually changed in time in contrast to what you'' ve been told our research study has.
shown that fire retardants are actually utilized in grown-up mattresses offered on the.
market today specifically mattresses made from memory foam and also our information.
recommends this is not lowering we additionally recognize that companies are still using.
flame retardants to furnishings in spite of the modification in the flammability requirements.
from California this was documented in our magazine in 2016.
digitus research study my research laboratory has been conducting its comprehensive bio monitoring.
researches to review exposure among the basic public and also is to understand just how.
direct exposure connects to product use in a current publication by Hoffman as well as Al we.
demonstrated that exposure to the halogenated organic phosphate flame.
resistant TDC PP also kept in mind chlorinated Tris has boosted dramatically among.
the u.s.Population over
the past decade we also showed that direct exposure to. this chemical which is taken into consideration a carcinogen a. dramatically higher as well as children loved one to grownups in truth our research study. located that babies have the highest direct exposure to TDC BP among any kind of age class. and also moreover this direct exposure was significantly connected with the number. of infant furnishings products the moms and dads owned in the house this association is. additionally sustained by our testing program which located that TDC PP is one of the most. usual flame retardant put on baby furnishings products which contain. polyurethane foam these studies offer a link connecting application of
TDC P P. and child furniture items with exposure and infants as a follow-up to this research study.
we recently estimated the ordinary day-to-day consumption of TDC P P for a baby utilizing.
our dimensions of the urinary metabolite we found that direct exposure array.
When you, from 0.01 to 15 micrograms of TVC PP per kilo body weight per day.
compare that exposure to the acceptable everyday intake for non cancer health dangers.
reported in a CPSC paper in 2006 our outcomes find that 2 to 9 %of infants are.
currently receiving direct exposure that is greater than that threshold recommending.
some babies are getting receiving direct exposure that can result in wellness. risk this is also published earlier this year to even more comprehend connections. in between flame-retardant use as well as furnishings and also exposure amongst the general.
public we just recently conducted a different research study in which we in fact tested the.
cushions from sofas in 140 residences as well as accumulated paired samples of house dust.
as well as blood from individuals living in those residences we located strong as well as.
statistically considerable associations in between the brominated flame resistants
. and also the sofas in concentrations in your house dust as well as in the participants blood.
so as an example if a bf are a brominated fire retardant existed in the sofa.
taken into consideration the fastest-growing cancer based on incident one min continuing to be.
and also we have lately published a paper which found statistically considerable.
organizations in between the concentrations of three different. flame resistants in home
to us with thyroid cancer cells as well as this heart. association was specifically strong for Dekker bromo diphenyl ether a burma.
indigenous flame resistant enclosing i think this research study these study.
research studies demonstrate unequivocally unquestionably that use of fire.
retardants in these products is clearly connected with exposure amongst the basic.
public well I recognize the fire danger is a very well-funded problem we should.
assume seriously concerning technologies and approaches used to satisfy flammability.
criteria in my viewpoint we should be of absolutely preventing using small.
particle ingredients which will constantly migrate out of items and cause.
some type of exposure it ' s just thermodynamics offered the.
integral challenges in examining danger accounts profiles for chemicals it would certainly. behoove us to try and get rid of direct exposure instead of investing considerable time. as well as initiative attempting to identify which chemical has a much better toxicity profile.
Alaska we highly support the application as well as rulemaking to prohibit the course of.
the Payment has a historical chance to make policy that will.
Yet are nevertheless very and also overmuch revealed people of the.
beautiful the it consists of some of the most highly. contaminated animals and also individuals on the planet it is an essential indication. When chemicals, area for analyzing residential or commercial properties and also impacts of chemicals.
get in the Arctic their damage is slowed down as a result of reduced temperature levels as well as low.
strength sunshine that makes them readily available for long-lasting incorporation.
right into organic systems north and Arctic peoples birth a worry of health
. disparities including cancers cells reproductive problems abnormality.
finding out and also developing impairments the fenceline of chemical manufacturing.
circulation usage and disposal encompasses the Arctic due to the fact that chemicals can travel. hundreds and also hundreds of miles on oceanic as well as atmospheric currents where.
standard life means tunes tales and also expertise these neuro hazardous chemicals.
Since these, are hurting the minds and health of our future generations.
chemicals run away the products in which they are made use of through evaporation or. weathering a lot of these organo halogen compounds are now prevalent in the.
international setting individuals are largely revealed with an inhalation consumption.
and thermal absorption Roman ated flame retardants including PBDEs and also H BCD are.
currently common in Arctic ecological communities with increasing degrees in some locations.
supplying cause for issue as an example concentrations of PBDEs discovered in the. blood of yupik people the yukon-kuskokwim Delta area of. Alaska are the highest possible well-known human PvE concentrations in the circumpolar Arctic.
issue is expanding regarding new mostly unmonitored persistent chemicals that.
present added environmental dangers in the Arctic include including the newer. flame resistants that are unregulated at the national and international level numerous of. these have actually been detected in Arctic Marine Mammal a minute staying are
. getting here via long-range transport current research studies demonstrate climatic. long-range and relentless transport of a selection of these replacements fire.
retardants into the Arctic Salim ovah measured concentrations of 45.
chlorinated and brominated flame resistants and also Arctic air samples and.
molar in 2012 located two chlorinated chemicals TCP and also TCP P that predominate.
in the North Pacific as well as Arctic air samples these are very persistent in. the Arctic due to low temperatures and darkness our very own community-based. research has actually shown the existence of PBDEs as well as house dirt Sentinel. fish traditional food examples of aquatic animals and also in the blood serum of the. Ubik individuals of st.Lawrence Island a remote island in the north Bering Sea. despite of this remote place PBDEs are ubiquitous and dirt collected from. st. Lawrence Island households and also human product focus are comparable to
. those located in elevated levels of the u.s. general populace concentration of. several of these PBDEs as well as dust are connected with serum concentrations. suggesting household dirt gives these substances also in remote. populations lastly as co-chair of the International Pops elimination Network. I ' m really concerned that the lack of controls in the u.s.Allows the discarding.
of items with harmful degrees of fire resistants into United States markets
including. products which contain supposed recycled plastics infected by flame.
retardants from electronic waste we advise that Consumer Product Safety Commission.
to use their authority to shield public health specifically that of prone.
population populations as well as ban fire retardants as well as. children ' s products furniture mattresses as well as family electronics and I ' d be. delighted to give copies of some researches that I Penn has done revealing high levels. of fire resistant chemicals consisting of the brominated flame resistants and also. brief chain chlorinated paraffins in children ' s toys and other children ' s. items thanks thanks really a lot miss out on Miller we will certainly now start our round.
of inquiry from the payment from the Dyess as well as I will start that 2 line of.
examining miss out on Huff filling out your testimony you. discussed one in 6 children in the u.s.Now deal with the long-lasting difficulty of. developmental specials needs can you point out the resource of that information of that. information certain I can send out that to you alright good I would certainly appreciate it
say thanks to. you MS lending institution in your testimony you talked. about XRF modern technology that can detect fire retardants I ' m unaware of that can. you talk with them yes I am not a specialist however XRF is a modern technology that can determine. the bromine and also chlorine aspects in a compound it ' s non-invasive it ' s. non-destructive and those devices have actually been widely used to screen for the. presence of chlorine and also bromine and products and also the discovery of a high. focus of bromine as well as chlorine in any kind of component of a furniture item.
would allow detectives or companies themselves to hone'know exactly'what. chemicals may be in there and the finding of very reduced content of bromine.
Organa chlorine argon or bromine fire resistants in those four categories of.
you extremely much mr.Simon in your testimony you stated that if we take. this wide strategy and grant this request as well as ban courses of chemicals I. should say restriction this course of chemicals that we will certainly be banning chemicals that. have already been authorized and established to be secure could. you simply broaden on a little bit thank you. indeed equally as some instances but we understand and also there
have been regulatory reviews. of a few of the chemicals that would certainly be included in this application that have actually gone. through reviews not just in the United States yet Canada. European Union as well as have had those resolutions that they do absent. a threat to human health and wellness of the setting so an example of that. would certainly be TV BPA was one chemical that I think came up earlier today that has actually had. governing determinations by both Canada and the EU and that would be simply one. example there that would have a
straight impact you can give added if.
you have other instances of that I would actually value that thanks.
Commissioner Adler I thanks very much madam chairman mr.Simon is it fair to.
state based upon your testimony in the statement of your sector colleagues.
that we ' re not likely to see a phase-out of ofr s in consumer products unless the. Compensation takes regulative activity I assume the what I would say to the.
commissioners would certainly be as I believe you will certainly remain to see using fire. retardants in applications that require to fulfill particular fire personality fire safety and security.
criteria as well as characteristic ludo iPhone that wedding on that particular would certainly.
50 I believe the reason that it ' s not available has much less to do with the reality.
Security Act that does call for an affirmative security decision that is.
a body organ oh oh F R and it ' s been accepted for sure uses therefore that ' s. one other more perhaps a lot more present instance'and I think that is public a little bit. yeah as well as just picking
up on the Chairman ' s demand I would truly. appreciate it'I believe all of us would certainly if you would certainly send whatever checklist you have. that includes ofr s particularly in customer products that you think have. been demonstrated existing no reasonable risk of safety and security this Huff lien at one. factor in your statement you stated o FRS are not offering included flame protection. If you could clarify on that factor sure well I assume a great deal of, that ' s ask yourself. the products that they ' re in you understand we wear ' t have babies that are cigarette smoking. cigarettes laying on their mats or on nursing cushions that actually not required.
in these sorts of items and also it ' s simply causing more direct exposure to these.
possibly harmful chemicals where they ' re truly not needed yeah and also and.
f RS yet to be found that'share these very same physical chemical biological.
features as existing ofr s such that we should not take a course method.
to managing them I have not as well as individuals that indicated today consisting of dr. Birnbaum basically have the very same you understand belief and also that their hat there has.
not yet been one natural halogen fire that can be that wasn ' t connected to no.
damage and dr.Stapleton might I route that exact same.'question to you particularly relative to your current research has any one of your. recent study led you to end that any kind of well-known ofr provides little to no danger. to humans particularly to kids so I am NOT examining the toxicity of these. independent chemicals I ' m assessing their visibility as well as items and just how
it. connects to direct exposure and whether that may be linked with wellness risk therefore we. focused on a six to eight chemicals and also not an expansive listing that covers all. home name flame retardant so your concern is direct exposure as well as poisoning thank.
you quite Commissioner Robinson Stapledon put on ' t go away I ' m adhering to up. on this we you know in your testament your that was sent in composing you. detailed a lot of researches that you were
involved in numerous research studies that you. were included in and afterwards in your testimony you were affirming really. quickly and I was creating as rapid as I could. I want to make certain that I my understanding is that you ' ve done. biometric studies that reveal that enhanced ofr s in youngsters blood is. related to baby furnishings with raised ofr s did I obtain that best yes. we ' ve shown that infants have much greater exposure to the T dCPP. intrest it ' s taken into consideration a health hazard which is related to a number of
. child items owned in the home okay and also can you inform me which one of the.
blood of people and which which study sustains that that is the Hamel il 2017.
publication cited in my composed testimony great thanks so much as well as.
dr.Lund ah you said in your you have explanation 16 17 18 19 20 that ' s included. in your connect to and also in your written testimony and also this factor seems to be.
that a lot of the ofr remains in the dust in the home are the result of Oh affairs.
and also family items did I comprehend that properly yes that is our the. recommendations we drew to reveal the web link in between the the home items and also.
direct exposure of home residents although reference 16 is to make reference to the.
reality that more two times as several PS PBDEs were contributed to house furniture than.
to lorries wonderful and mr.
But are however highly and also disproportionately subjected individuals of the. I ' m very worried that the lack of controls in the u.s.Allows the dumping.
Organa chlorine argon or bromine fire retardants in those four classifications of. 50 I believe the reason that it ' s not easily accessible has less to do with the reality.
I desire to make certain that I my understanding is that you ' ve done.Simon I recognize basic you claimed
that you sustain the package and that you believe that this band would be extremely
broad however I desire to see if I can zoom in on that particular a little bit since the bundle
is I comprehend it definitely discovered that ofr s are harmful that they migrate from
items as well as products with greater ofr s are related to rooms with warm with
more dust and that AFR'' s in blood and if there are higher or fires in blood that
is related to adverse wellness influence do you concur with every one of that wear'' t. worry I ' ll obtain to your objection however do you concur with that up until now no and also I.
believe I just intended to clarify I think it'' s really clear in the team record that. there is an acknowledgment there not every one of those materials are hazardous as well as there'' s. even a graph that kind of shown as well as I say sorry due to the fact that I phrased that.
improperly all of the oil discharges concerning which we have.
data revealed that they are our poisonous appropriate no as well as I wear'' t concur with that. all right which as well as you'' re which ones are not harmful that have been studied yes I assume.
there'' s a number that'as well as that ' s among our problems regarding the broad method is. that you ' re controling essentially you understand depending on 25 to 85 different.
chemicals so you'' re and also you you ' re saying that there are researches of non non. polymeric additive organo halogens that show that a few of them are safe and also not. poisonous is that what you'' re informing us yes the only witness that said that today so.
, if you can provide those dyes that would be wonderful and yet you agree that if.
.
we'' ve done studies of you you disagree keeping that also.
I would say you'' d need to clarify what the resource of the ofr
is where'it. shouldn ' t it could not simply be furniture maybe other resources which ' s an. important determination which was the basis about my concern is that if you.
have furnishings with high o FRS do you agree or differ that it'' s linked. with higher o FRS and also the dirt in the room once again I would certainly say it relies on the.
O FRS as well as likewise the application that it'' s used and if there are greater or fires in.
the room in a room as well as people live in that area would you concur that with youngsters.
it'' s connected with greater o FRS in the blood in the pee I just want to be.
clear I'' m not attempting to avoid your question I'' m trying to actually clear up.
various no much'' s are made use of in various matrices they'' ve been a cut or migrate.
or be discharged at different levels or possibly not at all and also that'' s why I ' m simply. picture to state so broadly that of course then and I attempted to make it clear at the.
start of the day that when I claim ofr is I'' m describing specifically what we'' re. handling in this petition non polymeric additive organo halogens and also.
of those you do agree it'' s a risk you disagree it ' s as well as. If it ' s in furniture at elevated rates that it ' s connected with, it caught it. the dust rising in the area and you differ that it ' s connected with. raised blood and urine is that reasonable to say. just to clear up differ that all ofr is existing a risk which all ofr.
associated know of any of those that that we have are managing if you.
could tell us what researches would support what your view is because it''
s so. different than any individual who'' s indicated today thanks.
Thank You commissioner kay thanks madam chair I''
m mr.Simon I think you.
did state at the very least among them though as well as correct me please if I'' m incorrect TBB.
PA did you state that as one that had been vindicated and also what'' s your. understanding of this of the researches connected with that specific chemical. that you recognize overall when you consider the total direct exposure for that chemical.
does absent a risk to human health and wellness or the setting and we'' ve done some.
supporting science that looks at meta-analysis of the information that'' s out. there simply to make use of that as an example levels of TB BPA that are out there are. 7 million times listed below those that would likely create health results so they.
believe that'' s just an extremely concrete instance which'' s what led federal governments.
like Canada an EU to make that determination I assume it'' s essential
to. note though that continuous study is always suitable and you always wish to make.
sure that I recognize there is recurring study related to television BPA.
funded by the industry and additionally by governments and also so it is something that.
we need to take a look at however there'' s plainly been a regulative resolution there.
and you referred earlier to the personnel graph I believe as well as I'' m looking at web page.
99 of the staff briefing and under that on the chart where it says TB BPA it.
mark off toxicity linked with severe toxicity persistent toxicity.
reproductive growth poisoning neurotoxicity.
hereditary poisoning and persistent cough Yuman toxicity and also tags that as a chronic.
toxic chemical and so just how does that square with your view that it has been.
found not to be toxic similar to any kind of chemical it'' s a function of.
both threat and direct exposure as well as so it'' s essential to consider that exposure. element I believe that'' s what ' s been missing today. I believe of what it ' s worth what I was referring to was in the team graph as. pertaining to is it harmful beneath the F HSA and clearly when.
you take a look at the direct exposure degrees that does not provide a risk and also that was.
that was what I was mentioning so excuse any kind of confusion there so.
That ' s one and'I assume even dr.Stapleton referenced that so that ' s. that ' s number one so just due to the fact that something
has the potential prospective be toxic.
of direct exposure as well as that'' s why I was unwilling in action to Commissioner.
Robinson'' s wonder about to instantly state that every one of the far has actually created large.
levels of exposure so the research that you'' re describing or the metadata.
meta-analysis related to the researches if I comprehend you appropriately.
put on'' t take issue as much with the poisoning however even more with the absence of.
exposure is that what you'' re claiming definitely as well as in your mind those.
researches vindicate this chemical and remove it from consideration.
I assume traditional toxicology would certainly say that if you'' re not revealed as something.
at a level that'' s likely to create damaging effects that yes as well as dr. Stapleton do you the characterization regarding the exposure connected with that.
chemical I assume there'' s a thank you for asking me due to the fact that there ' s a vital point. that ' s missing out on here is that television BPA even more than ninety percent of its usage it is a.
high production volume chemical is used in a responsive type which implies it'' s. chemically bound to the items it'' s connected to and also less likely to leach out.
If, leading to exposure which is why that direct exposure danger is so little 40 B BPA.
that were to alter as well as be utilized much more in an additive kind exposure would.
Go up it depends on just how it'' s utilized in the item and that connects to.
I think I simply on principle we ' re reluctant to see here you ' ve made. Payment but that ' s one of the issues we have with the petition total and.
something that you'' re accustomed to I believe on the whole as a society we'' re much. extra familiar with chemical problems and chemical administration problems I mentioned. our liable treatment program that has a product security code imposes particular.
obligations and also our members from establishing an item to finish a life so I.
believe there'' s a lot more understanding I would certainly also rehash we have come a long.
method some of our chemical guideline it'' s gon na be very difficult to present a.
new chemical that has some of the concerns that we'' ve all spoke about right here today I.
assume that'' s a good point and also I'recognize that ' s something that that you ' ve in. specific been an advocate for for a long period of time which assists prevent this.
concern of aid writeable replacement as well as making certain we'' re thoughtful as we.
look at item style I regret my time has expired thank you thanks very.
a lot commissioner a lot more heroic no doubt thanks at that'' s this time.
then we will certainly finish this fifth panel and once again our sincere admiration to every one of.
you for being right here for your desire to testify as well as we will take a few.
mins to switch over into our sixth panel as well as again my genuine thanks thank you invite back to this public conference.
we'' re mosting likely to proceed our final panel for today and the six individuals that are.
joining us this mid-day are on the phone so we have no person sitting in front.
people yet let me claim to all of you and also thank you for being below if we could.
simply I'' ll call your name if you can simply validate with me that you are on the.
line that would be very valuable miss out on burrow Meier good afternoon hi.
thank you dr.Singler of course
I'' m here thanks and also can I confirm that you are going.
to have a PowerPoint to show us that we have it yet I that you'' re planning on.
revealing it yes that'' s correct thank you very much dr. ruby of course I'' m. here thank you miss out on Curtis I'' m here dr. Hirschmann.
thanks and also as well as miss dr.
PA did you state that as one that had been vindicated and also what'' s your. I believe for what it ' s worth what I was referring to was in the staff graph as. That ' s one as well as'I believe even dr.Stapleton referenced that so that ' s. that ' s number one so simply since something
has the potential to be toxicHarmful I think I just on concept we ' re hesitant to see right here you ' ve made. Payment however that ' s one of the concerns we have with the petition overall and also.Zeller yep I'' m here extremely excellent thank you all quite as well as now we will certainly ask miss out on Burt miss burro Mayer to begin her statement thanks thank you significantly my name is Nancy biedermeyer I'' m the elderly plan planner for the bust cancer prevention partners previously called the breast cancer fund I want to say thanks to the Compensation for the chance to affirm on the team instruction plan on the petition pertaining to items consisting of natural halogen flame resistants bust cancer cells avoidance partners is a nationwide not-for-profit organization dedicated to stop breast cancer by reducing exposure to chemicals as well as radiation linked to the condition stemmed flame retardants are chemicals of significant problem to our company as we have probably formerly outlined in our testament as well as entries on this request ofr have actually been related to severe illness such as cancer cells neurological effects reproductive impairments and also building and construction and also more PBT PBT relieve direct exposures have actually been located to affect the timing of adolescence as well as teenage ladies and also to promote spreading of human bust cancer cells cells artificial insemination both areas of worry to bust cancer threat as you have listened to formerly research studies show that these chemicals migrate out of items into our residences as well as ultimately right into our bodies in examining the personnel briefing plan we have recognized several shortcomings that have contributed to an improperly considered suggestion to deny the underlying request in composing the briefing plan the team adopted a number of the disagreements the chemical sector has actually used for years to put on hold as well as annoy any purposeful regulation of the hundreds of poisonous chemicals the general public is revealed to daily below are our reactions to just a few of those issues toxicity information is incomplete minimal or doing not have arguing insufficient information is a staple of the market playbook either not nearly enough proof exists or the studies that do program damage are somehow suspect or irrelevant yet industry refuses to do the poisoning screening battles with every available resource versus a minimum information established in Tosca reform and afterwards claims the federal government can act to control a chemical because of lack of information the petitioners have actually offered the Payment greater than enough poisoning data to act to secure the general public health and wellness which of program is your key mission usage of these chemicals is decreasing personnel states that just 22% both checked products consist of no afar'' s which
the If one fifth of any type of other item group, market is relocating away from their usage were regarded modify ated the scenario would correctly be stated a dilemma in enhancement without federal policy business are totally free to return to the usage of these toxic chemicals and also most importantly customers as well as particularly cancer survivors with deep issue about subjecting themselves as well as their households to flame resistants have no other way to know which items come under that 22% the Compensation should act to ban these chemicals as well as 100% of the customer items covered by the petition and also not leave the general public wellness approximately the inconsistencies of the marketplace lack of recorded incidents team worry competes that there is not enough data in the CPSC databases of customer cases to act on the petition this contention highlights the bias of the company towards intense damage at the expense of their need to take into consideration chronic or long-lasting injury by its actual nature breast cancer has a lengthy latency periods you duration usually measured in decades well it'' s not possible to connect a.
details instance of breast cancer to a specific direct exposure due both to this lengthy. latency period between direct exposure and also onset of the disease as well as.
large number of chemicals we are revealed to everyday there is enough.
toxicological evidence of harm to enable and in reality to need the Payment to.
act chemical sector has long said that if you can'' t show straight
causation. you can'' t control the chemical we need only consider the example of tobacco usage.
to see the outcomes of that approach millions dead while the cigarette market.
remains to make hundreds of countless bucks in revenue the Payment.
ought to not adopt the same ultimately harmful as well as unreasonably high standard.
here absence of information on societal price of health problem the team reefing competes that.
they do not have enough information to do a cost-benefit evaluation for approving the.
petition one minute filling it will constantly be less complicated to document the.
tough expense to market of outlawing chemicals from particular items than it.
Is to develop the economic benefit of disease prevention yet we can.
track many of the clinical and lost performance costs for condition like.
bust cancer yet exactly how does one measure the societal expense of the discomfort as well as.
suffering of the numerous ladies as well as males and also their families encountering a bust.
cancer medical diagnosis we send that those integrated costs far surpass whatever.
financial impact there may be on makers being asked to merely quit.
making use of these chemicals in summary refuting the setting would be a failing by the.
Compensation to adequately protect public health and wellness we advise the Payment to decline.
the staff briefing package and also accepted the request as it was sent give thanks to.
you once again for this opportunity to affirm thanks extremely much dr.Singler.
thank you for the chance to testify today my name is Venus engli and I am.
supervisor of research study translation at the program on reproductive health of the.
atmosphere at University of California San Francisco my research focuses on.
chemicals in the indoor environment and influence on vulnerable populaces such.
as expecting females and also kids next slide.
why do clergymans mission is to create a much healthier environment for human.
reproduction and advancement with progressing scientific questions clinical.
care and health and wellness plans that prevent direct exposures to damaging chemicals in our.
environment following slide the government dangerous compounds Act to find the.
– substance as you see here and today I'' ll be concentrating on the 2nd part the.
truth that direct exposure to dangerous substance happens as an outcome of.
popular use next slide so beginning in the middle of the slide we understand that.
fire retardants in interior air and also dust causes human direct exposures as we'' ve listened to.
from numerous other testifiers today and also we wish to recognize type of one go back.
from that just how the products in concern in this application electronics youngsters'' s. items furniture and also bed mattress contribute to flame retardants in indoor.
air and dirt and also the succeeding human exposures following slide slide 5 so.
scientists utilize a structure understood as the Bradford Hillside variables to examine the.
evidence linking the possible cause and effect so I'' ll briefly review several of.
the proof connecting to the key variables today and also refer the Commission.
commissioners to my full created statement for a more detailed.
description so the factors are do we see a slope of impact as well as what'' s the. toughness of the result is it statistically substantial. exists a sensible timing of the occasion does the cause precede the effect is.
there uniformity between studies and also do we have experimental proof that''
s in. comprehensibility with the real-world observations following slide in this chart.
we'' re considering the H BCD level as well as dirt on the left hand side and also distance.
from television under H BCD degrees are highest possible as well as dirt straight by.
the television and degrees go down significantly as you relocate away from the television and also other.
research studies had similar findings with furniture as well as mattresses this gradient.
of effect highly suggests that these items are the sources of the.
flame-retardant emissions to dust next slide slide 7 in this research scientists.
accumulated dust examples from mattresses as well as floors inside residences as well as they found a.
statistically considerable strong relationship in between levels of brominated.
flame resistants as well as cushion dirt as well as Florida the strength of this result.
suggests that the cushion is a significant contributor to the flame-retardant.
packing in dust as well as other researches made similar findings.
for furnishings electronics as well as youngsters'' s items following slide in these charts.
we'' re looking at PB de degrees and dirt on the left hand side in regard to.
When you eliminate, whether or not items are existing so in blue you can see that.
a product consisting of flame retardants the TV the PB de degrees fell.
significantly by nearly 80% on the various other hand you can see in orange that when you.
place a new item including flame resistants into the area the cushion PB.
de levels increased significantly by about 2,000 percent so this extremely clear.
connection between the timing of the assumed cause-and-effect highly.
recommend that these items are major contributors to flame resistant loading.
and also dirt and comparable outcomes have actually been located with other kinds of items and.
other researches next slide slide 9 studies on these items on fire resistant.
discharges were carried out in the US Canada the EU as well as New Zealand in.
various sort of indoor environments homes childcare facilities offices and also.
with different sort of products these researches all made comparable findings about.
fire retardant one minute remaining into indoor dirt and air and also the.
consistency of outcomes across the various studies increases our.
self-confidence in the findings next slide and afterwards finally we see this coherence.
between the outcomes of the lab research studies and also actual world observations in.
this research the researchers discovered that the stool and also speculative chamber produced.
fire retardants directly right into the chamber as well as they located similar results.
with other type of products so this follows the real-world research studies.
that locate these products contribute to fire resistant exhausts following slide in.
conclusion taking into consideration the aspects researchers utilized to review widgets.
linkages in between cause and also impact there is a solid body of proof proving.
that these items contribute to fire resistant levels inside in subsequent.
human exposures this proof likewise talks to the truth that eliminating these.
flame-retardant items from interior setting has the potential to.
considerably reduced human direct exposures to these chemicals thanks quite for.
the opportunity – fine thanks significantly dr.Diamond.
Thanks chair Buerkle as well as commissioners for the chance to.
talk on behalf of the request I'' m a professor of ecological chemistry at.
the University of Toronto in Canada I'' ve been releasing and researching on.
organo halogen flame resistants or ofr considering that the early 2000s.
several of the testimony today has cited my laboratories function I will speak on three points.
first off why need to the Compensation act to regulate ofr s as a class all ofr.
semi-volatile natural compounds or s VOCs s EO CS that are additive to a.
polymer inevitably and naturally move from their beginning of that.
polymer to the surrounding environment that includes individuals movement of.
audited ofr is is an integral residential property of the ofr subclass they were talking.
of migration from 4 item classifications to the surrounding.
environment inside where these items are located additive ofr is moved to.
preferentially accumulate in people as well as other fatty kinds of materials inside your home.
migration can be with air or by direct transfer from the product.
especially those natural or fatty rich constituents as well as doors are our skin our.
garments and dust once more migration of additive ofr s from products and.
Buildup on skin clothes and dust is predictable and also inescapable.
ofr s and also other chemicals discharged inside are persistent because of minimal.
chemical destruction pathways this leads me to point second the connection.
in between levels of low FRS and also products as well as dust when a petition was tabled in.
2015 to our finest expertise it was dirt there was a primary resource of human.
direct exposure to ofr as a course however research study including our own has actually advanced our.
understanding of direct exposure paths beyond that of dirt dust is likely a surrogate.
or proxy for indoor roots of ofr direct exposure rather we currently recognize it ofr.
s are transferred directly from products to hands complied with by hand to mouth.
tact also our hands get infected workdesks once more moved by hand to mouth.
call we also comprehend that ofr is launched from products right into air in.
evitable and naturally collect on all.
bearskin as well as on our clothes oh FRS on skin and garments add to direct exposure.
to summarize we currently recognize that o FRS follow multiple routes of direct exposure.
inside and also the dirt is a sensible surrogate for exposure as well as the four.
item courses I intend to concentrate on o FRS and digital cases all digital.
products that we experienced which is nearly 300 products consist of additive oh f RS in.
their casings we discovered a statistically considerable relationship in between degrees.
of o FRS in items and Oh F RS as well as cleans that'' s a basi Adele 2016 our.
recent data by yang Adele 2017 reveal a partnership between ofr swipe from the.
surfaces of portable electronic devices and also their owners hands these gadgets.
include cell phones tablet computers residence phones as well as laptop computers I'' ve been enjoying the.
procedures today on YouTube I see lots of individuals are holding a cellular phone I see.
the kids that ever before younger ages are managing electronic gadgets like cell.
phones that contain ofr s the transfer of Oh F bars from portable electronic.
gadgets to young youngsters even toddlers and to all of us handling these tools is.
unpreventable I value the requirement to have fire safety and security testimony today has included.
comments at O FRS enhanced the security of electronic items I invite.
peer-reviewed clinical evidence to reveal this as I am not aware of such.
proof I wrap up by supporting the application we recognize that ofr is moved.
from items there'' s strong proof of prevalent human direct exposure to O FRS as.
made complex in one min staying aesthetic chemicals as well as there are solid.
evidence of their capacity to cause multiple adverse impacts thank you give thanks to.
you quite miss Curtis I'' m Cathy Curtis executive director of clean and also.
healthy and balanced New york city we give thanks to the Compensation for the.
possibility to testify though greater than a year as well as a fifty percent has actually passed considering that we.
last have actually resisted before this body on this subject we remain persuaded that it.
is important for the Customer Item Security Commission to approve the ban of.
organo halogen flame resistants and also customer products tidy and healthy and balanced New.
York has actually concentrated on flame-retardant chemicals for over a decade as well as my work.
substantially/ dates that I led work to pass the New York state legislation banning.
Penta as well as octa and also creating a job force on fire retardant safety to check out.
options to deca c hny led the work to pass a very first in country ban on TC EP.
as well as subsequent expansion of the regulation to consist of TDC PP in New York City state.
– health hazards i worked with the National Alliance for hazardous cost-free fire security and also.
from 2006 to 2014 and also during that duration I aided Guard federal deca BD.
phase-out advance significant market changes and also assisted collaborate a number of.
state level bans I served on the EPA created for the environment.
choices assessment partnerships for both deca and also HB c HB CD as well as was among.
2 supporters with the New York State Professional Firefighters Organization.
designated to New york city'' s Task Force on fire retardant safety from 2005 to 2013.
when I spoke in January 2016 I stated that 12 states acted on flame.
resistant chemicals since today 14 states have actually adopted a total amount of 33.
policies 15 states have 22 pending plans in 2017 with an overall of 23.
states either having established regulations or having pending regulation or both as well as.
yet regardless of state-level ofr prohibitions and market shifts the use of hazardous.
chemicals in home items as well as children'' s products proceeds which is why government.
action on the component of CPSC is required in December 2015 the safe sofas and more.
project released the record fire retardants and also furnishings fallen in.
floors leaders laggards and the drive for modification we located that of the tops.
furnishings mattress as well as carpet padding producers there was a series of usage.
of flame retardant chemicals only five of the 14 bed mattress business reported.
being devoid of flame-retardant chemicals here'' s what the exec recap claimed.
regarding mattresses 5 of 14 mattress manufacturers reported not making use of fire retardant.
chemicals 5 reported not being actively fire resistant cost-free 4 did not resource.
flame retardant free foam and 1 did not offer clearness that their obstacle was.
flame-retardant complimentary one utilizes fire resistants in some products as well as not in.
others 3 did not offer info considering that the magazine of that file.
none of the bed mattress suppliers have actually contested these findings because January.
first business reporting to Washington State under their youngsters'' s risk-free. items act have actually reported a hundred and also 10 circumstances of fire resistant use in.
infant and also children'' s items this consists of 4 reports of deca BD usage.
among which went to degrees over 10,000 components per million two instances of hexa.
bromo cyclododecatriene or bisphenol A – one instance of TDC PP as well as one instance.
of P CEP better unpublished third-party research laboratory testing by the preparing.
for child campaign which c hny coordinates as well as the Facility for.
Environmental Wellness in 2016 and 2017 have located halogenated flame retardants.
in polyurethane foam used in baby products the flame retardants consist of.
Tris – – Bhutto oxy SL phosphate and Tris one.
chloro – propyl phosphate finally state actions to outlaw certain fire.
resistants while essential are inadequate to prevent direct exposure to shield.
public wellness state task pressure records plainly reveal there are options to.
halogens that are budget-friendly readily available and also efficient additive flame resistants.
are still being one minute remaining are thanks additive flame resistants are.
still being reported as well as upholstered furniture cushions infant as well as young child.
items and electronics the 4 groups covered under the request.
request markets might be changing but I'' ve not completely made the shift to much safer.
approaches of fire security for these reasons and those stated by other.
advocates today clean and healthy and balanced New York strongly sustains a decision by the.
Customer Product Safety and security Compensation to protect to the wellness of customers by.
forbiding the sale anticipate contain organelle hallie as well as.
retardant chemicals thank you thank you really much mrs.Curtis dr.natural herb Smith
excellent mid-day many thanks extremely much for the chance to indicate today I''
m an epidemiologist as well as associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health and wellness Sciences at the Columbia College Postman College of Public Wellness I'' m associated with the Columbia Facility for youngsters'' s ecological health and wellness the Columbia Facility for environmental health and wellness in northern Manhattan and the cancer cells epidemiology program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Facility at the Columbia College Medical Center since 2002 I'' ve been researching the influence of prenatal direct exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers P P de flame resistants and also their results on youngsters'' s thyroid hormonal agent levels and also neuro growth in my research we picked umbilical cord blood as well as have collaborated with the Centers for Condition Control and also Avoidance to action P be de components or congeners that are linked with the penta brominated diphenyl ether or Penta PDE mix I have actually located that in all of the neonates in my study studies in both Baltimore and in New York City the children had obvious degrees of at the very least one of the Penta PDE congeners in their cord blood we located evidence recommending that prenatal direct exposure to Penta PDE congeners effect perinatal thyroid hormone degrees we likewise located that youngsters who were revealed prenatally to higher concentrations of Penta BDE congeners about youngsters in the research with lower direct exposures racked up considerably lower on cognitive examinations consisting of IQ examinations at ages 4 and also 7 and also these children with greater exposures also reported having much more interest issues based on my research study and also the research study of other investigators in the field there'' s an ample evidence indicating that prenatal exposure to Penta btes is connected with reduced ratings on indicators of both cognition like intelligence as well as additionally increased number of behavior issues that are determined throughout childhood years since PBDEs have actually been phased out of usage and brand-new computer new consumer items brand-new compounds have actually been made use of instead a few of these substances are likewise organo halogen fire retardants implying that they remain in the very same chemical household as PPD and also other flame resistants that have actually been phased out or prohibited previously like brominated Tris we'' ve just recently examined residences in New york city City where ladies and their young kids 3 to 5 years of ages live amongst all the females and also the youngsters we research each was exposed to obvious levels of PBDEs as well as brominated fire retardant chemicals that are made use of as PVD replacements abbreviated as TVB as well as t BP h well t BB&T BP h were spotted on the hands of all the ladies and also the children we studied youngsters had higher focus on their hands as compared to their mothers after accounting for distinctions in hand size we additionally discovered that the quantity of TB b.
and also t p ph in house dirt was connected with the quantity of TB b TB b + TB ph on. the hands of the mothers as well as kids staying in these homes toxicological data.
has actually demonstrated that these PB de replacements are naturally energetic.
researches from various other researchers in the area have revealed that these compounds.
can communicate with nuclear receptors referred to as p/ gamma which are associated with.
adipose emesis and appropriate to excessive weight other researches have shown that.
direct exposure throughout maternity has actually modified maternal thyroid hormones and also induced.
liver toxicity based on my own research and the study of others in the area.
I conclude that in houses in the United States where expectant ladies and also youngsters live.
there are obvious levels of both PBDEs as well as their halogenated replacements.
kids babies as well as unborn children are much more at risk to the health and wellness effects.
resulting from exposure to a wide array of ecological chemicals.
including halogenated flame resistants consequently is my professional viewpoint.
that there is factor to be worried that the entire course of exercises organo.
halogen fire retardants may trigger injury or health problem to people specifically.
to unborn children and also children for that reason I support regulations made to.
prevent human exposure to these chemicals from consumer items many thanks.
significantly for your interest as well as your time thank you very much dr.Zeller.
yes great mid-day and also thank you for giving me the chance to speak with.
you today I'' m a teacher in the biology division at the University of.
Massachusetts Amherst my study over the previous 25 years has actually been concentrated on.
comprehending exactly how thyroid hormonal agent controls brain growth and also whether.
as well as have environmental chemicals like halogenated fire resistants can.
disrupt this activity its initially important to identify that.
thyroid hormone is crucial for mind advancement in the fetus in infants and also.
in youngsters this truth is so well acknowledged that every infant birthed in this.
country is checked for normal performance of the thyroid gland at birth in some.
areas of the country as lots of as 1 and also 1,200 newborns have low thyroid hormone.
as well as it'' s considered a medical emergency situation to guarantee that they are determined and also.
treated swiftly to limit the cognitive shortages triggered by reduced thyroid hormone.
throughout growth it'' s likewise become clear that thyroid hormonal agent degrees and.
pregnant women are very important for advancement of the unborn child and this.
seems especially real in the first trimester when the fetal thyroid.
When thyroid hormone is still, gland has actually not yet established yet.
required for brain growth my research on halogenated flame-retardants.
such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers tetra bromo bisphenol An as well as some.
perfluorinated chemicals has shown that these chemicals can.
conflict with thyroid hormonal agent in the creating mind yet in manner ins which we.
put on'' t fully recognize currently the only device we have to measure whether
. these flame-retardants impact the human thyroid system is to determine blood.
degrees of thyroid hormonal agent the operate in my lab in the laboratory of others.
worldwide has shown that a few of these chemicals can disrupt.
thyroid hormonal agent in brain in a fashion that'' s not constant with adjustments in.
blood degrees of thyroid hormonal agent we'' ve just recently increased this job to people by.
screening whether halogenated chemicals can go into.
concern with thyroid hormonal agent actions in the placenta we concentrated on the placenta for.
the apparent reason that it'' s a tissue that ' s available however it ' s likewise an understood. target of thyroid hormonal agent action and it'' s most likely that comparable results are. taking place in the fetal mind in collaboration with our Canadian.
coworkers dr.Larissa taxer in
Quebec our findings are fully consistent with. the verdict that ecological chemicals more than likely halogenated flame. resistants can hinder thyroid hormonal agent activity in humans without. affecting hormonal agent degrees in the blood or in cord blood this monitoring need to be. deeply concerning to everyone paying attention to this statement since it implies that. typical chemicals located in the house as well as office can affect the health and wellness of our. children like a stealth bombing plane flying below the radar of the methods we examine for. tests chemicals for safety or research the impacts of these chemicals on human. health so in closing it ' s clear to me that. and grandchildren of critical intellectual possibility. and also while these effects may not show up on the faces of our youngsters. they ' re no lesser to them separately or to our culture thanks. for your interest thank you very'much dr.Zeller and also thanks to all of our. panelists for taking part by phone the commissioners
will certainly currently ask their. 5-minute round of inquiries and I will begin the questions and I will certainly deal with. this to anybody on the panel who would love to answer this I ' m returning to. the recommendation from personnel and the concerns that they increased leading that.'we do not have the information that would certainly allow us to prohibit a course of chemicals on. certain chemicals as well as so we Dadda there is an information space and also we ' ve. heard this it ' s been type of a persisting motif throughout the day and also if'any individual. would love to comment on that I would definitely appreciate hearing your. thoughts so this is Tom Zeller if I can leap in really promptly with simply a. extremely brief response to that and that is I think that we should make. policies and also referrals based on what we understand out
what we wear ' t recognize. The reality that there is an information void and there will always be data voids should. not limit us from action say thanks to
you thank you areum Dimond I ' d like to add. to that by stating that we recognize the thermodynamics of how ofr is acted and. we understand it ' s inevitable that they will certainly move from products and lead to. direct exposure thank you dr.Damon I guess my follow-up.
cells without influencing blood levels to ensure that implies when the government does a. research as well as
they put on ' t see an effect on blood degrees of thyroid hormonal agent they claim.
that it ' s risk-free as well as I don ' t think that that ' s a legitimate debate. anymore thank you quite and I ' ll simply adhere to that up with when you ' re a. data-driven company recognizing the import and the feasible exposure and also. poisoning of each chemical is essential as well as I assume that is that is our struggle.
here we have to depend on information we can ' t think due to the fact that one chemical belongs to a. class of chemicals that then they ' re all that they are all dangerous or produce a. threat to the consumer doctor forgive me commissioner Adler thank you significantly.
madam chairman as well as acting on that dr.Singler you ' ve just heard the.
Chairman expressing this problem regarding demand for information space fillers in your.
The golden state workplace of ecological health and wellness hazard analysis did
look at.
question is whether the is it your idea that the molecular. qualities are
sufficiently common to every one of ' RS that they can be dealt. with as a class yes I would certainly say that ' s that ' s concerning it that is proper and also in. the truth that the carbon halogen bonds or the bond in between carbon as well as a bromine. or a chlorine is what is the regular attribute of this course that
imparts the. direct exposure homes as we ' ve heard that they will undoubtedly
migrate out of. items that at that semi-volatile natural chemical behavior so it offers. them those exposure residential or commercial properties as well as the toxicity homes that.
tendency to go into cells and also gather in fat and also trigger poisoning dr. diamond you
stated a number of researches that demonstrate that exposure to HF RS.
can occur from consumption of dirt hand to mouth moved a facial consumption. straight from air apparel as well as breathing some of these direct exposure courses. appear more probable than others due to differential volatility of these.
chemicals does this suggest that some of these chemicals are likely to offer.
minimal or no wellness threats well allow ' s simply make use of apart the components there of. your concern so one is the direct exposure as well as the migration path and the other is. toxicity my remarks were were focused on exposure and of course depending on the.
specific system properties on the chemicals will certainly differ in the propensity to dividers
. onto skin versus a remain in air as well as and to which we would certainly be revealed more.
Since of the persistence and also the as well as the kind of the, with inhalation the. interior biological determination of these substances the route of direct exposure does not
. show up to or at least I am not mindful that the route of direct exposure details.
winces poisoning no.not toxicity I think what I ' m stating is taking the.
mix of toxicity as well as the path of exposure does that lead you in conclusion.
that any one of the ofr s that we ' re interested in are not going to provide. an issue in other words can we still treat them as a class indeed my verdict. Because of these are standard, was that we must and also can treat them as a class. thermodynamic buildings thank you quite miss out on Curtis you point out the laws. of a number of states regarding O FRS you seem pessimistic that state action.
will properly attend to the problem of hazardous Oh F ours is that you ' re. concerned that it not nearly enough states will certainly pass laws disallowing no FRS or that the. states that ban certain O FRS will certainly leave so many others on the market that. customers will not be effectively safeguarded plan I there are concerns. that kids in Mississippi and Indiana and also Wyoming are not always.
Thank You Commissioner Robinson thank you dr.Singhal I ' m going to route.
these questions at you yet then dr. Hirschmann I ' d like your comments as.
well if you ' d like to include anything the Commissioner Adler was simply asking. Since, about the the initial worry that that personnel appeared to have regarding information. there were 2 very unique areas and also'one was that the info that we. have concerning the Olo fires that are within this class variant axis ' ti as well as exposure. that is those that we recognize something around as well as a whole lot of them we wear ' t know. anything around as well as dr. Singhal you ' ve informed in reaction to Commissioner Adler ' s. inquiries you ' ve chatted concerning reputable and well approved means. in which various other firms and also scientists obtain get previous information gaps where it ' s. appropriate and also you ' ve informed us about the the. 4 methods which they do that with SARS as well as Q SARS as well as Read Across yet allow. me ask you first of all a very standard question why is it crucial to have. those techniques to obtain previous information voids I believe it ' s vital because'as dr. Zeller discussed there ' s there will always be some information space or or a degree of. unpredictability we never have excellent data or all the information that we require to make the. choice and it ' s essential to be able to progress when faced with. uncertainty to to make choices as well as placed defenses in position that that are.
required so I believe those those tools are necessary and also have been validated for.
that objective by scientists and also other agencies so I believe it ' s likewise vital.
to consider the requirement we ' re thinking of in the decision to be
made so in. in this situation we ' re considering the possible to cause harm
or you understand if. if these chemicals may create the substantial injury'or health problem and also I. assume in thinking of'the degree of proof evidence required to fulfill that.
requirement that these tools do give that level of evidence that this class.
of chemicals may cause damage okay and and if you use these reputable. medically approved approaches of navigating information gaps that numerous. If we used those here it would be, others have actually utilized why do you assume.
appropriate to put these OU FRS right into a class I think the as well as when you think.
about producing a chemical class or group you consider typical architectural.
or molecular or structural functions in addition to typical direct exposure paths as well as the.
ofr s do you have those alike as a class thanks and dr.Herb swoon do. you have anything to contribute to that I initially I concur with. everything that doctor Singla claimed as well as as well as what others have stated earlier today. is simply under it is truly unrealistic to expect that we are going to be able. we as a scientific area are
mosting likely to be able to evaluate every solitary. chemical that ' s put right into commerce it ' s simply not it ' s just not feasible as well as the. case in factor I can talk with my own research study began considering PBDEs and also. then have actually relocated into PB de replacements however we ' re just or we ' re behind where. what ' s already in blood circulation'therefore by doing this of being so reactionary is not.'serving us it ' s not serving us well and so using the approaches that dr. Singler. described dr. Birnbaum explained earlier you understand we can understand just how comparable. various compounds are to each other and'draw throughout the entire course and usage. weight of evidence which is what
we use in epidemiology toxicology to kind of. Because this, make a decision concerning the toxicity of any type of specific substance. really is not not realistic to expect that we ' re going to be able to examination. each and every single substance it ' s an unrealistic assumption thanks and also.
that second location of problem that team had was that the existence of ofr. chemicals in home dust does not develop a web link to the 4 item. groups that petitioners have recognized dr.Singla do you have. anything that you might add that would deal with that problem yes some of the the. information that I provided in my swat slide speaks with that really problem that we have. studies linking those specific items furniture bed mattress children ' s. products electronic devices to the degrees of fire retardants in the interior. environment in dirt or air
so those researches do show a really details. link to instance at a mattress or a tv or a laptop remaining in. an area as well as the levels of fire resistant as well as mistake does thanks a lot and also. thanks to every one of you Thanks Commissioner cake thank you. madam chair does any person on the panel have any kind of data whatsoever or can cite any kind of. study or any federal government searching for that would certainly pardon any of
any kind of organ elgyn nothing we ' re hearing just silence and also. how about dr. diamond in Canada dr. ruby one of the previous panelists. pointed out that Canada may have pardoned in organo halogen are you. knowledgeable about that yes I am so it ' s TV BPA and also under the Canadian chemical. monitoring strategy under the Canadian Environmental Security Act the. conclusion was that it the television BPA can not be categorized as toxic but I intend to. include that as well as I ' ll quote from the
record although there is presently restricted. exposure in Canada 2tb BPA as well as its concentrations presently in the. environment are not a measure of injury to organisms in Canada there may be. concerns if new activities were to take place so I returned to what Heather Stapleton. said earlier TV BPA is made use of 90% as a reactive flame-retardant instead of an. additive the reality that the the adjudication was based on exposure not. for you or any person else was there anything about the chemical structure of.
If it were using additive
form kind, t b– BPA that would certainly lead you to think that. it would absent a hazard nobody intends to opine on that particular well let me ask.
it differently does any person think that it would certainly not present a. danger based upon its chemical solution if used in an additive way this is. Dina Singh existed I wish to discuss the reverse of that actually the. chemical framework would certainly lead me to have a whole lot of worries regarding its toxicity. because it ' s it ' s the
chemical structure is bisphenol A or BPA with 4 brother. methods on it mm-hmm I wish to resemble this Mariam Dimond. I would such as to resemble that comment as well as there is ample proof now of the. If I ' m understanding you correctly appropriately and as well as ' re saying, direct exposure definitely a negative impacts created by this
phenol a got obtained so as a. laypersonStating that it ' s simply as a result of the manner in which it ' s been utilized is in a reactive fashion. that has actually possibly resulted in the conclusion by Canada at this juncture that ' s. correct based upon exposure out hazard obtained it.
thank you and also dr.
5-minute round of questions as well as I will begin the inquiries and I will certainly deal with. The fact that there is an information space and there will certainly constantly be information voids should. California office of ecological wellness danger analysis did
look at. Thank You Commissioner Robinson thank you dr.Singhal I ' m going to direct.
Have moved right into PB de replacements however we ' re simply or we ' re behind where.Zola I really quite value the way you specified what
our charge must be that we ought to act based on what we understand not based on what
we wear'' t recognize and also I don ' t believe that there'' s any kind of incongruity in between that
Since I assume as you look at, as well as the concept that we are a data-driven company
the information that has actually been provided from the petition through the initial public
hearing the initial public remark completely via till currently I assume the data is
really overwhelming as well as I think the information is overwhelming on each and every single
point therefore one can always state there'' s insufficient details yet in any kind of Trier
of truth I put on'' t believe that I ' m not familiar with at any time where there ' s a 100 % evidence conventional there'' s always going to be uncertainty whether it'' s criminal cases or civil cases or a regulative choice as well as I think in this case as I discussed there'' s an overwhelming quantity of proof on each and every single point and also I.
don'' t agree with the characterization that the government harmful materials. Act does not give us the capability to progress as a class I assume that it. clearly does offer us the capacity that ' s up for us to make a decision just how we wish to do it. and it likewise provides us the versatility if we desired to create an exemption process. eventually if it transformed out that we wound up in arresting one chemical one. organo halogen that down the line can be shown to be risk-free there ' s no factor. why we couldn ' t construct in some process to permit that upon the ideal proof to be. excused absolutely we have actually done that in the past we did not
call for evidence of. every solitary plastic to have phthalates in it before.
we banned phthalates or the Congress restriction phthalates it was done throughout the board. and also exemptions were developed and so I I ' m enthusiastic that my coworkers have listened to. similar to what I ' ve listened to today have felt the very same degree of issue which. after this will certainly relocate onward in such a way that ' s safety of youngsters in. particular as well as if one ' s gon na slip up if one I ' ll close on this if at. completion of the day we review this decision as well as say we made a'error I ' d. far instead us make the error that finishes up being also safety of youngsters than.
one that draws brief of that so thank you significantly miss Gardner thank you.
quite miss out on Weintraub et cetera of your union for bringing this.
petition to our interest and I wish you do it justice Commissioner cardiovascular no. inquiries thank you really much let me start by thanking to this last.
number 6 panel today thank you for sharing and also providing your proficiency to.
this company we significantly value your time and also your initiative in preparing not. only for your composed testimony but also for being right here by means of phone for this.
mid-day ' s hearing thanks all quite for the document I likewise want to keep in mind. that in addition to today ' s discussions we have actually received composed.
remarks from the International Sleep Products Association American Residence.
Home furnishings Alliance and youngsters at risk along with their old testament.
today ' s we also obtained extra written statement from the National.
Resources Protection Council the Environment-friendly Scientific Research Plan Institute and the.
Once again our staff who, american Chemistry Council I likewise want to recognize
. has been right here with us all day and also who aided facilitate this satisfying the.
workplace of the secretary including Performing Assistant Alberta Mills MS rough Hammond
. our basic guidance Mary Boyle and also the offices executive supervisor Shelley Koval.
and also being in for our executive supervisor Tate mr.Dwayne ray Jon Magoo. ghen once more thank you quite for handling every one of these audio-visual
. efforts today we do appreciate that I intend to just make one last comment. about today ' s hearing I intend to take minority minutes to give thanks to the team for the. briefing package although our personnels work was enhanced throughout the day. I think a whole lot of it you recognize was brought into question and the reasoning behind. it and what I wish to claim that might not be conscious of some folks that put on ' t follow. CPSC extremely carefully is that the Payment regulation is really limit what team. can do when we receive a request as well as it restricts the quantity of time
team can. spend on a petition before it is provided or energetic acted upon by
the Commission. therefore to believe that the personnels rundown plan was their job in completeness is. not a precise depiction of the personnels function they are limited in to what they.
When they bring that briefing plan up in action to a request as well as, can do. I likewise just wish to emphasize that the personnel makes an independent judgment as well as. suggestion as well as I praise them for giving an extremely beneficial bundle for. which the commissioners will base their decision upon and also in addition to the.
limited time element for replying to a request and also making a suggestion to.
the Compensation staff likewise has to think about various other problems several of those.
being sources and also various other priorities that the Compensation has developed so.
they balance every one of those elements right into their briefing bundle to the Payment. as well as I just desire to thank to all the staff who prepared that instruction. package and also made it an extremely helpful record for us and I guess one last.
point I ' m guessing that if our toxicologist might and also time as well as money.
Act does not give us the capability to move forward as a course I believe that it. I believe a lot of it you know was called into concern and also the thinking behind. CPSC extremely closely is that the Compensation regulation is in fact restrict what team. I likewise just want to highlight that the team makes an independent judgment and.