Welcome back to this public conference of
the USA Consumer Item Safety and security Compensation our hearing which
began this morning at 9:00 a.m. will certainly now proceed just a tip that this
is a public hearing to solicit comments on the application requesting the
Compensation launch rulemaking under the government dangerous compound act to
Alliance of nurses for healthy settings I ' m. a registered nurse and also a registered nurse midwife the Alliance is the only nationwide
nursing.
integrating evidence-based practice and also influencing policy we have more than 3000. participants throughout the nation our participants consist of nurses from all strolls of.
our occupation Hospital based public wellness sophisticated and also school-based.
technique to simply name a few registered nurses are the most relied on profession and also we take.
When supplying education and learning to people and working to, our duties very seriously. protect against disease the major job of our organization occurs via the charitable.
volunteer job of our registered nurses through our plan and also campaigning for workgroup these.
registered nurses have actually led involvement of health specialists on the significant problems.
relevant to flame retardants and also health and wellness our job has been assisted by the American.
nurses organizations resolution Nursing Technique chemical direct exposure and also right to.
know which supports a course of activity that minimizes using poisonous chemicals.
needs appropriate information on the health and wellness effects of chemicals and also. chemicals and products before they are presented on the market and develops. extra streamlined methods for hazardous chemicals to be gotten rid of from use based. on this resolution nurses require to support for consumer items that are. complimentary of harmful chemicals as part of their criterion of technique I am extremely. concerned that expectant ladies the growing unborn child and also our youngsters are being.
revealed to halogenated fire resistants each day it ' s my work to assist ladies have.
elevated PB de levels at human breast milk has actually'been correlated with prepared.
Accord ism as well as reduced testes dimension and reduced sperm counts as.
especially aggravating when it ' s been revealed that these poisonous chemicals are
not. When height talking with my pediatric, also giving included flame security.
In the body we think that due to the dangerous nature of these.
exposures among'this vulnerable population our future generation should have.
to be able to mature as well as cost-free of these poisonous chemicals let ' s.
not make the blunder of regrettable substitutions and also embrace the current. proposal to limit these unnecessary as well as health and wellness damaging course of flame.
I am the scientific research and also plan analyst at the facility for science and also democracy of.
youngsters ' s items furniture mattresses and the casing surrounding electronic devices. the scientific evidence laid out in the application sustains this regulatory change. the CPSC has the authority to protect the public from harmful compounds that. may trigger substantial accident or significant illness since the center ' s. creation we have worked to safeguard clinical stability within the federal. government as well as promoted incidences of special passions. mischaracterizing science to advocate for details plan objectives the chemical.
sector as well as its profession organization the American Chemistry Council zhh work to. plant question regarding the
science exposing injuries about chemicals influence on our. health and wellness including flame retardants is an outright instance of this improper. habits the firms that manufacture FRS have actually placed considerable money and time. into misshaping a scientific reality concerning these chemicals as the 2012 Chicago. Tribune investigative series kept in mind the chemical sector has turned study. results ignored searchings for that run counter to its aims and also worked off. biased sector funded reports as strenuous scientific research in doing so the. American Chemistry Council and also its member companies. has promoted the widespread use IFRS at the expenditure of Public Health. considering these chemicals via a purely objective lens highlights the. demands need for CPSC swift activity toxicity as well as direct exposure data sustain the. evaluation of Organa halogen flame resistants as a class of chemicals under. the federal unsafe materials Act residential or commercial properties that are shared by of ' ours. include their semi volatility and also capability to crowd move from consumer. items into home dirt and also exposure has been linked with an array of. wellness impacts consisting of reproductive problems neurological effects. endocrine disruption genotoxicity cancer cells and immune problems as a course there is. a sufficient body of evidence sustaining the verdict that these chemicals have. the capacity to create personal ailment as well as therefore fulfill the meaning of. toxic under F H sa maybe most egregiously bio keeping an eye on data have. revealed that neighborhoods of color as well as low-income neighborhoods are.
disproportionately exposed to as well as bear high degrees of fire resistant chemicals.
contributing to the advancing chemical burden that these communities are already.
experiencing from increased fine particulate matter from nuclear power plant or. refineries in their communities to higher degrees of contaminants in their. drinking water I ' ve seen firsthand the persistence of the earliest type of. fire retardants polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs that still pester the. debris as well as water of the Hackensack Meadowlands just a pair of miles from. where I matured in New Jersey one of my initial Jobs was operating in the chemistry.
AFR ' s to protect our children
and and also generations thank you thank you veryExtremely
the North American flag retired life liens I know there ' s a great deal of passion in this. problem and we were attempting to aid facilitate the commissioners demand
to. combine some of the testimony so I ' m mosting likely to present comments in support of.
both myself as well as Mike Wallace from the American Chemistry Council I ' ll shot as well as.
be brief simply a fast remark as well as I understand we ' ve been prior to the commissioners.
before on numerous problems as well as I simply desire to stress that the American Chemistry. Council represents the concept makers of chemicals in the United States and also.
we are fully dedicated to product security that by nature of subscription in the.
American Chemistry Council you are bound to adhere to a liable.
treatment program which consists of 8 different codes including a product.
security code which ' s mandatory for responsibility that consists of third-party.
verification in our brand-new product security code yet I just intended to highlight our.
commitment to total product safety and security I ' m right here today talking on behalf of the.
personnel briefing bundle as it associates with the application HB 15 1 and also the team.
Our overall message to the commissioners to the public to some of.
testimony emphasis on five bottom lines very first fire security as the commissioners well.
recognize is an important problem for the'CPSC to consider we. a great deal of development over the last 40 years in reducing fire threat a whole lot of that has. come as an outcome of the CEA ' s CPSC ' s leadership'on that particular issue and also fire. returns have played a function because in terms of assisting minimize the fire risk of. products having stated that as
you all understand from from the number of product. recalls and product challenges that
are around that fire danger is still a really. real issue according to the
CPSC area information we reply to a fire every 23. seconds in the u.s.So that important idea of fire safety requires to be. considered as part of this and I would certainly simply highlight that in the review of. this application this has the possible to threaten
fire safety and security and also. compromise the fire'safety and security of some products so motivate the CPSC to. very carefully take into consideration that in the context of its evaluation of this request second. factor would certainly be as you ' ve heard I think even acknowledged by some
of the. advocates for this request this is an exceptionally broad petition you ' re you ' re. outlawing an entire class of chemicals fire resistants consist of a broad array. of
products with different characteristics solutions and also
. intended uses and it ' s just not proper to team all of these things. together to take that one-size-fits-all method simply doesn ' t make sense the. risk as well as risk account of also these materials within this course of. chemicals is just not the very same which ' s been acknowledged by
federal government. companies consisting of the US Environmental Defense Company so highlight that. point the request as it is currently specified would prohibit materials that other'. government regulators have established do not offer a danger and also would likewise outlaw.
substances that place ' t also been established yet so again I urge
the. Compensation to look'at this holistically in regards to the wide implications of. this fine example would certainly be under both Democratic and also Republican. administrations
brand-new fire retardant items have been authorized including. under the new regulation Berg Chemical Safety Act this would certainly run counter to that a related factor would be is the. compounds that are the subject of the application have already been or presently.
being evaluated for their safety by US EPA under a comprehensive new governing. system in place for controling chemicals the CPSC plainly has a crucial and also.
essential duty to play in customer products yet this petition would.
replicate a few of the work that ' s already underway or has been done by United States. EPA to analyze the security of chemicals and control those chemicals and a huge. item of this we were below with the last time testifying about with any luck the. possibility of the brand-new Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act after the last hearing in. January 2016 it ' s grateful below to say numerous of individuals around this area not just.
the chemical sector but environmental teams labor unions and so on we function to help. pass the bipartisan Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act that is a brand-new law that has.
gone into result it significantly improves the way we control chemicals.
in the United States as well as I assume that'' s a vital element to take into consideration and also I ' ll. just finish with a last factor which is because we our team believe this the petition.
heather Stapleton ' s laboratory to determine metabolites of chlorinated Tris and also para. master 550 as well as preschool age kids and their mommies these studies suggest.
prevalent direct exposure to poisonous fire retardants particularly while pregnant.
infancy and also early childhood years children ' s direct exposures are typically three to five.
times above their mommies in its rundown package the CPSC team raised.
issues regarding the petitions goal of banning all additive Organa halogen. chemicals yet loads'of studies have actually recorded the way these chemicals can. Tony the food web continue the atmosphere and endanger human health.
clear red unwind access stringent Olaf ours en masse a part of the marketplace will. change to new improperly studied telogen ated chemicals perpetuating this cycle most. recent sorry Organa halogen fire retardant share physical and also chemical.
high qualities that weren ' t there consideration as a group under the. federal exactly how does their disc Substances Act the halogen carbon bond imparts.
thermal stability yet additionally causes persistence and durability of these. chemicals in the environment and adds to their toxicity to human. When blazed they form highly toxic, health and wellness. and consistent compounds like dioxins as well as furans in action
to this request. the ACCC cited an EPA news release claiming that the firm has actually identified. 50 flame retardants that are unlikely to posture a risk for human health. neither the ACCC neither the EPA have specified whether any of these options are.
halogenated the declaration is likely based on the analysis of the EPA ' s. designed for the Environment Program that was additionally pointed out earlier by Rick.
grosse and the testament in 2015 in a report all of the 10 halogenated fire. resistants that EPA checked out were ranked as high risk in at the very least one group.
either for their danger to human health and wellness or environmental persistence as well as.
a class because the 1 by 1 regulative method is problematic for guaranteeing.
that different fire resistants will certainly be less hazardous and also suppress others.
in spite of a motivating market move away from additive flame resistants as well as.
household items ofr has continued to be made use of in some new products as noted in.
statement today we wrap up that volunteer activities by makers and also.
state by state limitations on individual chemicals are not adequate.
to keep these chemicals out of new products and we note that portable XRF.
tools allow for fast and economical as well as non-invasive conformity tracking.
as a matter of fact definition that a category broad restriction on halogens could be simpler to implement.
than a ban on specific authors the CPSC personnel declare that there wanted.
data to prove that these four item groups in the application are the.
source of ofr is measured in people as well as they ' ll raise the factor that the.
chemicals are using vehicles as well as likewise one minute continuing to be thank you however.
research has actually revealed that consumer items are the key resource of human. exposure to fire resistants in our statement created testament we
attach. this D finding that twice as several pounds of PBDEs. were contributed to polyurethane foam in family items than vehicles so in. closing we would prompt the to approve the petition as we ' ve written.
and beyond organic halogen fire resistants in these 4 product. group thanks give thanks to
you significantly following is dr.Heather Stapleton dr.
Alliance of registered nurses for healthy environments I ' m. a registered nurse and a nurse midwife the Partnership is the only national
nursing. Tribune investigatory collection noted the chemical market has actually turned research study. AFR ' s to shield our children
and and also generations thank you thank you veryExtremely EPA to analyze the security of chemicals and control those chemicals and a huge. January 2016 it ' s pleased here to say numerous of the people around this space not simply.Stapleton are you on the phone thank you yes we can thank you quite terrific
even more than 70 peer-reviewed publications concentrating on this topic furthermore I.
testified before the senate subcommittee in May of 2012 on a hearing.
just concentrated on environment earnings today I'' d like to take a few minutes to.
summarize some vital research searchings for that have been generated for my.
group particularly over the last year which directly associate to several issues.
raised today specifically associating to our understanding of human exposure.
pertaining to utilize of fire resistants and also furnishings and also bed mattress given that 2008 my.
research study team has actually been checking furnishings products particularly couches.
chairs mattresses and a variety of child products for flame returning chemicals as.
these days we have examined more than 2000 of these items and we have a very.
great expertise base concerning where flame retardants are used and how their.
usage has transformed gradually unlike what you'' ve been told our research has.
revealed that fire retardants are really made use of in adult cushions offered on the.
market today especially bed mattress made from memory foam and our information.
recommends this is not decreasing we likewise recognize that business are still applying.
fire retardants to furnishings in spite of the change in the flammability standards.
from California this was documented in our magazine in 2016.
digitus research study my laboratory has been conducting its comprehensive bio surveillance.
studies to examine exposure amongst the general public and also is to understand exactly how.
exposure associates with product usage in a recent magazine by Hoffman as well as Al we.
demonstrated that exposure to the halogenated organic phosphate flame.
resistant TDC PP additionally kept in mind chlorinated Tris has actually boosted substantially among.
the u.s.Population over
the past decade we likewise demonstrated that direct exposure to. this chemical which is thought about a carcinogen a. considerably better and young kids about grownups in reality our research study. found that babies have the highest exposure to TDC BP among any kind of age course. as well as additionally this exposure was substantially connected with the number. of baby furnishings products the parents owned in the home this association is. further supported by our screening program which discovered that TDC PP is the most. usual fire retardant used to child furniture products which contain. polyurethane foam these research studies offer a link connecting application of
TDC P P. and infant furnishings things with exposure as well as infants as a follow-up to this study.
we lately approximated the typical day-to-day intake of TDC P P for an infant making use of.
our dimensions of the urinary metabolite we found that exposure variety.
When you, from 0.01 to 15 micrograms of TVC PP per kg body weight per day.
contrast that exposure to the acceptable day-to-day consumption for non cancer cells wellness risks.
reported in a CPSC document in 2006 our outcomes locate that 2 to 9 %of babies are.
currently receiving exposure that is greater than that limit suggesting.
some infants are obtaining obtaining exposure that can cause health and wellness. danger this is also released previously this year to better recognize connections. in between flame-retardant usage as well as furniture as well as direct exposure among the basic.
public we lately carried out a separate research study in which we in fact tasted the.
pillows from sofas in 140 residences and also accumulated combined samples of home dirt.
and blood from individuals staying in those homes we discovered strong and also.
statistically significant associations in between the brominated flame retardants
. as well as the couches in focus in your house dust and in the individuals blood.
For example if a bf are a brominated fire retardant was existing in the couch.
there were dramatically greater levels of that flame retardant in the home
. dust and in the participants blood contrasted to a person living in a residence in. which that verminator fire retardant was not in their furniture this is the. very the very least gives proof that the usage in couches is linked with individual. exposures in the residence these direct exposures are concerned provided that brand-new recent. research shows exposure to flame retardants is related to
lowered. fertility as well as pregnancy and also ladies as well as thyroid cancer cells thyroid cancer cells is. taken into consideration the fastest-growing cancer based on incident one min staying.
and we have just recently published a paper which discovered statistically considerable.
organizations in between the concentrations of three different. fire retardants in home
to us with thyroid cancer and also this heart. association was especially strong for Dekker bromo diphenyl ether a burma.
native flame resistant enclosing i believe this study these research.
researches show certainly certainly that use fire.
resistants in these products is plainly connected with direct exposure amongst the general.
public well I recognize the fire danger is an extremely well-funded concern we should.
think critically concerning technologies and methods utilized to fulfill flammability.
standards in my opinion we must be of absolutely preventing the use of small.
molecule additives which will constantly move out of products and also result in.
some type of direct exposure it ' s simply thermodynamics provided the.
integral obstacles in reviewing danger profiles accounts for chemicals it would. behoove us to try and remove exposure rather than investing considerable time. and also initiative attempting to figure out which chemical has a far better poisoning account.
thanks for your focus thanks quite dr.Stapleton MS Miller yes. great mid-day can you hear me yes we can hear you simply great thank you. thanks good mid-day and thank you for the opportunity to offer testament. today my name is Pamela Miller and I am the executive supervisor of Alaska. neighborhood action on toxics a charitable environmental health and also. justice research study as well as advocacy company and also were based in Anchorage. Alaska we highly support the request and also rulemaking to ban the class of. natural halogen fire resistants from the 4 categories of consumer products. offered the proof of poisoning and threats to human health and wellness.
the Compensation has a historic possibility to make plan that will.
shield the health and wellness of millions of individuals across the u.s.Who are consistently. revealed to these harmful chemicals as well as specifically the home of prone. populations that are disproportionately subjected
in their homes as well as offices I. am here to speak to the requirement of securing susceptible populaces that. could not be right away obvious since they are far-off from making. facilities however are nevertheless very and also overmuch subjected people of the. north as well as arctic especially native individuals we urge the Commission to. think about the special vulnerability of northern and also frozen native peoples
. When considering this petition far from, and also their future generations.
pristine the it includes some of the most very. polluted pets and also people on the planet it is an important sign. area for analyzing residential or commercial properties and also effects of chemicals once chemicals.
get in the Arctic their wear and tear is slowed down as a result of low temperature levels and reduced.
strength sunlight that makes them available for long-term unification.
into organic systems northern and also Arctic peoples birth a burden of wellness
. variations including cancers reproductive problems abnormality.
discovering and also developing handicaps the fenceline of chemical manufacturing.
Because chemicals can travel, circulation use as well as disposal expands to the Arctic. hundreds and also hundreds of miles on climatic and oceanic currents where.
they gather in the bodies of fish wild animals as well as people of the north in a. procedure called
worldwide purification individuals of the north particularly children. are likely to be more very subjected to flame-retardant chemicals in indoor. Because of the longer winters the need to insulate versus the, atmospheres. cool and also less ventilation in
their residences individuals experience high exposures with. conventional foods as well as in their house atmospheres so this is really a. factor to consider of several exposure routes and also high direct exposures they likewise have. minimal choices in acquiring from stores in country Alaska that offer. inferior items chemicals are gone through succeeding generations from. mom to child and also damage the capability of kids to learn their languages. standard life ways tunes tales and also expertise these neuro harmful chemicals.
Since these, are hurting the minds as well as wellness of our future generations.
chemicals escape the products in which they are utilized with evaporation or. weathering numerous of these organo halogen substances are now prevalent in the.
worldwide environment people are primarily exposed through a breathing consumption.
and thermal absorption Roman ated flame resistants including PBDEs and also H BCD are.
currently common in Arctic communities with increasing levels in some locations.
supplying cause for worry for example concentrations of PBDEs found in the. blood of yupik individuals the yukon-kuskokwim Delta area of. Alaska are the highest possible known human PvE concentrations in the circumpolar Arctic.
problem is growing concerning new mainly unmonitored persistent chemicals that.
long-range and also persistent transport of a variety of these replacements flame.
resistants into the Arctic Salim ovah determined focus of 45.
chlorinated and brominated fire resistants as well as Arctic air examples and.
molar in 2012 located two chlorinated chemicals TCP and also TCP P that predominate.
in the North Pacific and also Arctic air examples these are very consistent in. the Arctic due to low temperature levels and also darkness our own community-based. research has shown the visibility of PBDEs and home dirt Sentinel. fish standard food examples of marine creatures 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 area PBDEs are ubiquitous as well as dust gathered from. st. Lawrence Island households and also human lotion concentrations are similar to
. those located in raised levels of the u.s. general populace concentration of. several of these PBDEs and dust are associated with serum focus. suggesting home dirt gives these compounds even in remote. populations finally as co-chair of the International Pops elimination Network. I ' m very concerned that the absence of controls in the u.s.Allows the discarding.
of products with risky levels of fire resistants right into US markets
consisting of. items that include supposed recycled plastics polluted by flame.
resistants from electronic waste we prompt that Consumer Item Safety Payment.
to use their authority to secure public wellness especially that of vulnerable.
populace populaces and ban fire resistants and. youngsters ' s products furniture cushions and also household electronics as well as I ' d be. happy to supply copies of some researches that I Penn has done revealing high degrees. of flame resistant chemicals consisting of the brominated flame retardants and also. brief chain chlorinated paraffins in youngsters ' s playthings as well as other youngsters ' s. items thanks thank you significantly miss out on Miller we will certainly now start our round.
of inquiry from the payment from the Dyess and I will certainly start that 2 line of.
focus of bromine and also chlorine in any element of a furnishings product.
would certainly enable business or investigators themselves to hone'know specifically'what. chemicals could be in there as well as the searching for of very reduced material of bromine.
or chlorine in a product would indicate that conformity with a ban on classes of. Organa chlorine argon or bromine fire resistants in those four classifications of. products directing out that you understand with non-invasive non-destructive
procedures. as well as the constraint across the category XRF would be an excellent cheap
quick. screening modern technology to impose any constraints on those compounds say thanks to.
European Union and also have had those resolutions that they do not present.
you have other examples of that I would actually appreciate that thanks.
Commissioner Adler I thank you significantly madam chairman mr.Simon is it reasonable to.
state based on your testament in the testament of your industry coworkers.
that we ' re not likely to see a phase-out of ofr s in customer products unless the. Compensation takes regulatory action I think the what I would certainly state to the.
commissioners would certainly be as I believe you will remain to see the use of fire. retardants in applications that need to satisfy certain fire personality fire security.
specifications and also particular ludo iPhone that wedding event on that would.
include'a farce all right as well as noticing the Chairman ' s. factor you did point out these studies with by various other companies as well as I presume you ' re. describing EPA and I note in your testimony your created testament on page. two you say APA is determined over 50:50 fire resistants that it claims they ' re. not likely to pose a threat to human health and wellness have you actually are to your expertise. any of your coworkers in fact seen that listing I believe that ' s a superb. inquiry I assume this came up at our last hearing as well which I ' m asking yourself. what the solution is we have we have actually not seen that listing and also. we I assume we even urged the CPSC to deal with EPA to look at that checklist I. believe the difficulty most of us have is a few of those are exclusive items therefore. they are not commonly readily available to specifically to a trade organization that. might represent different different company passions and also I just that ' s your. inquiry or earlier mr.Commissioner I'simply wish to emphasize I think I would. make clear remark concerning using afar ' s if there. are ofr is that present a risk and there ' s plainly some that have actually been. controlled those will be controlled so I just didn ' t wish to leave that that open. thanks I appreciate the explanation by the way relative to that listing of. 50 I believe the factor that it ' s not accessible has much less to do with the truth.
Safety Act that does need an affirmative safety decision that is.
cigarettes laying on their mats or on nursing cushions that really not needed.
in these sorts of items and also it ' s simply creating more exposure to these.
potentially harmful chemicals where they ' re truly not needed yeah and also and.
f RS yet to be uncovered that'share these very same physical chemical biological.
attributes as existing ofr s such that we should not take a course method.
to controling them I have not and people that testified today including dr.
But are nonetheless extremely as well as overmuch revealed individuals of the. Alaska are the highest well-known human PvE concentrations in the circumpolar Arctic.
I ' m very concerned that the absence of controls in the u.s.Allows the dumping.
Organa chlorine argon or bromine fire resistants in those four categories of. 50 I assume the reason that it ' s not easily accessible has less to do with the fact.Birnbaum rather a lot have the same you understand belief which their hat there has
not yet been one natural halogen flame that can be that wasn'' t linked to no
damage and also dr.Stapleton may
I route that exact same
inquiry to you particularly relative to your recent research has any of your
current study led you in conclusion that any kind of recognized ofr provides little to no danger
to humans specifically to children so I am NOT assessing the poisoning of these
independent chemicals I'' m evaluating their visibility and also products and also how it
associates to exposure and also whether that may be related to wellness danger therefore we
concentrated on a 6 to eight chemicals and also not an expansive list that covers all
home name flame retardant so your issue is exposure as well as toxicity say thanks to
you quite Commissioner Robinson Stapledon wear'' t vanish I ' m following up
on this we you understand in your testimony your that was submitted in composing you
noted a lot of studies that you were entailed in numerous studies that you
were associated with and then in your testament you were affirming actually
promptly as well as I was writing as fast as I might
I want to make certain that I my understanding is that you'' ve done biometric research studies that reveal that raised ofr s in kids blood is connected with infant furniture with raised ofr s did I get that appropriate yes we'' ve shown that infants have a lot greater direct exposure to the T dCPP intrest it'' s thought about a carcinogen which is associated with a variety of baby items owned in the house alright and can you inform me which among the magazine'' s provided is yeah that'' s in the Hoffman il 2015 magazine site perfect fine and afterwards the next point that you claimed that I made a note of was that there was a solid organization and this was appeared to be with individuals not simply children with furnishings with greater ofr s finding a lot more in the dust and also in the blood of individuals and also which which research sustains that that is the Hamel il 2017 magazine cited in my composed statement fantastic thanks a lot and also dr.Lund ah you
stated in your you have explanation 16 17 18 19 20 that'' s included in your connect to and also in your composed testimony and also this point appears to be that the majority of the ofr remains in the dust in the residence are the outcome of Oh events and also home items did I recognize that appropriately yes that is our the recommendations we pulled to show the web link between the the home items as well as direct exposure of household locals although recommendation 16 is to refer to the fact that more two times as several PS PBDEs were contributed to home furnishings than to lorries fantastic as well as mr.Simon I understand general you claimed that you support the bundle which you believe that this band would be excessively wide however I intend to see if I can zoom in on that particular a bit due to the fact that the bundle is I understand it definitely discovered that ofr s are harmful that they migrate from items and also items with higher ofr s are connected with rooms with warm with much more dirt which AFR'' s in blood and if there are higher or fires in blood that is connected with adverse health influence do you agree with every one of that put on'' t. stress I ' ll reach your argument however do you agree with that until now no and also I.
assume I simply wished to clarify I believe it'' s very clear in the personnel record that. there is an acknowledgment there not every one of those compounds are poisonous and also there'' s. even a chart that type of suggested and also I say sorry because I phrased that. inadequately every one of the oil terminates regarding which we have.
information revealed that they are our harmful proper no and also I don'' t concur with that. alright which as well as you'' re which ones are not hazardous that have been studied yes I think.
there'' s a number that'which ' s among our worries about the wide strategy is. that you ' re managing actually you understand depending on 25 to 85 various.
chemicals so you'' re and you you ' re stating that there are researches of non non. polymeric additive organo halogens that show that several of them are safe as well as not. harmful is that what you'' re telling us yes the only witness who said that today so.
if you can give those dyes that would certainly be great um and also however you agree that if.
we'' ve done researches of you you disagree keeping that also.
I would claim you'' d have to clarify what the source of the ofr
is where'it. shouldn ' t it may not just be furnishings it can be various other sources which ' s an. important resolution which was the basis regarding my concern is that if you.
have furniture with high o FRS do you agree or differ that it'' s associated. with greater o FRS and the dirt in the room once more I would claim it relies on the.
O FRS as well as also the application that it'' s used and also if there are greater or fires in.
the area in a room and also people reside in that room would you concur that with youngsters.
it'' s connected with higher o FRS in the blood in the urine I just intend to be.
clear I'' m not attempting to prevent your concern I'' m trying to really make clear.
different no much'' s are used in various matrices they'' ve been a migrate or cut .
or be released at different levels or possibly not which'' s why I ' m just. imagine to say so extensively that yes then and also I tried to make it clear at the.
start of the day that when I say ofr is I'' m referring to exactly what we'' re. taking care of in this application non polymeric additive organo halogens and.
of those you do agree it'' s a threat you disagree it ' s as well as. it captured it if it ' s in furniture at elevated rates that it ' s linked with. the dirt being elevated in the area and you disagree that it ' s connected with. raised blood and also urine is that reasonable to say. simply to clarify disagree that all ofr is present a threat and also that all ofr.
linked know of any of those that that we have are handling if you.
might tell us what studies would certainly sustain what your sight is since it''
s so. different than any type of person who'' s affirmed today thank you.
Thank You commissioner kay thank you madam chair I''
m mr.Simon I assume you.
did discuss at the very least among them though and remedy me please if I'' m wrong TBB.
did you discuss that as one that had actually been exonerated and what'' s your. understanding of this of the researches associated with that certain chemical. that you know in general when you look at the complete exposure for that chemical.
does not offer a threat to human wellness or the atmosphere as well as we'' ve done some.
sustaining science that looks at meta-analysis of the data 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 cause health and wellness effects so they.
think that'' s just an extremely concrete example which'' s what led federal governments.
like Canada an EU to make that decision I think it'' s important
to. note though that continuous research study is always ideal and also you always wish to make.
sure that I know there is recurring research related to television BPA.
sponsored by the industry and additionally by federal governments as well as so it is something that.
we must look at yet there'' s clearly been a governing resolution there.
as well as you referred earlier to the team chart I believe as well as I'' m checking out page.
99 of the staff briefing as well as under that on the graph where it states TB BPA it.
mark off poisoning connected with acute poisoning chronic poisoning.
reproductive advancement toxicity neurotoxicity.
hereditary poisoning as well as chronic cough Yuman poisoning and also tags that as a persistent.
hazardous chemical therefore exactly how does that square with your view that it has been.
located not to be poisonous as with any kind of chemical it'' s a feature of.
I believe for what it ' s worth what I was referring to was in the staff chart as.
you look at the direct exposure levels that does not present a risk which was.
that was what I was alluding to so apologize for any confusion there so.
what'' s special regarding tbv PA that even if it'' s poisonous it there ' s no direct exposure
to it'. well I believe it ' s a mix of it there ' s varying degrees of poisoning and also.
That ' s one and also'I believe also dr.Stapleton referenced that so that ' s. that ' s number one so simply because something
has the potential possible be toxic. it could really various ranges it might be much more poisonous much less toxic and the 2nd. is the direct exposure item therefore we assume it'' s clear that TV BPA is not at degrees.
of exposure and that'' s why I was reluctant in action to Commissioner.
Robinson'' s question to automatically say that all of the far has created big.
levels of exposure so the research that you'' re referring to or the metadata.
meta-analysis connected with the studies if I comprehend you properly.
put on'' t take issue as much with the toxicity yet more with the lack of.
direct exposure is that what you'' re stating definitely and in your mind those.
research studies pardon this chemical and eliminate it from factor to consider.
I think traditional toxicology would state that if you'' re not subjected as something.
at a degree that'' s likely to cause damaging impacts that yes and also dr. Stapleton do you the characterization concerning the exposure related to that.
chemical I believe there'' s a thank you for asking me due to the fact that there ' s a crucial factor. that ' s missing below is that TV BPA greater than ninety percent of its use it is a.
high production volume chemical is utilized in a responsive type which implies it'' s. chemically bound to the products it'' s affixed to and much less most likely to seep out.
bring about direct exposure which is why that exposure threat is so little 40 B BPA if.
that were to alter and be utilized much more in an additive form direct exposure would.
absolutely rise it depends on how it'' s used in the product as well as that associates with.
the risk is that consistent mr.Simon understanding definitely I believe that ' s. constant I believe that quote was very crucial it depends on using the. product it seems like if it ' s in an additive it ' s not being made use of in an. additive type so your firm shouldn ' t have a problem. that being banned and items in that kind it is made use of in an additive kind and. I think I simply on principle we ' re hesitant to see below you ' ve made. resolutions by federal governments that this does absent a threat as well as yet you ' re. still gon na prohibit it and also that ' s I assume an essential policy as well as decision from the. Compensation however that ' s one of the concerns we have with the petition total and. Because I think that, those decisions by federal governments are going to
provide give us and as well as as well as I. think assume provided those after the last January hearing. those are critical and we ' ll absolutely share those and also ensure those are. available to everybody as well as among the remarks that dr.Ausmus made was that. there ' s a revolutionary change
in the thinking about business now as well as if they find a. molecule that is harmful they won ' t they ' ll
stop manufacturing is that. something that you ' re accustomed to I believe overall as a society we ' re a lot. more familiar with chemical concerns as well as chemical management concerns I suggested to. our accountable care program that has an item safety code enforces specific. commitments and also our members from creating an item to end a life so I. think there ' s a lot more awareness I would likewise say again we have actually come a long. means in some of our chemical policy it ' s gon na be very difficult to present a. new chemical that has a few of the issues that we ' ve all spoke about below today I. think that ' s a good idea and also I understand that'' s something that'that you'' ve in. specific been a supporter for for a long time and also that helps prevent this.
concern of aid writeable substitution and also making certain we'' re thoughtful as we.
look at item layout I regret my time has actually run out thanks thanks really.
a lot commissioner a lot more brave no questions thank you at that'' s this moment.
then we will end this 5th panel and once more our sincere recognition to every one of.
you for being below for your readiness to testify and also we will take a couple of.
minutes to switch over into our 6th panel and also once more my sincere many thanks thanks invite back to this public conference.
we'' re going to proceed our last panel for today and also the 6 people who are.
joining us this mid-day get on the phone so we have nobody being in front.
of us but allow me state to every one of you and thanks for being here if we could.
just I'' ll call your name if you could just confirm with me that you get on the.
line that would be really helpful miss out on burrow Meier good mid-day hi.
thanks dr.Singler yes
I'' m here thank you and also can I confirm that you are going.
to have a PowerPoint to show us that we have it however I that you'' re preparation on.
revealing it of course that'' s appropriate thanks extremely much dr. diamond indeed I'' m. below thanks miss out on Curtis I'' m right here dr. Hirschmann.
thank you as well as as well as miss out on dr.
PA did you discuss that as one that had been exonerated and what'' s your. I believe for what it ' s worth what I was referring to was in the team chart as. That ' s one and also'I think also dr.Stapleton referenced that so that ' s. that ' s number one so simply because something
has the potential to be toxic. I believe I just on concept we ' re reluctant to see below you ' ve made. Commission but that ' s one of the issues we have with the petition overall and. latency period between direct exposure as well as onset of the illness as well as.
sheer number of chemicals we are revealed to every day there is enough.
toxicological evidence of damage to enable and also in fact to require the Commission to.
act chemical industry has actually long said that if you can'' t show direct
causation. you can'' t regulate the chemical we require just consider the instance of cigarette usage.
to see the outcomes of that method millions dead while the cigarette sector.
continues to make hundreds of millions of bucks in revenue the Compensation.
should not embrace the very same unreasonably high and also eventually hazardous standard.
right here absence of data on societal cost of ailment the staff reefing contends that.
they do not have sufficient data to do a cost-benefit analysis for granting the.
request one minute loading it will certainly constantly be simpler to record the.
tough price to market of banning chemicals from particular items than it.
Is to develop the economic advantage of illness avoidance yet we can.
track much of the clinical and also lost efficiency prices for illness like.
bust cancer yet how does one measure the social price of the pain as well as.
suffering of the countless women and also males and their families facing a breast.
cancer medical diagnosis we submit that those combined costs far surpass whatever.
financial influence there may be on suppliers being asked to simply stop.
utilizing these chemicals in recap denying the placement would certainly be a failing by the.
Compensation to properly shield public health and wellness we urge the Commission to deny.
the personnel instruction package and accepted the request as it was sent say thanks to.
you once more for this possibility to affirm thanks significantly dr.Singler.
thanks for the opportunity to testify today my name is Venus engli as well as I am.
supervisor of research translation at the program on reproductive health of the.
environment at College of The Golden State San Francisco my study concentrates on.
chemicals in the interior atmosphere as well as influence on susceptible populaces such.
as pregnant females and kids next slide.
why do clergymans goal is to create a healthier setting for human.
reproduction and also growth through progressing scientific inquiry professional.
care as well as health plans that protect against exposures to damaging chemicals in our.
setting next slide the federal harmful substances Act to discover the.
– substance as you see below and today I'' ll be concentrating on the second component the.
reality that exposure to unsafe substance happens as an outcome of.
normal usage next slide so starting in the center of the slide we understand that.
fire retardants in indoor air and also dirt brings about human direct exposures as we'' ve heard.
from several other testifiers today as well as we want to comprehend type of one action back.
from that how the items in question in this request electronic devices youngsters'' s. products furnishings and cushions add to fire resistants in indoor.
air and also dirt and the succeeding human exposures next slide slide 5 so.
scientists utilize a structure called the Bradford Hill elements to evaluate the.
evidence connecting the possible domino effect so I'' ll briefly review several of.
the evidence associating with the crucial variables today and also refer the Commission.
commissioners to my complete created statement for a more comprehensive.
summary so the variables are do we see a gradient of impact and what'' s the. toughness of the impact is it statistically substantial. is there a sensible timing of the occasion does the reason precede the effect is.
there uniformity in between researches as well as do we have speculative evidence that''
s in. comprehensibility with the real-world monitorings following slide in this chart.
we'' re taking a look at the H BCD level and dust on the left hand side and also range.
from television under H BCD levels are highest and also dust straight by.
the television as well as levels drop substantially as you relocate away from the TV and also various other.
researches had similar findings with furniture and also mattresses this slope.
of result strongly suggests that these items are the resources of the.
flame-retardant emissions to dirt next slide slide 7 in this research scientists.
accumulated dirt samples from bed mattress and also floors inside homes and they discovered a.
statistically substantial solid correlation in between levels of brominated.
flame resistants as well as bed mattress dust and also Florida the toughness of this effect.
suggests that the cushion is a major contributor to the flame-retardant.
filling in dust and also other researches made similar searchings for.
for furniture electronics and kids'' s products following slide in these charts.
we'' re considering PB de levels and dirt on the left hand side in relationship to.
When you get rid of, whether or not items are existing so in blue you can see that.
an item having fire retardants the TV the PB de levels fell.
dramatically by practically 80% on the other hand you can see in orange that when you.
place a brand-new item containing flame retardants into the space the bed mattress PB.
de levels enhanced significantly by regarding 2,000 percent so this really clear.
relationship between the timing of the assumed cause-and-effect strongly.
recommend that these items are major contributors to fire retardant loading.
and also dirt and also comparable results have actually been located with other type of items and also.
various other research studies next slide slide 9 researches on these items on fire retardant.
emissions were conducted in the US Canada the EU and also New Zealand in.
various sort of indoor atmospheres houses child treatment facilities offices as well as.
with different sort of items these researches all made comparable searchings for around.
flame retardant one minute continuing to be right into indoor dust and air and the.
consistency of outcomes throughout the different studies raises our.
confidence in the findings next slide and afterwards ultimately we see this comprehensibility.
in between the outcomes of the laboratory researches and real life observations in.
this study the researchers found that the stool and experimental chamber produced.
flame retardants directly into the chamber as well as they discovered similar outcomes.
with other sort of items so this is regular with the real-world studies.
that find these products add to fire resistant exhausts next slide in.
final thought taking into consideration the variables scientists used to examine widgets.
affiliations between cause and also result there is a strong body of evidence proving.
that these products add to flame resistant degrees indoors in succeeding.
human exposures this evidence additionally talks to the fact that removing these.
flame-retardant products from indoor environment has the possible to.
considerably reduced human exposures to these chemicals thanks quite for.
the possibility – great thank you very much dr.Diamond.
Thank You chair Buerkle and also commissioners for the opportunity to.
speak on behalf of the petition I'' m a teacher of ecological chemistry at.
the College of Toronto in Canada I'' ve been examining and also publishing on.
organo halogen flame resistants or ofr because the very early 2000s.
some of the statement today has cited my labs function I will certainly speak on three points.
Of all why ought to the Compensation act to manage ofr s as a course all ofr.
semi-volatile natural substances or s VOCs s EO CS that are additive to a.
polymer inevitably and predictably migrate from their beginning of that.
polymer to the surrounding setting that includes individuals movement of.
audited ofr is is an integral home of the ofr subdivision they were talking.
of movement from four product categories to the surrounding.
atmosphere inside where these items lie additive ofr is migrated to.
preferentially accumulate in individuals and various other fatty sorts of products indoors.
migration can be via air or by direct transfer from the product.
especially those natural or fatty rich constituents and also doors are our skin our.
garments as well as dust once again migration of additive ofr s from products and also.
accumulation on skin apparel and also dust is unpreventable and foreseeable finally.
ofr s and other chemicals discharged inside are relentless due to restricted.
chemical deterioration pathways this leads me to aim second the connection.
between degrees of reduced FRS as well as products and also dirt when a request was tabled in.
2015 to our ideal understanding it was dirt there was a primary resource of human.
exposure to ofr as a course yet research including our own has actually progressed our.
understanding of exposure paths beyond that of dust dirt is likely a surrogate.
or proxy for indoor origins of ofr direct exposure rather we currently understand it ofr.
s are transferred straight from items to hands adhered to by hand to mouth.
tact additionally our hands choose up contaminated desks once more moved by hand to mouth.
contact we additionally understand that ofr is launched from items right into air in.
evitable and naturally gather on all.
bearskin as well as on our clothing oh FRS on skin as well as garments contribute to direct exposure.
to summarize we currently recognize that o FRS follow numerous paths of exposure.
inside as well as the dust is a sensible surrogate for exposure as well as the 4.
product courses I desire to concentrate on o FRS and also electronic casings all electronic.
items that we experienced which is virtually 300 products contain additive oh f RS in.
their coverings we discovered a statistically significant relationship between levels.
of o FRS in items and Oh F RS and also dusts that'' s a basi Adele 2016 our.
current information by yang Adele 2017 show a partnership in between ofr swipe from the.
surfaces of portable electronic devices and their owners hands these devices.
consist of mobile phone tablets residence phones as well as laptop computers I'' ve been watching the.
process today on YouTube I see many individuals are holding a cellular phone I see.
the children that ever younger ages are managing digital gadgets like cell.
phones that consist of ofr s the transfer of Oh F bars from handheld digital.
tools to young kids also kids as well as to everyone handling these devices is.
unpreventable I value the requirement to have fire safety and security testament today has actually included.
remarks at O FRS enhanced the safety and security of electronic products I invite.
peer-reviewed scientific evidence to show this as I am not familiar with such.
evidence I conclude by supporting the request we know that ofr is migrated.
from products there'' s solid proof of extensive human direct exposure to O FRS as.
made complex in one minute continuing to be visual chemicals and there are solid.
evidence of their capability to cause several unfavorable results thanks give thanks to.
you really a lot miss Curtis I'' m Cathy Curtis exec supervisor of tidy as well as.
healthy and balanced New York we thank the Commission for the.
chance to affirm though more than a year as well as a fifty percent has actually passed because we.
last have resisted before this body on this topic we stay convinced that it.
is necessary for the Customer Product Security Payment to authorize the restriction of.
organo halogen flame retardants as well as customer products tidy and also healthy New.
York has concentrated on flame-retardant chemicals for over a decade and also my work.
significantly/ days that I led work to pass the New York state legislation prohibiting.
Penta as well as octa and creating a task force on fire retardant safety and security to discover.
alternatives to deca c hny led the job to pass an initial in country restriction on TC EP.
and also subsequent growth of the legislation to consist of TDC PP in brand-new york state.
– health hazards i collaborated the National Partnership for hazardous totally free fire safety and security and also.
from 2006 to 2014 and also throughout that duration I aided Guard government deca BD.
phase-out advance considerable market shifts and helped coordinate a number of.
state degree bans I served on the EPA made for the setting.
alternatives analysis collaborations for both deca and also HB c HB CD and also was among.
2 advocates with the New York State Specialist Firefighters Association.
designated to New york city'' s Task Pressure on flame resistant safety from 2005 to 2013.
when I talked in January 2016 I specified that 12 states acted on fire.
resistant chemicals as of today 14 states have taken on a total amount of 33.
policies 15 states have 22 pending policies in 2017 with an overall of 23.
states either having established legislations or having pending regulations or both and also.
yet in spite of state-level ofr restrictions and market changes making use of harmful.
chemicals in house items as well as youngsters'' s products continues which is why government.
activity on the component of CPSC is needed in December 2015 the risk-free sofas and more.
project launched the record flame resistants as well as furnishings dropped in.
floors leaders laggards and the drive for adjustment we found that of the tops.
furniture bed mattress and rug extra padding makers there was a series of use.
of fire resistant chemicals just 5 of the 14 mattress firms reported.
being devoid of flame-retardant chemicals here'' s what the executive summary claimed.
concerning cushions 5 of 14 bed mattress makers reported not making use of flame resistant.
chemicals 5 reported not being actively fire retardant totally free 4 did not source.
flame resistant free foam as well as 1 did not offer clarity that their obstacle was.
flame-retardant free one utilizes flame retardants in some products as well as not in.
others 3 did not offer details since the publication of that document.
none of the mattress manufacturers have challenged these searchings for since January.
Firms reporting to Washington State under their children'' s safe. products act have actually reported a hundred as well as 10 circumstances of flame resistant use in.
baby and children'' s products this consists of 4 records of deca BD use.
one of which went to degrees above 10,000 parts per million two instances of hexa.
bromo cyclododecatriene or bisphenol A – one circumstances of TDC PP and also one circumstances.
of P CEP further unpublished third-party research laboratory screening by the obtaining ready.
for child project which c hny coordinates and also the Facility for.
Environmental Wellness in 2016 as well as 2017 have actually located halogenated fire retardants.
in polyurethane foam made use of in infant items the fire retardants include.
Tris – – Bhutto oxy SL phosphate and also Tris one.
chloro – propyl phosphate in verdict state activities to outlaw certain flame.
resistants while crucial are not enough to avoid direct exposure to secure.
public wellness state task force reports clearly show there are choices to.
halogens that are budget friendly readily available and effective additive fire resistants.
are still being one min staying are thank you additive flame resistants are.
still being reported as well as upholstered furniture mattresses infant as well as toddler.
items as well as electronics the four categories covered under the petition.
request markets might be shifting yet I'' ve not completely made the shift to more secure.
techniques of fire security for these factors as well as those specified by other.
supporters today clean and healthy New York highly supports a decision by the.
Customer Product Safety Compensation to shield to the health and wellness of consumers by.
banning the sale expect contain organelle hallie and.
resistant chemicals thank you thanks significantly mrs.Curtis dr.herb Smith
excellent mid-day many thanks quite for the opportunity to affirm today I''
m an epidemiologist as well as associate teacher in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman Institution of Public Wellness I'' m connected with the Columbia Center for youngsters'' s environmental health and wellness the Columbia Center for ecological health and wellness in northern Manhattan and also the cancer cells public health program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Cells Facility at the Columbia University Medical Center because 2002 I'' ve been studying the influence of prenatal direct exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers P P de flame resistants and their effects on youngsters'' s thyroid hormonal agent degrees and also neuro advancement in my research we picked umbilical cord blood and have actually collaborated with the Centers for Condition Control and also Prevention to measure P be de components or congeners that are related to the penta brominated diphenyl ether or Penta PDE blend I have actually found that in all of the neonates in my research study studies in both Baltimore and in New York City City the children had detectable degrees of at the very least among the Penta PDE congeners in their cable blood we located proof suggesting that prenatal exposure to Penta PDE congeners influence perinatal thyroid hormonal agent levels we additionally found that kids who were subjected prenatally to higher concentrations of Penta BDE congeners relative to children in the study with lower exposures racked up substantially lower on cognitive examinations consisting of IQ examinations at ages four and seven and also these kids with higher exposures additionally reported having much more focus problems based on my research study and also the research study of various other private investigators in the area there'' s an adequate proof indicating that prenatal direct exposure to Penta btes is related to reduced ratings on indications of both cognition like intelligence and additionally raised variety of habits troubles that are measured throughout youth considering that PBDEs have actually been phased out of usage and also new computer new consumer items new compounds have actually been utilized rather several of these compounds are also organo halogen fire resistants implying that they remain in the exact same chemical household as PPD and also other fire retardants that have been terminated or outlawed formerly like brominated Tris we'' ve just recently researched houses in New York City where women and also their children three to five years of ages live amongst all the females as well as the youngsters we research each was subjected to detectable levels of PBDEs as well as brominated flame resistant chemicals that are utilized as PVD replacements abbreviated as TVB and t BP h well t BB&T BP h were detected on the hands of all the ladies and also the children we researched kids had greater concentrations on their hands as compared to their mommies after making up differences in hand dimension we also located that the amount of TB b.
and t p ph in residence dust was connected with the amount of TB b TB b + TB ph on. the hands of the moms and youngsters living in these residences toxicological data.
has shown that these PB de substitutes are biologically energetic.
researches from various other researchers in the field have shown that these compounds.
can connect with nuclear receptors recognized as p/ gamma which are included in.
adipose emesis and also pertinent to excessive weight other researches have actually demonstrated that.
direct exposure throughout maternity has actually altered mother’s thyroid hormonal agents and also generated.
liver toxicity based on my own study as well as the research of others in the field.
I wrap up that in houses in the United States where expecting ladies and kids live.
there are noticeable degrees of both PBDEs and also their halogenated replacements.
youngsters babies and also unborn children are much more prone to the health impacts.
resulting from exposure to a broad range of ecological chemicals.
consisting of halogenated flame resistants for that reason is my professional opinion.
that there is factor to be concerned that the whole class of exercises organo.
halogen fire retardants might create injury or health problem to human beings specifically.
to fetuses as well as little ones consequently I support policies made to.
stop human direct exposure to these chemicals from consumer items thanks.
quite for your interest and your time thank you significantly dr.Zeller.
indeed good afternoon and also thanks for offering me the opportunity to speak with.
you today I'' m a professor in the biology department at the College of.
Massachusetts Amherst my study over the past 25 years has actually been focused on.
comprehending exactly how thyroid hormone regulates brain development and also whether.
and also have environmental chemicals like halogenated flame resistants can.
interfere with this activity its initially vital to recognize that.
thyroid hormonal agent is important for brain advancement in the unborn child in infants as well as.
in youngsters this truth is so well acknowledged that every child born in this.
nation is checked for normal functioning of the thyroid gland at birth in some.
areas of the nation as numerous as 1 as well as 1,200 infants have low thyroid hormone.
and it'' s taken into consideration a clinical emergency situation to guarantee that they are identified and also.
treated quickly to limit the cognitive shortages brought on by reduced thyroid hormone.
throughout advancement it'' s also become clear that thyroid hormone degrees and.
expecting women are essential for growth of the fetus and also this.
appears to be specifically real in the initial trimester when the fetal thyroid.
gland has not yet developed but when thyroid hormonal agent is still.
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 actually shown that these chemicals can.
hinder thyroid hormonal agent in the creating brain but in ways that we.
put on'' t totally understand presently the only device we need to measure whether
. these flame-retardants affect the human thyroid system is to determine blood.
degrees of thyroid hormone the operate in my research laboratory in the laboratory of others.
all over the world has revealed that some of these chemicals can disrupt.
thyroid hormone in mind in a fashion that'' s not consistent with modifications in.
blood degrees of thyroid hormone we'' ve recently increased this work to humans by.
screening whether halogenated chemicals can get in.
anxiety with thyroid hormone activities in the placenta we concentrated on the placenta for.
the evident reason that it'' s a cells that ' s offered yet it ' s additionally a recognized. target of thyroid hormone activity and it'' s most likely that similar effects are. occurring in the fetal brain in collaboration with our Canadian.
these halogenated flame resistants can and also do impact human growth partially. by hindering thyroid hormonal agent throughout growth this verdict is. based upon years of high-resolution research that can ' t be duplicated for
. every single halogenated fire resistant these chemicals are robbing our youngsters. and also grandchildren of essential intellectual possibility. and while these results might not show up on the faces of our children. they ' re no lesser to them independently or to our society thank you. for your focus thanks really'much dr.Zeller as well as thank you to all of our. panelists for participating by phone the commissioners
will currently ask their. 5-minute round of inquiries as well as I will certainly begin the concerns as well as I will certainly deal with. this to anyone on the panel that want to address this I ' m going back to. the referral from team and also the concerns that they increased leading that.'we do not have the information that would permit us to prohibit a class of chemicals on. specific chemicals as well as so we Dadda there is a data gap and we ' ve. heard this it ' s been kind of a reoccuring style throughout the day and if'anybody. wish to talk about that I would definitely appreciate hearing your. thoughts so this is Tom Zeller if I could leap in really swiftly with simply a. really brief response to that and also that is I assume that we ought to make. laws and also recommendations based on what we know not on
what we put on ' t recognize. so the truth that there is a data gap and also there will always be data gaps should. not limit us from activity give thanks to
you thanks areum Dimond I ' d like to add. to that by saying that we comprehend the thermodynamics of how ofr is behaved and also. we understand it ' s unpreventable that they will certainly move from items and also lead to. direct exposure thanks dr.Damon I guess my follow-up.
inquiry to'be to that would be whether we can reveal that that direct exposure would certainly.
surge to a harmful degree that would then create the injury and that appears to be part. of the discussion today dr. Zeller I just wanted to go back to what you claimed. If you, as well as that is I apologize I simply shed my train of believed on your remark. can simply rejuvenate my memory concerning what you just said in action to my inquiry. certain my my major factor was that we need to base our laws and our kind of. Since there will, choices on what we know as well as not on what we put on ' t recognize. always be points that we wear ' t understand one of the primary points that I intended to make. in my testament is that we are currently locating that chemicals like these. halogenated flame retardants that have a chemical framework similar to that of. thyroid hormone can really impact the creating mind as well as various other. When the government does a. research and
they don ' t see an effect on blood levels of thyroid hormone they say, tissues without impacting blood degrees so that meansState
that it ' s safe and also I wear ' t assume that that ' s a legitimate disagreement. When you ' re a. data-driven agency recognizing the import and the feasible exposure and, any longer thank you really a lot as well as I ' ll just adhere to that up with. toxicity of each chemical is essential and I assume that is that is our battle.
here we have to depend on information we can ' t presume due to the fact that one chemical belongs to a. class of chemicals that then they ' re all that they are all harmful or produce a. threat to the customer medical professional i’m sorry commissioner Adler thanks very a lot.
madam chairman and also acting on that dr.Singler you ' ve simply listened to the.
Chairman revealing this concern concerning need for information space fillers in your.
California office of environmental health and wellness risk evaluation did
look at.
inquiry is whether the is it your idea that the molecular. attributes are
sufficiently usual to every one of ' RS that they can be dealt. with as a course of course I would certainly state that ' s that ' s about it that is right and also in. the fact that the carbon halogen bonds or the bond between carbon and a bromine. or a chlorine is what is the regular feature of this course that
gives the. exposure residential properties as we ' ve listened to that they will unavoidably
migrate out of. products that at that semi-volatile organic chemical actions so it gives. them those direct exposure residential or commercial properties along with the toxicity buildings that.
propensity to enter cells and accumulate in fatty tissue as well as create toxicity dr. ruby you
claimed a variety of studies that demonstrate that exposure to HF RS.
can take place from intake of dirt hand to mouth moved a dermal consumption. straight from air clothing and breathing a few of these direct exposure courses. appear more probable than others because of differential volatility of these.
chemicals does this recommend that some of these chemicals are most likely to offer.
minimal or no health threats well let ' s simply utilize apart the parts there of. your concern so one is the exposure and also the movement course and also the other is. poisoning my comments were were concentrated on exposure and also indeed relying on the.
exact system residential properties on the chemicals will certainly vary in the propensity to partition
. onto skin versus a keep in air and as well as to which we would certainly be revealed much more.
Because of the determination as well as the and the kind of the, via breathing the. interior biological determination of these substances the route of exposure does not
. show up to or at the very least I am not mindful that the route of exposure information.
winces poisoning no.not poisoning I guess what I ' m claiming is taking the.
combination of poisoning and also the route of direct exposure does that lead you to end.
that any of the ofr s that we ' re interested in are not mosting likely to offer. a trouble simply put can we still treat them as a class indeed my conclusion. was that we must and also can treat them as a class due to these are fundamental. thermodynamic residential or commercial properties thanks very a lot miss Curtis you mention the statutes. of a number of states concerning O FRS you appear downhearted that state action.
will sufficiently address the issue of hazardous Oh F ours is that you ' re. worried that it not nearly enough states will certainly pass legislations disallowing no FRS or that the. states that prohibit specific O FRS will leave many others on the market that. consumers will certainly not be properly safeguarded policy I there are concerns. that kids in Mississippi as well as Indiana as well as Wyoming are not necessarily.
taking advantage of these laws which they ' re not well imposed either they '
re. not truly being effectively enforced yet that in such a way that they might be by the. federal government so I assume it would be best for producers as well if. there were a consistent strategy that covered the whole'country thanks. Thank You Commissioner Robinson thank you dr.Singhal I ' m mosting likely to guide.
these concerns at you but then dr. Hirschmann I ' d like your remarks as.
unpredictability we never ever have excellent information or all the data that we need to make the. choice and also it ' s crucial to be able to move ahead when faced with. uncertainty to to make choices as well as put securities in position that that are.
needed so I think those those tools are very important and have been verified for.
that function by researchers and various other firms so I think it ' s also essential.
to take into consideration the standard we ' re considering in the decision to be
made so in. in this case we ' re considering the potential to trigger harm
or you recognize if. if these chemicals might create the significant injury'or illness as well as I. think in believing about'the degree of evidence evidence needed to meet that.
criterion that these devices do supply that level of evidence that this course.
of chemicals might trigger damage fine and as well as if you use these reputable. medically approved methods of navigating information spaces that a lot of. others have made use of why do you assume if we applied those here it would be.
suitable to put these OU FRS right into a course I believe the and also when you think.
about developing a chemical class or group you look at typical architectural.
or structural or molecular features along with common exposure paths and the.
ofr s do you have those alike as a course thanks and also dr.Herb swoon do. you have anything to add to that I first I concur with. whatever that doctor Singla stated and also as well as what others have actually said earlier today. is just under it is truly impractical to anticipate that we are going to be able. we as a scientific neighborhood are
going to have the ability to assess each and every single. chemical that ' s put right into business it ' s simply not it ' s just not feasible and the. instance in point I can talk to my very own research study began looking at PBDEs and. then have actually relocated into PB de replacements however we ' re just or we ' re behind where. what ' s already in flow'and so in this manner of being so reactionary is not.'serving us it ' s not serving us well and so utilizing the methods that dr. Singler. described dr. Birnbaum explained earlier you understand we can comprehend just how comparable. different compounds are to one an additional and'draw throughout the whole class as well as usage. weight of proof which is what
we use in epidemiology toxicology to kind of. make a decision about the poisoning of any type of particular substance since this. absolutely is not not reasonable to expect that we ' re going to be able to examination. each and every single compound it ' s an impractical assumption thank you and.
that 2nd location of concern that team had was that the presence of ofr. chemicals in house dirt does not establish a web link to the four product. categories that petitioners have actually identified dr.Singla do you have. anything that you could add that would resolve that concern indeed several of the the. data that I offered in my swat slide talks to that extremely issue that we have. studies linking those specific products furnishings bed mattress kids ' s. products electronics to the degrees of flame retardants in the interior. environment in dirt or air
so those researches do show an extremely specific. link to example at a cushion or a television or a notebook computer remaining in. an area and also the degrees of fire retardant and error does thanks a lot and. thank you to every one of you Thank You Commissioner cake thank you. on threat is most likely as a result of the fact that it ' s made use of as a responsive and also
not contributed to. flame-retardant there is some usage of t b– bpa as an additive flame-retardant. and should that boost then under the canadian chemical administration strategy of the. arbitrators would return to that choice as well as reassess IC and this is. for you or anyone else was there anything concerning the chemical structure of.
t b– BPA that would lead you to believe that if it were utilizing additive
type that. it would not present a hazard no one desires to believe on that well let me ask.
If made use of in an additive way this is, it in a various means does anybody believe that it would certainly not offer a. danger based on its chemical formulation. Dina Singh existed I intend to comment on the reverse of that actually the. chemical framework would certainly lead me to have a great deal of worries regarding its poisoning. because it ' s it ' s the
chemical structure is bisphenol A or BPA with four brother. means on it mm-hmm I would like to resemble this Mariam Dimond. I wish to echo that remark and there is sufficient proof currently of the. direct exposure absolutely an unfavorable results triggered by this
phenol a got it so as a. layman if I ' m understanding you properly dr.Time as well as you ' re saying. that it ' s totally due to the way that it ' s been utilized is in a responsive fashion. that has actually most likely brought about the verdict by Canada at this juncture that ' s. correct based upon direct exposure not on threat obtained it.
thank you as well as dr.
5-minute round of inquiries as well as I will start the inquiries and also I will resolve. The truth that there is a data space and also there will constantly be information voids should. The golden state workplace of ecological health threat analysis did
look at. Thank You Commissioner Robinson thank you dr.Singhal I ' m going to direct.
Have actually relocated right into PB de substitutes however we ' re simply or we ' re behind where.Zola I truly extremely much value the method you defined what
our fee ought to be that we ought to act based upon what we know not based on what
we wear'' t know and also I wear ' t believe that there'' s any type of disparity in between that
and also the concept that we are a data-driven agency because I assume as you check out
the data that has actually existed from the request via the initial public
hearing the very first public remark completely through till currently I believe the information is
really frustrating and I think the information is frustrating on each and every single
point and also so one can always say there'' s not enough details however in any type of Trier
Act does not offer us the capacity to move forward as a class I think that it.
certain and also if one ' s gon na make a blunder if one I ' ll close on this if at. completion of the day we reflect on this choice and also state we made a'error I ' d. much instead us make the blunder that winds up being too safety of kids than.
one that pulls short of that so thank you significantly miss out on Gardner thanks.
extremely much miss out on Weintraub et cetera of your union for bringing this.
application to our attention and I wish you do it justice Commissioner cardiovascular no. inquiries thank you quite let me begin by stating thank you to this last.
number 6 panel today thanks for sharing and offering your knowledge to.
this company we considerably appreciate your time and your initiative in preparing not. only for your written statement yet for being right here by means of phone for this.
afternoon ' s hearing thanks all significantly for the record I likewise want to keep in mind. that along with today ' s discussions we have received written.
remarks from the International Rest Products Organization American House.
Home furnishings Partnership and also kids at risk along with their old testament.
today ' s we additionally got extra written testimony from the National.
Resources Defense Council the Eco-friendly Science Plan Institute as well as the.
American Chemistry Council I additionally intend to acknowledge once again our personnel that
. has been here with all of us day and also who assisted facilitate this meeting the.
office of the assistant consisting of Acting Secretary Alberta Mills MS rocky Hammond
. our general counsel Mary Boyle as well as the offices executive director Shelley Koval.
I assume a whole lot of it you know was called into inquiry and the thinking behind. CPSC very carefully is that the Compensation instruction is actually limit what team.
When they bring that briefing package up in feedback to an application as well as, can do. I likewise just wish to stress that the personnel makes an independent judgment as well as. recommendation as well as I praise them for giving a very beneficial plan for. which the commissioners will base their decision upon as well as in addition to the.
limited time variable for replying to a petition as well as making a suggestion to.
the Payment team also needs to consider various other concerns a few of those.
being sources and various other priorities that the Compensation has actually developed so.
they stabilize every one of those elements into their briefing bundle to the Compensation. and also I just wish to state thank you to all the personnel who prepared that instruction. package and made it an extremely helpful paper for us and I guess one last.
point I ' m thinking that if our toxicologist could and money and time.
was unrestricted they ' d love to take a whack at these but it ' s simply the truth. of the scenario we find ourselves in once more thanks to all of you and also. to thank you for my coworkers of what I assume is a very advantageous and great . hearing today thank you.
Act does not offer us the capacity to relocate forward as a course I think that it. I believe a whole lot of it you know was called right into concern and the reasoning behind. CPSC really carefully is that the Payment directive is in fact restrict what team. I also just want to emphasize that the staff makes an independent judgment as well as.