Organohalogen Flame Retardants Petition; Oral Presentations – Panels 5 & 6

Invite back to this public conference of
the USA Customer Item Security Commission our hearing which
started this early morning at 9:00 a.m. will now proceed simply a reminder that this
is a public hearing to obtain discuss the petition requesting the
Commission initiate rulemaking under the federal hazardous substance act to
Partnership of registered nurses for healthy and balanced settings I'' m. a registered nurse and also a nurse midwife the Partnership is the only nationwide nursing.
company that concentrates solely on the junction of health and wellness in the.
atmosphere our objective is to advertise healthy atmospheres and also healthy and balanced individuals.
by enlightening and leading the nursing profession advancing study.
incorporating evidence-based technique as well as affecting plan we have over 3000.
members throughout the nation our members consist of registered nurses from all strolls of.
our occupation Healthcare facility based public wellness advanced and also school-based.
method to simply name a couple of nurses are the most trusted career and also we take.
our obligations really seriously when supplying education and learning to clients and working to.
prevent disease the major job of our organization happens with the charitable.
volunteer job of our nurses with our plan as well as campaigning for workgroup these.
registered nurses have actually led engagement of wellness professionals on the severe issues.
pertaining to flame retardants and wellness our work has actually been assisted by the American.
registered nurses organizations resolution Nursing Technique chemical direct exposure and right to.
understand which supports a strategy that decreases the usage of harmful chemicals.
needs appropriate details on the wellness impacts of chemicals and.
chemicals and products prior to they are introduced on the market and produces.
much more streamlined techniques for toxic chemicals to be gotten rid of from usage based.
on this resolution registered nurses require to support for consumer items that are.
without poisonous chemicals as part of their criterion of technique I am very.
concerned that expecting ladies the growing fetus as well as our children are being.
revealed to halogenated flame resistants every day it'' s my work to assist females have.
the healthiest pregnancies possible therefore I recognize the value of.
having typical degrees of thyroid hormonal agents throughout maternity as well as display for.
signs and symptoms of thyroid dysfunction to make sure that activity can be quickly taken if an.
irregularity is located that this class of fire resistants are structurally.
comparable to thyroid hormone and also have been shown to disrupt thyroid hormonal agent.
feature is very worrying thyroid disturbance during maternity can have a.
adverse impact on fetal mind development in addition to other poor.
pregnancy results as you have actually listened to from other.
others right here today with one in 6 children in the United States currently dealing with the lifelong.
obstacle of developing specials needs such as autism as well as focus deficiency.
hyperactivity problem we require to seriously address chemicals that could.
belong of this worrying pattern I'' m additionally concerned with the effects of.
halogenated fire retardants on fertility.
raised PB de levels at human bust milk has actually been associated with prepared.
Accord ism along with reduced testes size as well as decreased sperm counts as.
the inability to conceive is boosting in this country demand we need to be dealing with.
these feasible chemical origins as a nurse midwife I'' m often asked which.
items are risk-free to make use of with their baby which nursing cushion would I advise.
what'' s the best group to acquire due to the limited consumer details we carry.
numerous of the flame retardants dealt with in the request it can be extremely.
challenging as a service provider to use guidance on the most safe items this is.
especially discouraging when it'' s been revealed that these poisonous chemicals are not.
even giving added flame protection when height talking with my pediatric.
nurse coworkers they have actually described that they have several means we can advise.
moms and dads to reduce risks of fire such as having functioning smoke detectors as well as not.
smoking in your house but they have no meaningful suggestions to give to moms and dads on.
how to decrease the threat of kids direct exposures to flame resistants producers are.
able to add these fire retardant to their products without labeling or.
examining them for wellness impacts this whole class of halogenated fire.
retardants olive'' s comparable molecular framework as well as all are most likely to respond.
in a similar way in the body our team believe that as a result of the dangerous nature of these.
fire resistants and the high potential for harm specifically to the expanding fetus.
as well as children as a result of important developmental windows of susceptibility.
that the CPSC is urged to regulate these flame retardants under the government.
harmful material Act likewise the team briefs mentions that AFR'' s might not be. prevalent as they ' ve been found in just 22 percent of the'youngsters ' s items. examined by CPSC this is not an insignificant number as children has.
numerous toys in their toy boxes 22 percent can bring about significant.
direct exposures amongst this prone population our future generation is worthy of.
to be able to grow up and also totally free of these harmful chemicals allow'' s. not make the blunder of regrettable alternatives as well as take on the current.
proposal to restrict these unneeded and also wellness damaging class of flame.
retardants thank you thanks quite miss out on Reed great afternoon first I'' d like. to say thanks to chairwoman Buerkle and the CPSC commissioners for the chance to.
indicate prior to you today on this important concern my name is Jenna Reed.
I am the science and also plan expert at the center for scientific research as well as democracy of.
the Union of Concerned Researchers with even more than 500,000 members as well as advocates.
throughout the nation we are a nonpartisan nonprofit team dedicated to boosting.
public plan through independent and also rigorous scientific research the Facility for.
scientific research as well as freedom at UCS advocates for improved openness as well as honesty.
in our democratic institutions specifically those making science-based.
public law choices the Union of Concerned Researchers stands with various other.
members of the scientific area in sustaining this application contacting.
the Customer Item Security Compensation to declare Organa halogen flame.
resistants o FRS as a dangerous course of chemicals as well as to ban their usage in.
children'' s products furnishings bed mattress and the casing surrounding electronics.
the scientific proof outlined in the petition supports this regulative modification.
the CPSC has the authority to safeguard the general public from harmful substances that.
may trigger significant injury or substantial disease considering that the facility'' s. creation we have actually functioned to protect scientific honesty within the government.
government and called interest to occurrences of unique passions.
mischaracterizing science to advocate for particular plan goals the chemical.
sector as well as its trade organization the American Chemistry Council zhh job to.
sow doubt regarding the scientific research disclosing injuries regarding chemicals influences on our.
health and wellness consisting of flame retardants is an outright instance of this unacceptable.
actions the firms that make FRS have actually placed substantial money and time.
right into misshaping a clinical reality concerning these chemicals as the 2012 Chicago.
Tribune investigative collection noted the chemical industry has twisted study.
results ignored findings that run counter to its purposes and also worked off.
prejudiced industry moneyed records as rigorous scientific research in doing so the.
American Chemistry Council and its member firms.
has actually promoted the prevalent use of IFRS at the expense of Public Wellness.
taking a look at these chemicals through a strictly objective lens illustrates the.
needs need for CPSC swift activity poisoning as well as exposure information sustain the.
evaluation of Organa halogen fire retardants as a course of chemicals under.
the government harmful compounds Act buildings that are shared by of' '
ours. include their semi volatility and capability to crowd migrate from consumer.
products into home dust and exposure has been connected with a variety of.
health influences including reproductive impairment neurological impacts.
endocrine disruption genotoxicity cancer as well as immune problems as a course there is.
an ample body of proof supporting the final thought that these chemicals have.
the ability to cause individual disease as well as for that reason fulfill the definition of.
harmful under F H sa perhaps most egregiously biography monitoring data have.
exposed that communities of shade and low-income areas are.
disproportionately subjected to and also bear high levels of flame retardant chemicals.
including in the advancing chemical worry that these neighborhoods are already.
experiencing from enhanced great particulate matter from power plants or.
refineries in their neighborhoods to higher degrees of contaminants in their.
drinking water I'' ve seen firsthand the determination of the earliest kind of. fire resistants polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs that still plague the.
sediment and water of the Hackensack Meadowlands just a number of miles from.
where I matured in New Jersey among my very first Jobs was operating in the chemistry.
division of the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute where I.
invest my days extracting PCBs and organochlorine pesticides from the dirt.
and debris of the of the Meadowlands and also assessing that data regardless of being.
prohibited in 1977 these chemicals are still discovered alarmingly high amounts around.
industrial hotspots of the country and remain to bio collect in a range of.
varieties the ban of PCBs took place decades back and we are still taking care of the.
harmful influences of the chemicals occurrence throughout the nation the next.
generation of these chemicals organo halogen flame resistants are within.
our very own homes and also a variety of items thanks largely partly the.
disinformation projects planted by unique passions the reality remains that.
the indication does not sustain their proceeded use.
seen firsthand the persistence of PCBs in my local atmosphere motivated me to.
use my clinical training to function to style or improve policies that lessen.
public wellness and also ecological dangers and also protect against future circumstances of.
chemicals overburdening ecological communities and families that is why I'' m below today
to. ask the CPSC to act with necessity to provide this request as well as further manage.
AFR'' s to secure our youngsters and future generations thanks thanks really.
much mr.Simon thanks chair Buerkle and also commissioners my name is Robert Simon. and I ' m here today'testifying on part of the American Chemistry Council and also.
the North American flag retirement liens I understand there'' s a lot of rate of interest in this. problem as well as we were attempting to aid facilitate the commissioners request to.
combine some of the testimony so I'' m mosting likely to present comments on behalf of.
both myself and Mike Wallace from the American Chemistry Council I'' ll shot and also. be quick simply a quick comment and I know we'' ve been before the commissioners. before on several concerns as well as I simply intend to emphasize that the American Chemistry.
Council represents the concept suppliers of chemicals in the United States and also.
we are completely devoted to product safety and security that by nature of membership in the.
American Chemistry Council you are bound to follow an accountable.
treatment program that includes 8 different codes consisting of an item.
safety code which'' s required for commitment that includes third-party.
verification in our new product safety code yet I just intended to emphasize our.
dedication to total item safety and security I'' m right here today speaking on behalf of the.
staff rundown bundle as it relates to the application HB 15 1 and also the team.
suggestion to deny the request I'' m going to emphasize 5 bottom lines today.
yet our general message to the commissioners to the public to several of.
the other stakeholders are today this application is excessively broad it will.
rise fire danger and also it is not consistent with the f HSA so my.
testament concentrate on five crucial points initial fire safety and security as the commissioners well.
understand is a crucial issue for the CPSC to consider we.
a great deal of progress over the last 40 years in reducing fire risk a great deal of that has.
come as an outcome of the CEA'' s CPSC ' s leadership on that particular concern and also
fire. returns have actually contributed because in terms of assisting reduce the fire threat of.
products having stated that as you all understand from from the number of item.
recalls and also item obstacles that are available that fire danger is still a very.
real problem according to the CPSC zone data we react to a fire every 23.
seconds in the u.s.So that vital concept of fire safety and security requires to be.
considered as part of this as well as I would just highlight that in the testimonial of.
this petition this has the potential to weaken fire safety and security and also also.
jeopardize the fire security of some products so urge the CPSC to.
very carefully think about that in the context of its evaluation of this request second.
point would certainly be as you'' ve heard I believe also recognized by a few of the.
advocates for this request this is an unbelievably broad request you'' re you ' re. outlawing a whole course of chemicals flame resistants include a wide variety.
of items with different attributes formulas and also.
intended uses and it'' s simply not appropriate to group all of these points.
together to take that one-size-fits-all approach just doesn'' t make sense the
. danger as well as threat account of also these compounds within this class of.
chemicals is just not the exact same and also that'' s been acknowledged by federal government.
agencies consisting of the US Environmental Defense Company so stress that.
point the request as it is presently specified would outlaw substances that.
government regulatory authorities have actually figured out do not provide a risk as well as would additionally ban.
substances that haven'' t even been established yet so once again I urge the.
Commission to check out this holistically in regards to the wide effects of.
this example would certainly be under both Autonomous and also Republican.
managements new fire retardant items have been authorized consisting of.
under the new regulation Berg Chemical Safety Act this would run counter to that a related point would certainly be is the.
materials that are the subject of the application have actually already been or presently.
being examined for their security by US EPA under an extensive new regulatory.
system in position for managing chemicals the CPSC plainly has a vital and also.
crucial function to play in consumer products but this application would certainly.
replicate several of the job that'' s currently underway or has actually been done by United States.
EPA to evaluate the safety of chemicals and also control those chemicals and a huge.
piece of this we were right here with the last time indicating concerning ideally the.
capacity of the brand-new Lautenberg Chemical Safety and security Act after the last hearing in.
January 2016 it'' s grateful here to claim a number of the people around this area not simply.
the chemical sector yet 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.
entered into impact it dramatically improves the way we manage chemicals.
in the US and also I assume that'' s an essential factor to consider and I'' ll. Since we we believe this the request, simply finish with a last point which is.
progressed is a inappropriate and also really uncomfortable application of the FHS an and.
as well as need to be denied I would certainly just end with a comment just directly from the.
staff plan that I think emphasizes the broad nature of this the FHS a.
calls for consideration of the link between the poisoning of a substance.
exposure to that substance with sensibly near and normal usage.
of an item as well as causing significant injury or.
significant health problem linked with the direct exposure team thinks about that the ofr.
represent a wide class of chemicals specified mainly by their functional usage.
and also the presence of either bromine or chlorine the information on OA ofr reveal varying.
poisoning as well as direct exposure possibility amongst person of our substances these.
differing properties of specific person of our compounds show.
that AFR'' s are in fact stand for numerous subdivisions of chemicals and must not.
and ought to be examined separately and also one can not wrap up that all substances.
would certainly be considered dangerous substances under they J say that'' s component of the. factor why we encourage the Commission to take into consideration the team report.
and also the scientific research on these she'' s value the opportunity to.
widespread exposure to hazardous flame retardants particularly while pregnant.
early stage and early childhood years children ' s exposures are frequently 3 to five. times above their moms in its'rundown package the CPSC team elevated.
problems regarding the requests objective of banning all additive Organa halogen.
Tony the food chain continue in the setting as well as endanger human wellness.
and also Washington to prohibit two kinds of tryst in foam items we see that without.
clear red relax entrance stringent Olaf ours en masse a part of the market will. change to brand-new inadequately examined telogen ated chemicals bolstering this cycle
most. current sorry Organa halogen fire retardant share physical and also chemical.
qualities that weren ' t there factor to consider as a team under the. federal just how does their'disc Compounds Act the halogen carbon bond imparts. thermal security but likewise results in perseverance and long life of these.
chemicals in the setting as well as adds to their poisoning to human.
When incinerated they develop highly toxic, health and wellness. and also consistent compounds like dioxins and furans in feedback to this application.
the ACCC mentioned an EPA news release claiming that the agency has identified.
50 flame resistants that are unlikely to posture a risk for human health and wellness.
neither the ACCC nor the EPA have mentioned whether any of these choices are.
halogenated the declaration is likely based upon the evaluation of the EPA ' s. developed for the Environment Program that was additionally mentioned earlier by Rick.
grosse and the statement in 2015 in a report all of the 10 halogenated flame.
retardants that EPA analyzed were ranked as high threat in a minimum of one category. either for their risk to human health and wellness or environmental persistence as well as.
bioaccumulation EPA did name two chemicals as a lower degree of concern. for polyurethane foam yet both were not halogenated a research by Miriam ruby.
that will certainly affirm later today assessed 94 fire fire retardant to make sure that might be.
alternative to those presently using consumer products she located that 40% had.
tool or high worry for environmental persistence et cetera presented a low. worry and also concluded the replacement fire resistants need to be examined as. a class since the 1 by 1 governing method is problematic for guaranteeing.
that alternative fire resistants will be less dangerous and suppress others.
despite an encouraging market move away from additive fire resistants and.
household products ofr has continued to be utilized in some brand-new items as noted in.
testimony today we conclude that voluntary actions by producers as well as. state by state limitations on individual chemicals are not sufficient.
to maintain these chemicals out of new items and we keep in mind that handheld XRF.
tools permit fast and also inexpensive as well as non-invasive compliance tracking. actually significance that a category vast ban on halogens could be less complex to impose. than a restriction on specific writers the CPSC personnel affirm that there wanted.
information to prove that these four product classifications in the request are the.
source of ofr is gauged in people and they ' ll raise the factor that the.
chemicals are using cars and also'one min remaining thank you but.
research study has actually revealed that consumer items are the primary source of human.
direct exposure to flame retardants in our statement created statement we affix.
this D finding that twice as lots of extra pounds of PBDEs. were contributed to polyurethane foam in house products than vehicles so in.
shutting we would prompt the to provide the application as we ' ve composed.
as well as past organic halogen fire resistants in these four item.
group thank you thanks very much next is dr.Heather Stapleton dr.

Partnership of nurses for healthy environments I'' m. a nurse and a registered nurse midwife the Partnership is the only nationwide nursing.
Tony the food chain continue in the atmosphere as well as endanger human wellness. Significance that a category broad restriction on halogens might be easier to implement.Stapleton are you on the phone thanks yes we can thank you really a lot great
greater than 70 peer-reviewed magazines focusing on this topic on top of that I.
indicated in front of the senate subcommittee in May of 2012 on a hearing.
simply focused on climate profits today I'' d like to take a few mins to.
summarize some important research study searchings for that have been generated for my.
group especially over the in 2015 which straight relate to numerous problems.
raised today particularly connecting to our understanding of human direct exposure.
pertaining to utilize of fire retardants and also furnishings as well as mattresses since 2008 my.
study group has actually been evaluating furniture items particularly couches.
chairs mattresses and a variety of child things for fire returning chemicals as.
these days we have tested even more than 2000 of these products and also we have an extremely.
good knowledge base relating to where flame resistants are used and just how their.
usage has transformed gradually in contrast to what you'' ve been told our study has.
shown that flame resistants are really used in adult bed mattress marketed on the.
market today specifically mattresses made of memory foam and our information.
recommends this is not decreasing we likewise understand that business are still using.
flame retardants to furnishings in spite of the modification in the flammability standards.
from The golden state this was documented in our publication in 2016.
digitus research study my laboratory has been performing its extensive bio surveillance.
studies to assess direct exposure amongst the general public as well as is to recognize exactly how.
exposure connects to product use in a current publication by Hoffman and Al we.
showed that direct exposure to the halogenated natural phosphate fire.
retardant TDC PP likewise noted chlorinated Tris has actually raised dramatically amongst.
the u.s.Population over

the past years we also showed that exposure to. this chemical which is thought about a health hazard a. considerably higher and also kids relative to adults as a matter of fact our research study. found that infants have the highest possible direct exposure to TDC BP among any type of age class. and also furthermore this direct exposure was substantially connected with the number. of infant furniture products the moms and dads had in the residence this organization is. additionally sustained by our testing program which located that TDC PP is the a lot of. typical fire retardant put on child furniture items which contain. polyurethane foam these researches give a link attaching application of
TDC P P. and baby furniture products with exposure and also infants as a follow-up to this research.
we just recently approximated the typical everyday consumption of TDC P P for an infant utilizing.
our dimensions of the urinary metabolite we discovered that direct exposure range.
When you, from 0.01 to 15 micrograms of TVC PP per kilo body weight per day.
compare that exposure to the appropriate daily intake for non cancer wellness threats.
reported in a CPSC document in 2006 our outcomes locate that 2 to 9 %of babies are.
presently obtaining exposure that is higher than that limit suggesting.
some infants are receiving receiving exposure that could cause health. threat this is likewise released previously this year to further understand partnerships. in between flame-retardant usage and furnishings and direct exposure amongst the basic.
public we just recently carried out a different research in which we really sampled the.
paddings from sofas in 140 houses and collected combined samples of home dirt.
as well as blood from participants staying in those houses we found strong as well as.
statistically considerable organizations in between the brominated flame retardants
. and also the sofas in concentrations in the home dust and also in the participants blood.
For instance if a bf are a brominated fire retardant was existing in the couch.
there were substantially greater levels of that fire resistant in the residence
. dirt as well as in the individuals blood compared to somebody living in a house in. which that verminator fire retardant was not in their furnishings this is the. extremely least gives proof that the use in couches is related to individual. exposures in the residence these exposures are concerned provided that new recent. research study demonstrates direct exposure to flame resistants is related to
lowered. fertility as well as maternity and females and also thyroid cancer thyroid cancer is. considered the fastest-growing cancer cells based on event one minute continuing to be.
and also we have lately released a paper which found statistically substantial.
associations between the focus of 3 various. flame resistants in house
to us with thyroid cancer cells and also this heart. organization was especially solid for Dekker bromo diphenyl ether a burma.
native fire retardant confining i believe this study these study.
researches show certainly unquestionably that usage of flame.
retardants in these products is plainly tied with exposure among the basic.
public well I comprehend the fire risk is a really well-funded issue we should.
believe critically regarding modern technologies and strategies made use of to satisfy flammability.
requirements in my point of view we must be of definitely avoiding making use of little.
molecule additives which will constantly move out of items and also lead to.
some kind of exposure it ' s just thermodynamics provided the.
inherent difficulties in examining hazard profiles accounts for chemicals it would. behoove us to try and remove direct exposure rather than investing substantial time. and initiative trying to identify which chemical has a better poisoning profile.
thanks for your attention thank you very much dr.Stapleton MS Miller yes. good afternoon can you hear me yes we can hear you just fine thanks. thank you good afternoon as well as thanks for the opportunity to give testament. today my name is Pamela Miller and I am the executive supervisor of Alaska. community activity on toxics a non-profit environmental health as well as. justice research and advocacy organization as well as were based in Anchorage. Alaska we strongly sustain the request as well as rulemaking to prohibit the course of. natural halogen fire retardants from the four groups of customer products. provided the proof of toxicity and hazards to human wellness.
the Commission has a historical opportunity to make policy that will.
shield the wellness of millions of individuals across the u.s.Who are consistently. exposed to these hazardous chemicals and specifically your home of prone. populaces that are overmuch subjected

in their homes and also offices I. am right here to talk with the demand of shielding vulnerable populaces that. could not be immediately noticeable because they are far-off from producing. facilities but are nevertheless highly and also overmuch subjected individuals of the. north and frozen specifically aboriginal peoples we prompt the Commission to. take into consideration the unique susceptability of north as well as frozen native individuals
. When considering this application far from, and their future generations.
pristine the it has several of one of the most highly. infected pets and individuals on the planet it is an important indication. area for analyzing homes as well as effects of chemicals when chemicals.
get in the Arctic their deterioration is reduced due to low temperatures and also reduced.
intensity sunlight which makes them available for lasting incorporation.
right into organic systems northern and also Arctic peoples bear a burden of health
. differences consisting of cancers cells reproductive problems birth defects.
learning and developing specials needs the fenceline of chemical production.
Due to the fact that chemicals can travel, distribution usage and disposal prolongs to the Arctic. hundreds and hundreds of miles on oceanic and atmospheric currents where.
they accumulate in the bodies of fish wildlife and people of the north in a. process understood as
international purification individuals of the north specifically youngsters. are most likely to be much more highly subjected to flame-retardant chemicals in interior. settings due to the fact that of the longer wintertimes the demand to shield against the. cool and less air flow in
their homes people experience high direct exposures with. standard foods as well as in their home environments so this is actually a. consideration of numerous exposure routes as well as high exposures they likewise have. limited selections in acquiring from stores in rural Alaska that offer. inferior products chemicals are passed through succeeding generations from. mother to kid and damage the capability of youngsters to learn their languages. conventional life methods tracks tales as well as knowledge these neuro harmful chemicals.
are harming the minds and wellness of our future generations because these.
chemicals leave the items in which they are made use of with evaporation or. weathering a number of these organo halogen compounds are now prevalent in the.
worldwide setting people are primarily exposed with an inhalation intake.
and thermal absorption Roman ated fire retardants consisting of PBDEs and also H BCD are.
now ubiquitous in Arctic environments with increasing degrees in some locations.
providing cause for issue for instance focus of PBDEs discovered in the. blood of yupik individuals the yukon-kuskokwim Delta region of. Alaska are the greatest known human PvE focus in the circumpolar Arctic.
concern is expanding about new largely unmonitored consistent chemicals that.
long-range as well as relentless transport of a selection of these substitutes flame.
retardants into the Arctic Salim ovah measured focus of 45.
chlorinated and brominated flame retardants and also Arctic air examples as well as.
molar in 2012 found two chlorinated chemicals TCP as well as TCP P that predominate.
in the North Pacific as well as Arctic air samples these are extremely persistent in. the Arctic as a result of low temperatures as well as darkness our very own community-based. research has actually shown the visibility of PBDEs as well as home dust Sentinel. fish traditional food samples of marine mammals as well as in the blood lotion 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 dust gathered from. st. Lawrence Island households as well as human serum focus are comparable to

. those discovered in raised degrees of the u.s. general population focus of. several of these PBDEs and also dust are linked with serum focus. suggesting house dirt gives these compounds also in remote. populaces finally as co-chair of the International Pops elimination Network. I ' m really concerned that the lack of controls in the u.s. enables the discarding. of products with harmful levels of flame resistants right into United States markets
including. products that have so-called recycled plastics infected by fire.
resistants from digital waste we advise that Consumer Item Security Compensation.
to utilize their authority to shield public wellness particularly that of vulnerable.
short chain chlorinated paraffins in youngsters ' s toys and various other youngsters ' s. products thank you thank you very a lot miss Miller we will now begin our round.
of question from the payment from the Dyess as well as I will start that 2 line of.
concentration of bromine and also chlorine in any type of component of a furnishings item.
would permit private investigators or business themselves to refine'in on precisely'what. chemicals could be in there as well as the searching for of very low web content of bromine.
Organa chlorine argon or bromine fire resistants in those four categories of.
you significantly mr.Simon in your testimony you stated that if we take. this broad method and grant this request as well as ban classes of chemicals I. need to say restriction this course of chemicals that we will certainly be prohibiting chemicals that. have currently been authorized as well as identified to be risk-free could. you simply expand on a bit thanks. of course equally as some instances yet we know as well as there

have been regulative testimonials. of a few of the chemicals that would certainly be consisted of in this request that have gone. with reviews not only in the United States yet Canada. European Union and also have had those resolutions that they do not existing. a danger to human health of the setting so a fine example of that. would certainly be TV BPA was one chemical that I think showed up earlier today that has actually had. governing decisions by both Canada as well as the EU which would be simply one. instance there that would have a
direct impact you might give added if.

you have other examples of that I would really value that thanks.
Commissioner Adler I thank you significantly madam chairman mr.Simon is it fair to.
claim based upon your testimony in the testament of your market colleagues.
that we ' re not most likely to see a phase-out of ofr s in consumer items unless the. Payment takes regulative activity I think the what I would claim to the.
commissioners would certainly be as I believe you will remain to see making use of flame. retardants in applications that need to fulfill certain fire character fire safety and security.
parameters and particular ludo iPhone that wedding event on that would certainly.
inquiry I assume this turned up at our last hearing also which I ' m wondering. what the solution is we have we have not seen that listing and. we I think we also encouraged the CPSC to collaborate with EPA to look at that listing I. believe the obstacle most of us have is several of those are exclusive items and so. they are not generally readily available to particularly to a profession organization that. could stand for various various firm interests and I just that ' s your. concern or earlier mr.Commissioner I'just wish to stress I believe I would certainly. If there, make clear remark regarding the usage of afar ' s. are ofr is that present a risk and there ' s clearly some that have been. controlled those will be regulated so I just didn ' t wish to leave that that open. thank you I value the explanation incidentally with regard to that listing of. 50 I think the factor that it ' s not easily accessible has less to do with the fact.
Safety and security Act that does call for an affirmative security determination that is.
a body organ oh oh F R and it ' s been accepted for sure usages therefore that ' s. another extra maybe extra present example'as well as I think that is public a bit. yeah and also simply selecting
up on the Chairman ' s request I would truly. appreciate it'I think we all would if you would certainly send whatever list you have. that contains ofr s specifically in customer items that you think have. been shown existing no reasonable threat of safety this Huff lien at one. point in your statement you said o FRS are not supplying included flame protection. that ' s wonder if you can specify on that particular point sure well I assume a whole lot of. the items that they ' re in you understand we put on ' t have infants that are cigarette smoking. cigarettes laying on their mats or on nursing pillows that actually not needed.
in these sorts of products and it ' s simply causing even more direct exposure to these.
possibly hazardous chemicals where they ' re truly not needed yeah and as well as.
f RS yet to be uncovered that'share these same physical chemical biological.
features as existing ofr s such that we should not take a class technique.
to managing them I have not and individuals that testified today consisting of dr. Birnbaum basically have the same you know idea which their hat there has.
not yet been one organic halogen fire that might be that wasn ' t connected to no.
I desire to make sure that I my understanding is that you ' ve done.
publication ' s detailed is yeah that ' s in the Hoffman il 2015 magazine site. perfect all right and afterwards the following point that you stated that I wrote down was that. there was a strong organization
as well as this was seemed to be with individuals not just. youngsters with furniture with higher ofr s locating much more in the dust and in the. blood of individuals and which which research sustains that that is the Hamel il 2017.
magazine mentioned in my written testimony excellent thank you so much and also.
dr.Lund ah you claimed in your you have explanation 16 17 18 19 20 that ' s consisted of. in your connect to as well as in your written testimony and also this factor seems to be.
that most of the ofr is in the dust in the home are the result of Oh affairs.
and house products did I comprehend that appropriately yes that is our the. references we drew to show the web link between the the home products and also.
direct exposure of home locals although recommendation 16 is to make recommendation to the.
reality that more two times as numerous PS PBDEs were included to house furnishings than.
to automobiles excellent as well as mr.

Yet are however very and disproportionately subjected individuals of the. I ' m really worried that the lack of controls in the u.s. enables the disposing. Organa chlorine argon or bromine fire retardants in those 4 classifications of. 50 I assume the factor that it ' s not available has less to do with the fact.
I want to make certain that I my understanding is that you ' ve done.Simon I know basic you stated
that you sustain the package and that you think that this band would certainly be extremely
broad but I intend to see if I can focus on that particular a little since the plan
is I understand it definitely found that ofr s are poisonous that they move from
products and also items with greater ofr s are connected with rooms with warm with
extra dust which AFR'' s in blood as well as if there are higher or fires in blood that
is related to adverse health impact do you agree with every one of that don'' t. stress I ' ll obtain to your argument however do you concur with that thus far no and I.
assume I just intended to clarify I believe it'' s extremely clear in the team record that. there is an acknowledgment there not all of those substances are harmful and there'' s. also a chart that sort of indicated as well as I ask forgiveness due to the fact that I phrased that.
inadequately every one of the oil terminates about which we have.
data showed that they are our toxic right no and I don'' t agree with that. alright which as well as you'' re which ones are not harmful that have been examined yes I believe.
there'' s a number that'and that ' s one of our issues about the wide method is. that you ' re controling essentially you understand relying on 25 to 85 various.
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 not. hazardous is that what you'' re telling us yes the only witness that stated that today so.
if you can provide those dyes that would be terrific um and also however you concur that if.
We'' ve done studies of you you differ with that.
I would claim you'' d have to clarify what the resource of the ofr
is where'it. shouldn ' t it could not simply be furnishings it might be various other sources which ' s an. If you, important resolution and also that was the basis concerning my inquiry is that.
have furniture with high o FRS do you concur or differ that it'' s connected. with higher o FRS as well as the dirt in the room again I would state it relies on the.
O FRS as well as likewise the application that it'' s used and also if there are greater or fires in.
the room in a room and people live in that area would certainly you agree that with youngsters.
it'' s related to greater o FRS in the blood in the pee I simply desire to be.
clear I'' m not trying to prevent your inquiry I'' m trying to in fact clarify.
various no much'' s are utilized in various matrices they'' ve been a migrate or cut .
or be sent out at various levels or maybe never which'' s why I ' m simply. visualize to claim so extensively that yes after that and I tried to make it clear at the.
beginning of the day that when I claim ofr is I'' m referring to exactly what we'' re. dealing with in this application non polymeric additive organo halogens and.
simply to clarify differ that all ofr exists a risk as well as that all ofr.
connected understand of any one of those that that we have are handling if you.
can inform us what studies would sustain what your sight is considering that it''
s so. different than any kind of individual that'' s indicated today thanks.
Thank You commissioner kay thanks madam chair I''

m mr.Simon I believe you.
did discuss at the very least among them though as well as correct me please if I'' m wrong TBB.
did you state that as one that had been vindicated and what'' s your. understanding of this of the researches connected with that certain chemical. that you understand generally when you check out the total exposure for that chemical.
does not provide a threat to human health or the environment as well as we'' ve done some.
sustaining scientific research that considers meta-analysis of the data that'' s out. there just to use that as an example degrees of TB BPA that are out there are. 7 million times listed below those that would likely trigger health and wellness impacts so they.
assume that'' s just an extremely concrete instance as well as that'' s what led federal governments.
like Canada an EU to make that resolution I assume it'' s essential
to. note though that continuous study is constantly suitable as well as you always wish to make.
sure that I recognize there is recurring research connected with TV BPA.
funded by the industry and also by governments therefore it is something that.
we should check out however there'' s clearly been a regulative determination there.
and also you referred earlier to the personnel chart I believe and I'' m taking a look at page.
99 of the personnel briefing as well as under that on the chart where it says TB BPA it.
checks off toxicity related to acute toxicity chronic poisoning.
reproductive development toxicity neurotoxicity.
genetic poisoning as well as persistent coughing Yuman poisoning and also labels that as a chronic.
hazardous chemical and also so just how does that square with your view that it has been.
located not to be harmful similar to any type of chemical it'' s a feature of.
I believe for what it ' s worth what I was referring to was in the personnel graph as.
you check out the exposure degrees that does not offer a danger as well as that was.
that was what I was suggesting to so ask forgiveness for any complication there so.
what'' s unique about tbv that also if it'' s harmful it there ' s no exposure
to it'. well I believe it ' s a combination of it there ' s varying levels of toxicity and also.

That ' s one and also'I think even dr.Stapleton referenced that so that ' s. that ' s number one so just since something
has the potential prospective be toxicPoisonous it might really various ranges maybe much more hazardous much less harmful and the 2nd. is the exposure piece therefore we think it'' s clear that TV BPA is not at degrees.
of direct exposure which'' s why I hesitated in action to Commissioner.
Robinson'' s doubt to automatically claim that every one of the far has actually produced big.
degrees of exposure so the study that you'' re describing or the metadata.
If I recognize you properly, meta-analysis connected with the researches.
don'' t differ as much with the toxicity however 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 eliminate it from consideration.
I think timeless toxicology would state that if you'' re not revealed as something.
at a level that'' s most likely to cause unfavorable effects that yes and also dr. Stapleton do you the characterization regarding the exposure related to that.
chemical I think there'' s a thank you for asking me because there ' s a crucial point. that ' s missing below is that TV BPA greater than ninety percent of its use it is a.
high manufacturing quantity chemical is made use of in a reactive type which means it'' s. chemically bound to the items it'' s affixed to as well as much less likely to leach out.
bring about direct exposure which is why that direct exposure danger is so little 40 B BPA if.
that were to be and also alter used extra in an additive type exposure would.
certainly rise it relies on just how it'' s utilized in the product and also that connects to.
I think I simply on concept we ' re reluctant to see below you ' ve made. Payment yet that ' s one of the concerns we have with the request general and.
something that you'' re acquainted with I think in general as a society we'' re a lot. much more aware of chemical problems as well as chemical administration problems I alluded to. our accountable care program that has a product safety and security code enforces particular.
responsibilities and our participants from creating a product to finish a life so I.
think there'' s a lot more recognition I would certainly likewise rehash we have actually come a long.
method a few of our chemical policy it'' s gon na be extremely tough to present a.
new chemical that has some of the problems that we'' ve all discussed here today I.
think that'' s an advantage and I'understand that ' s something that that you ' ve in. specific been an advocate for for a long time as well as that assists avoid this.
problem of aid writeable substitution and also seeing to it we'' re thoughtful as we.
take a look at product style I regret my time has actually run out thank you thanks really.
a lot commissioner much more brave no concerns thank you at that'' s this time around.
then we will certainly finish this fifth panel as well as once more our sincere appreciation to every one of.
you for being here for your determination to indicate and also we will certainly take a few.
minutes to switch right into our 6th panel as well as once again my sincere many thanks thank you invite back to this public conference.
we'' re going to proceed our final panel for today as well as the six individuals who are.
joining us this afternoon are on the phone so we have no one being in front.
If we could, of us however allow me say to all of you as well as thank you for being here.
just I'' ll call your name if you can just confirm with me that you are on the.
line that would certainly be really handy miss out on burrow Meier excellent mid-day hi.
thanks dr.Singler indeed

I'' m below thank you as well as can I confirm that you are going.
to have a PowerPoint to reveal us that we have it however I that you'' re planning on.
revealing it of course that'' s correct thank you really much dr. ruby indeed I'' m. here thanks miss Curtis I'' m right here dr. Hirschmann.
thanks and also as well as miss dr.

PA did you mention that as one that had been vindicated and what'' s your. I think for what it ' s worth what I was referring to was in the personnel graph as. That ' s one and also'I think even dr.Stapleton referenced that so that ' s. that ' s number one so just because something
has the potential to be toxicHazardous I think I simply on principle we ' re reluctant to see here you ' ve made. Compensation yet that ' s one of the concerns we have with the petition total as well as.Zeller yep I'' m right here very excellent thanks all quite and at this point we will ask miss out on Burt miss out on burro Mayer to begin her statement thank you thanks quite my name is Nancy biedermeyer I'' m the senior plan strategist for the bust cancer avoidance companions formerly called the bust cancer fund I want to thank the Compensation for the opportunity to affirm on the team briefing package on the request relating to items containing organic halogen flame retardants breast cancer cells avoidance companions is a national not-for-profit organization committed to stop bust cancer by reducing exposure to chemicals as well as radiation linked to the disease came from flame retardants are chemicals of significant concern to our company as we have probably previously detailed in our testimony and also submissions on this petition ofr have actually been associated with significant health issue such as cancer cells neurological impacts reproductive disabilities and also building and construction and also more PBT PBT alleviate exposures have been located to affect the timing of the age of puberty and teen women and also to promote proliferation of human breast cancer cells in vitro both areas of issue to bust cancer risk as you have listened to previously studies show that these chemicals migrate out of products into our residences as well as inevitably into our bodies in reviewing the personnel instruction package we have identified several shortcomings that have contributed to an improperly thought about recommendation to reject the underlying request in creating the rundown bundle the team embraced most of the arguments the chemical industry has utilized for years to stymie and also frustrate any kind of meaningful guideline of the thousands of harmful chemicals the public is revealed to daily here are our reactions to just a few of those worries poisoning information is incomplete limited or doing not have saying insufficient data is a staple of the industry playbook either not nearly enough proof exists or the researches that do show injury are for some reason unimportant or suspicious yet market declines to do the poisoning screening battles hammer and tongs against a minimal data set in Tosca reform and also then declares the government can act to regulate a chemical due to lack of information the petitioners have provided the Commission more than enough toxicity information to act to protect the public health and wellness which of training course is your primary goal use these chemicals is decreasing personnel states that just 22% both examined products contain no afar'' s which
the If one fifth of any type of various other item category, market is moving away from their use were regarded modify ated the scenario would properly be declared a situation in enhancement without federal regulation business are complimentary to go back to the use of these hazardous chemicals as well as most notably consumers as well as particularly cancer cells survivors with deep concern regarding subjecting themselves as well as their family members to flame resistants have no other way to recognize which products come under that 22% the Payment has to act to outlaw these chemicals and 100% of the consumer items covered by the petition and also not leave the public health approximately the vagaries of the marketplace absence of recorded events team concern contends that there wants information in the CPSC databases of consumer cases to act upon the petition this contention highlights the bias of the company towards intense injury at the cost of their demand to think about persistent or long-lasting harm by its very nature breast cancer cells has a long latency periods you period typically measured in years well it'' s not feasible to link a.
specific case of breast cancer to a particular exposure due both to this long. latency duration between direct exposure and beginning of the illness as well as.
sheer variety of chemicals we are subjected to each day there is sufficient.
toxicological evidence of harm to enable and also in reality to need the Commission to.
act chemical industry has long suggested that if you can'' t program direct
causation. you can'' t regulate the chemical we require only take a look at the instance of tobacco use.
to see the outcomes of that strategy millions dead while the cigarette market.
remains to make numerous millions of bucks in revenue the Payment.
must not take on the exact same ultimately dangerous and unreasonably high standard.
right here absence of information on social expense of ailment the team reefing contends that.
they do not have enough information to do a cost-benefit analysis for approving the.
application one minute loading it will constantly be less complicated to record the.
tough expense to industry of prohibiting chemicals from certain products than it.
Is to establish the financial benefit of illness avoidance yet we can.
track many of the clinical and lost efficiency prices for condition like.
breast cancer cells but exactly how does one measure the social cost of the pain and also.
suffering of the countless males and also ladies as well as their family members encountering a bust.
cancer medical diagnosis we send that those combined costs far surpass whatever.
financial impact there may get on manufacturers being asked to just quit.
making use of these chemicals in summary denying the position would be a failure by the.
Payment to adequately protect public health and wellness we urge the Compensation to turn down.
the personnel instruction bundle and accepted the petition as it was submitted give thanks to.
you once more for this chance to indicate thanks significantly dr.Singler.

thanks for the chance to testify today my name is Venus engli and also I am.
director of research translation at the program on reproductive health and wellness of the.
environment at University of The Golden State San Francisco my research study concentrates on.
chemicals in the interior setting and also influence on at risk populaces such.
as expectant females and youngsters next slide.
why do clergymans goal is to produce a much healthier atmosphere for human.
recreation and also advancement through advancing clinical query medical.
care and wellness policies that prevent direct exposures to damaging chemicals in our.
atmosphere next slide the government dangerous compounds Act to discover the.
– substance as you see below and today I'' ll be concentrating on the second part the.
truth that exposure to dangerous compound occurs as an outcome of.
traditional usage next slide so beginning in the middle of the slide we understand that.
fire retardants in interior air and also dirt causes human direct exposures as we'' ve listened to.
from numerous various other testifiers today and we wish to comprehend sort of one go back.
from that just how the items concerned in this petition electronic devices kids'' s. items furnishings as well as cushions add to flame retardants in indoor.
air and dirt and also the succeeding human exposures next slide slide 5 so.
researchers use a structure called the Bradford Hillside factors to assess the.
proof connecting the potential cause and also impact so I'' ll briefly review some of.
the proof connecting to the essential aspects today as well as refer the Commission.
commissioners to my full created testimony for a much more in-depth.
description so the factors are do we see a slope of result as well as what'' s the. strength of the impact is it statistically substantial. exists a logical timing of the event does the reason precede the effect is.
there uniformity in between research studies as well as do we have experimental proof that''
s in. coherence with the real-world monitorings next slide in this graph.
we'' re taking a look at the H BCD degree as well as dust on the left hand side and also range.
from television under H BCD degrees are greatest and also dirt directly by.
the TV and also degrees drop substantially as you relocate away from the television and other.
research studies had similar searchings for with furnishings and also cushions this gradient.
of impact strongly suggests that these products are the resources of the.
flame-retardant discharges to dirt next slide slide 7 in this research researchers.
gathered dust samples from bed mattress and also floorings inside homes and also they found a.
statistically substantial solid relationship between degrees of brominated.
flame resistants and also mattress dirt and also Florida the strength of this result.
suggests that the cushion is a significant contributor to the flame-retardant.
filling in dust and also various other researches made similar findings.
for furniture electronics and also children'' s products following slide in these graphs.
we'' re considering PB de degrees as well as dust on the left hand side in connection to.
whether or not items exist so in blue you can see that when you eliminate.
a product containing flame retardants the television the PB de levels fell.
significantly by nearly 80% on the various other hand you can see in orange that when you.
place a brand-new product having flame retardants right into the space the cushion PB.
de levels increased dramatically by regarding 2,000 percent so this extremely clear.
connection between the timing of the assumed cause-and-effect highly.
suggest that these products are major factors to flame retardant loading.
as well as dust and similar outcomes have actually been discovered with various other sort of products and.
various other researches next slide slide 9 researches on these items on flame resistant.
emissions were performed in the United States Canada the EU and also New Zealand in.
different type of interior atmospheres houses kid treatment facilities workplaces and.
with various type of products these research studies all made comparable searchings for about.
flame resistant one minute continuing to be right into indoor dust and air as well as the.
uniformity of outcomes across the different research studies enhances our.
confidence in the findings next slide and after that ultimately we see this comprehensibility.
between the outcomes of the lab research studies as well as real life observations in.
this study the scientists found that the stool as well as experimental chamber produced.
flame resistants directly right into the chamber and they discovered similar outcomes.
with various other kinds of items so this follows the real-world studies.
that locate these items add to flame retardant discharges following slide in.
final thought considering the elements researchers made use of to examine widgets.
linkages between domino effect there is a strong body of evidence showing.
that these products add to flame resistant degrees inside in succeeding.
human direct exposures this proof likewise speaks with the truth that removing these.
flame-retardant products from indoor setting has the prospective to.
dramatically reduced human direct exposures to these chemicals thank you quite for.
the opportunity – great thank you significantly dr.Diamond.

Thank You chair Buerkle as well as commissioners for the opportunity to.
talk in assistance of the application I'' m a teacher of ecological chemistry at.
the College of Toronto in Canada I'' ve been releasing and also researching on.
organo halogen fire retardants or ofr because the early 2000s.
some of the testament today has mentioned my laboratories work I will certainly talk on three factors.
Of all why ought to the Commission act to control ofr s as a course all ofr.
semi-volatile organic substances or s VOCs s EO CS that are additive to a.
polymer undoubtedly and naturally migrate from their origin of that.
polymer to the surrounding setting that includes individuals movement of.
audited ofr is is a fundamental residential or commercial property of the ofr subdivision they were talking.
of migration from 4 item categories to the surrounding.
setting indoors where these products lie additive ofr is moved to.
preferentially build up in individuals and also other fatty kinds of materials inside.
movement can be with air or by straight transfer from the item.
especially those fatty or organic abundant constituents as well as doors are our skin our.
clothing and also dust once more movement of additive ofr s from items and.
Buildup on skin clothing as well as dust is foreseeable and also inevitable.
ofr s and also other chemicals discharged indoors are consistent as a result of limited.
chemical degradation pathways this leads me to direct number two the connection.
between degrees of reduced FRS and items as well as dirt when a request was tabled in.
2015 to our best expertise it was dust there was a main resource of human.
direct exposure to ofr as a course however research study including our very own has progressed our.
understanding of direct exposure paths beyond that of dust dirt is likely a surrogate.
or proxy for interior origins of ofr exposure rather we currently recognize it ofr.
s are moved directly from items to hands complied with by hand to mouth.
tact likewise our hands grab polluted workdesks once more transferred by hand to mouth.
call we likewise comprehend that ofr is launched from products right into air in.
evitable and predictably build up on all.
bearskin as well as on our clothes oh FRS on skin and clothes add to exposure.
to summarize we currently comprehend that o FRS adhere to numerous paths of direct exposure.
indoors and the dirt is a practical surrogate for direct exposure and the 4.
product courses I desire to concentrate on o FRS as well as digital casings all digital.
items that we tasted which is almost 300 items consist of additive oh f RS in.
their housings we found a statistically significant connection between degrees.
of o FRS in products as well as Oh F RS and also dusts that'' s a basi Adele 2016 our.
current information by yang Adele 2017 show a connection in between ofr swipe from the.
surfaces of handheld electronic gadgets and their proprietors hands these tools.
consist of mobile phone tablets house phones and laptop computers I'' ve been seeing the.
process today on YouTube I see numerous individuals are holding a mobile phone I see.
the youngsters that ever before younger ages are handling electronic gadgets like cell.
phones which contain ofr s the transfer of Oh F bars from portable digital.
gadgets to young youngsters even young children and also to everybody handling these tools is.
unavoidable I value the requirement to have fire safety and security statement today has included.
comments at O FRS raised the security of digital products I welcome.
peer-reviewed scientific proof to show this as I am not conscious of such.
proof I conclude by sustaining the application we understand that ofr is migrated.
from products there'' s strong proof of prevalent human exposure to O FRS as.
complicated in one minute staying visual chemicals and also there are solid.
evidence of their ability to trigger several negative effects thanks thank.
you quite miss out on Curtis I'' m Cathy Curtis exec director of tidy and.
healthy and balanced New York we thank the Commission for the.
opportunity to testify though greater than a half as well as a year has actually passed considering that we.
last have actually opposed prior to this body on this subject we stay convinced that it.
is essential for the Customer Item Safety and security Commission to accept the restriction of.
organo halogen fire retardants and also customer items healthy and also clean New.
York has concentrated on flame-retardant chemicals for over a years as well as my work.
considerably/ dates that I led work to pass the New york city state regulation prohibiting.
Penta and octa as well as creating a task force on fire resistant security to explore.
choices to deca c hny led the job to pass a very first in nation restriction on TC EP.
and also succeeding development of the law to consist of TDC PP in new york state.
– health hazards i worked with the National Alliance for hazardous totally free fire safety and also.
from 2006 to 2014 as well as throughout that period I helped Shepherd government deca BD.
phase-out breakthrough significant market changes as well as assisted coordinate several.
state degree bans I served on the EPA developed for the atmosphere.
options analysis partnerships for both deca and also HB c HB CD and was one of.
two advocates with the New york city State Specialist Firefighters Organization.
designated to New york city'' s Job Pressure on flame retardant safety from 2005 to 2013.
when I talked in January 2016 I stated that 12 states took action on flame.
resistant chemicals since today 14 states have actually taken on a total amount of 33.
plans 15 states have 22 pending plans in 2017 with an overall of 23.
states either having actually established legislations or having pending regulation or both and.
yet despite state-level ofr restrictions and market shifts using harmful.
chemicals in house products and kids'' s products proceeds which is why federal.
action on the component of CPSC is called for in December 2015 the safe sofas and also even more.
campaign launched the report fire retardants and also furnishings dropped in.
floorings leaders laggards and the drive for modification we discovered that of the tops.
furnishings bed mattress and carpeting extra padding makers there was a variety of usage.
of flame retardant chemicals only 5 of the 14 bed mattress firms reported.
being without flame-retardant chemicals below'' s what the executive recap stated.
regarding cushions 5 of 14 mattress manufacturers reported not making use of fire retardant.
chemicals 5 reported not being proactively flame resistant free 4 did not resource.
fire resistant cost-free foam and also 1 did not supply clearness that their obstacle was.
flame-retardant cost-free one makes use of fire retardants in some items and also not in.
others 3 did not offer info given that the magazine of that record.
none of the cushion suppliers have actually contested these findings given that January.
Firms reporting to Washington State under their kids'' s secure. items act have actually reported a hundred and 10 instances of fire resistant use in.
baby and children'' s products this includes four reports of deca BD use.
among which went to levels above 10,000 parts per million 2 instances of hexa.
bromo cyclododecatriene or bisphenol A – one instance of TDC PP and one circumstances.
of P CEP further unpublished third-party research laboratory testing by the obtaining prepared.
for infant campaign which c hny works with and also the Facility for.
Environmental Wellness in 2016 and 2017 have actually found halogenated flame retardants.
in polyurethane foam used in infant products the flame resistants consist of.
Tris – – Bhutto oxy SL phosphate as well as Tris one.
chloro – propyl phosphate finally state actions to prohibit certain fire.
retardants while important are not nearly enough to prevent direct exposure to protect.
public wellness state job force reports plainly reveal there are options to.
halogens that are cost effective offered and also reliable additive fire resistants.
are still being one min remaining are thanks additive flame retardants are.
still being reported as well as upholstered furnishings mattresses baby and also toddler.
products and also electronics the 4 classifications covered under the application.
demand markets may be shifting however I'' ve not totally made the shift to much safer.
techniques of fire defense for these reasons and those stated by various other.
supporters today tidy as well as healthy and balanced New York strongly sustains a decision by the.
Customer Item Safety Commission to shield to the health and wellness of consumers by.
banning the sale anticipate include organelle hallie as well as.
resistant chemicals thanks thanks significantly mrs.Curtis dr.herb Smith
great mid-day many thanks extremely a lot for the possibility to affirm today I''
m an epidemiologist and also associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health and wellness Sciences at the Columbia College Postman College of Public Health I'' m connected with the Columbia Center for youngsters'' s ecological wellness the Columbia Facility for ecological health and wellness in northern Manhattan as well as the cancer public health program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Cells Facility at the Columbia College Medical Center considering that 2002 I'' ve been studying the effect of prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers P P de flame resistants and their impacts on children'' s thyroid hormonal agent degrees and neuro advancement in my research we picked umbilical cable blood and have actually dealt with the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention to measure P be de elements or congeners that are related to the penta brominated diphenyl ether or Penta PDE mix I have actually found that in all of the neonates in my research study studies in both Baltimore as well as in New York City City the children had obvious degrees of a minimum of one of the Penta PDE congeners in their cable blood we found evidence recommending that prenatal direct exposure to Penta PDE congeners influence perinatal thyroid hormone degrees we also discovered that kids who were exposed prenatally to greater focus of Penta BDE congeners loved one to children in the study with reduced exposures racked up significantly lower on cognitive examinations including intelligence tests at ages four and seven as well as these youngsters with higher direct exposures also reported having more interest troubles based on my research study and also the study of various other private investigators in the field there'' s an adequate proof showing that prenatal direct exposure to Penta btes is connected with reduced scores on signs of both cognition like IQ as well as additionally increased variety of actions problems that are gauged throughout childhood years considering that PBDEs have been phased out of use and brand-new computer brand-new customer items new substances have been made use of instead several of these compounds are likewise organo halogen fire resistants meaning that they remain in the same chemical household as PPD and also various other flame retardants that have actually been eliminated or banned previously like brominated Tris we'' ve recently studied homes in New york city City where women as well as their children three to five years of ages live among all the females and the youngsters we study every one was subjected to observable degrees of PBDEs as well as brominated flame retardant chemicals that are made use of as PVD replacements abbreviated as TVB and also t BP h well t BB&T BP h were spotted on the hands of all the females as well as the children we examined youngsters had greater focus on their hands as contrasted to their mommies after making up differences in hand dimension we also discovered that the amount 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 youngsters living in these residences toxicological information.
has demonstrated that these PB de substitutes are naturally active.
research studies from other researchers in the area have revealed that these substances.
can connect with nuclear receptors called p/ gamma which are entailed in.
adipose emesis and also appropriate to obesity various other research studies have demonstrated that.
exposure while pregnant has actually modified maternal thyroid hormonal agents and also generated.
liver poisoning based upon my own research and also the study of others in the area.
I wrap up that in families in the United States where pregnant women and also children live.
there are obvious levels of both PBDEs and their halogenated replacements.
youngsters babies and fetuses are a lot more vulnerable to the wellness impacts.
arising from exposure to a wide array of environmental chemicals.
including halogenated fire retardants as a result is my expert viewpoint.
that there is reason to be worried that the whole course of exercises organo.
halogen fire retardants may cause injury or disease to people specifically.
to unborn children and also young kids consequently I support guidelines designed to.
stop human direct exposure to these chemicals from consumer items thanks.
really much for your interest and also your time thank you very much dr.Zeller.

indeed excellent afternoon as well as thanks for giving me the chance to speak to.
you today I'' m a teacher in the biology department at the University of.
Massachusetts Amherst my research over the past 25 years has been focused on.
understanding exactly how thyroid hormonal agent regulates mind development and whether.
as well as have ecological chemicals like halogenated fire resistants can.
disrupt this action its first vital to identify that.
thyroid hormone is necessary for mind advancement in the unborn child in babies and.
in youngsters this fact is so well recognized that every child born in this.
nation is examined for typical functioning of the thyroid gland at birth in some.
areas of the country as lots of as 1 as well as 1,200 babies have low thyroid hormonal agent.
and it'' s thought about a medical emergency situation to make sure that they are identified and.
dealt with rapidly to limit the cognitive deficiencies triggered by low thyroid hormone.
throughout advancement it'' s additionally end up being clear that thyroid hormone degrees and also.
expecting ladies are very important for development of the fetus and also this.
shows up to be particularly true in the first trimester when the fetal thyroid.
gland has actually not yet established but when thyroid hormone is still.
required for brain development my research study on halogenated flame-retardants.
such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers tetra bromo bisphenol An as well as some.
perfluorinated chemicals has actually demonstrated that these chemicals can.
conflict with thyroid hormonal agent in the developing mind but in ways that we.
put on'' t completely comprehend currently the only tool we have to determine whether
. these flame-retardants impact the human thyroid system is to measure blood.
degrees of thyroid hormone the work in my lab in the research laboratory of others.
around the world has actually revealed that some of these chemicals can hinder.
thyroid hormone in brain in a manner that'' s not regular with adjustments in.
blood degrees of thyroid hormone we'' ve just recently broadened this job to humans by.
testing whether halogenated chemicals can enter.
concern with thyroid hormone actions in the placenta we concentrated on the placenta for.
the noticeable reason that it'' s a tissue that ' s available however it ' s likewise a recognized. target of thyroid hormonal agent activity as well as it'' s likely that comparable effects are. occurring in the fetal mind in collaboration with our Canadian.
as well as grandchildren of important intellectual capacity. and while these effects might not show up on the faces of our children. they ' re no much less essential to them independently or to our society thank you. for your interest thanks really'much dr.Zeller and also thank you to every one of our. panelists for taking part by phone the commissioners

will currently ask their. 5-minute round of concerns and I will begin the concerns and I will certainly resolve. this to anybody on the panel that would like to address this I ' m returning to. the suggestion from team and also the concerns that they increased primary that.'we do not have the data that would certainly enable us to prohibit a course of chemicals on. specific chemicals therefore we Dadda there is a data gap as well as we ' ve. heard this it ' s been kind of a persisting theme throughout the day and also if'anybody. would love to talk about that I would certainly value hearing your. thoughts so this is Tom Zeller if I might enter very promptly with simply a. extremely quick feedback to that which is I believe that we ought to make. referrals as well as laws based on what we know not on
what we don ' t recognize. so the fact that there is an information void and also there will constantly be data voids should. not limit us from action give thanks to
you thanks areum Dimond I ' d like to add. to that by claiming that we recognize the thermodynamics of just how ofr is acted and also. we understand it ' s inevitable that they will move from items and also lead to. direct exposure thanks dr.Damon I think my follow-up.
inquiry to'be to that would be whether we can show that that exposure would.

increase to a toxic degree that would certainly after that trigger the damage and also that seems to be part. of the conversation today dr. Zeller I simply wanted to return to what you stated. and that is I apologize I just lost my train of believed on your comment if you. can just revitalize my memory concerning what you simply said in reaction to my concern. sure my my major factor was that we need to base our laws as well as our kind of. Since there will, decisions on what we know and not on what we wear ' t know. constantly be points that we put on ' t know among the major factors that I intended to make. in my testimony is that we are currently discovering that chemicals like these. halogenated flame retardants that have a chemical structure similar to that of. thyroid hormonal agent can really influence the developing brain along with various other. When the federal government does a. research study and
they don Wear t see an effect impact blood levels degrees thyroid hormone they say, cells without affecting blood degrees so that meansClaim
that it ' s risk-free and also I don ' t believe that that ' s a reputable disagreement. anymore thanks quite and I ' ll just comply with that up with when you ' re a. data-driven agency understanding the import as well as the possible exposure and. poisoning of each chemical is very important as well as I assume that is that is our struggle.
right here we have to depend on data we can ' t presume due to the fact that one chemical is part of a. course of chemicals that then they ' re all that they are all hazardous or develop a. risk to the consumer doctor forgive me commissioner Adler thank you extremely much.
madam chairman as well as complying with up on that dr.Singler you ' ve simply heard the.
Chairman expressing this worry regarding requirement for data space fillers in your.
composed testimony you discussed clinical guidelines that have actually been. used to complete gaps in data such as structure activity connections and. measurable structure-activity partnerships could you broaden on that. and to your expertise of others health and safety and security agencies utilized techniques like. this to complete information voids the kind of methods you just pointed out Read Throughout. and devices for evaluating structure-activity connections are. well established in the governing round so these are used by EPA ' s brand-new. chemicals program as an example to make decisions on the risks of chemicals. based upon a on their course or category they come from also without information on the. certain chemical and also for organo halogen fire resistants and also in particular the. California office of ecological wellness danger evaluation did
take a look at. them as a course as well as had concerns about the the toxicity of the class and also named. the course as a problem for the biography tracking program so these methods are. well developed in governing science and have actually been utilized to consider chemicals. yeah as well as adhering to up on that you stated that the molecular features of. this course of fire retardants cause toxicity due to human beings with pregnant. women as well as children being particularly at risk and also so I guess the basic.
them those exposure residential properties along with the poisoning residential properties that.
tendency to go into cells and also build up in fat and trigger poisoning dr. ruby you
stated a variety of research studies that demonstrate that exposure to HF RS.
can happen from intake of dust hand to mouth transferred a dermal consumption. straight from air apparel and breathing some of these exposure paths. appear more probable than others because of differential volatility of these.
chemicals does this recommend that some of these chemicals are likely to provide.
very little or no health and wellness risks well allow ' s simply use apart the components there of. your question so one is the direct exposure and also the migration path and the other is. toxicity my remarks were were focused on direct exposure and also yes depending upon the.
exact system properties on the chemicals will certainly vary in the tendency to dividers
. onto skin versus a remain in air and also and to which we would be subjected a lot more.
via inhalation the as a result of the determination and also the and the type of the. internal biological determination of these compounds the course of direct exposure does not
. show up to or at the very least I am not aware that the course of exposure information.
winces poisoning no.not poisoning I presume what I ' m stating is taking the.
combination of poisoning and also the course of direct exposure does that lead you in conclusion.
of a variety of states relating to O FRS you appear cynical that state action.
that youngsters in Mississippi as well as Indiana and Wyoming are not always.
Thank You Commissioner Robinson thank you dr.Singhal I ' m going to route.
these concerns at you yet after that dr. Hirschmann I ' d like your comments as.
unpredictability we never have perfect information or all the information that we need to make the. decision and also it ' s vital to be able to progress despite. unpredictability to to make choices and placed protections in location that that are.
needed so I think those those tools are essential and have actually been validated for.
that purpose by scientists as well as various other firms so I believe it ' s likewise crucial.
to think about the standard we ' re assuming concerning in the choice to be
made so in. Understand, in this instance we ' re assuming concerning the possible to cause injury
or you know. if these chemicals may cause the considerable injury'or illness as well as I. believe in thinking of'the level of evidence proof needed to meet that.
standard that these devices do supply that level of evidence that this class.
of chemicals may cause damage fine and also as well as if you utilize these well-established. clinically approved methods of getting around data voids that many. If we used those here it would be, others have actually used why do you think.
When you think, ideal to place these OU FRS into a course I believe the as well as.
regarding creating a chemical class or group you check out common architectural.
or molecular or structural features in addition to common direct exposure pathways as well as the.
ofr s do you have those in usual as a course thank you as well as dr.Herb swoon do. you have anything to add to that I initially I agree with. every little thing that doctor Singla stated as well as and what others have claimed previously today. is just under it is actually unrealistic to expect that we are mosting likely to be able. we as a scientific community are

mosting likely to have the ability to examine every. chemical that ' s took into business it ' s just not it ' s just not possible and the. case in factor I can talk with my own study began looking at PBDEs and also. after that have actually relocated right into PB de replacements however we ' re just or we ' re behind where. what ' s currently in flow'and also so this method of being so reactionary is not.'serving us it ' s not offering us well therefore utilizing the approaches that dr.Singler. explained dr. Birnbaum described earlier you understand we can recognize exactly how similar. different substances are to one another and
attract'throughout the entire class as well as usage. weight of proof which is what
we make use of in public health toxicology to type of. make a determination about the poisoning of any type of certain
substance because this. truly is not not sensible to expect that we ' re going to have the ability to
test. each and every single compound it ' s an unrealistic expectation thank you as well as.
that 2nd location of issue that personnel had was that the presence of ofr. chemicals in home dirt does not establish a link to the four item. groups that petitioners have identified dr.Singla do you have. anything that you can include that would certainly address that problem indeed several of the the. data that I offered in my swat slide talks to that extremely concern that we have. research studies linking those certain items furniture mattresses youngsters ' s. items electronic devices to the degrees of fire resistants in the interior. setting in dust or air

so those studies do reveal a really details. connection to example at a bed mattress or a television or a notebook computer being in. a room as well as the levels of fire resistant as well as error does thank you a lot as well as. thank you to all of you Thanks Commissioner cake thank you. madam chair does anyone on the panel have any data whatsoever or can cite any type of. research study or any federal government finding that would certainly pardon any one of
any kind of organ elgyn absolutely nothing we ' re hearing just silence and also. just how around dr.Diamond in Canada dr. ruby one of the prior panelists. mentioned that Canada might have exonerated in organo halogen are you. knowledgeable about that yes I am so it ' s TELEVISION BPA as well as under the Canadian chemical. monitoring plan under the Canadian Environmental Management Act the. verdict was that it the TV BPA might not be classified as toxic however I wish to. add that and also I ' ll quote from the
record although there is currently restricted. direct exposure in Canada 2tb BPA and also its focus currently in the. environment are not a sign of damage to organisms in Canada there might be. problems if'brand-new activities were to take place so I went back to what
Heather Stapleton. stated earlier TV BPA is made use of 90% as a responsive flame-retardant as opposed to an. additive the fact that the the adjudication was based upon direct exposure not. on threat is most likely because of the truth that it ' s used as a reactive and
not contributed to. flame-retardant there is some use t b– bpa as an additive flame-retardant. and also ought to that boost after that under the canadian chemical administration strategy of the. adjudicators would certainly go back to that choice and also reevaluate IC as well as this is. for you or anybody else existed anything regarding the chemical framework of.
t b– BPA that would lead you to think that if it were utilizing additive
type that. it would absent a danger nobody wants to suggest on that particular well allow me ask.
it differently does anyone believe that it would certainly absent a. risk based on its chemical formula if utilized in an additive manner this is. Dina Singh existed I want to comment on the opposite of that in fact the. chemical structure would certainly lead me to have a great deal of issues concerning its poisoning. since it ' s it ' s the
chemical framework is bisphenol A or BPA with four brother. ways on it mm-hmm I would love to resemble this Mariam Dimond. I wish to echo that comment as well as there is sufficient evidence now of the. exposure definitely a damaging effects triggered by this
phenol an obtained it so as a. nonprofessional if I ' m understanding you appropriately dr.Time and also you ' re stating. that it ' s purely since of the means that it ' s been used remains in a responsive way. that has possibly led to the final thought by Canada at this juncture that ' s. correct based on exposure out danger obtained it.
thanks and dr.

5-minute round of inquiries as well as I will begin the inquiries and also I will deal with. The reality that there is an information void and there will certainly constantly be information voids should. California workplace of environmental health and wellness threat analysis did
look at. Thank You Commissioner Robinson thank you dr.Singhal I ' m going to direct.
Have moved right into PB de substitutes yet we ' re just or we ' re behind where.Zola I really very much value the means you specified what
our fee should be that we should act based upon what we understand not based on what
we don'' t recognize and I don ' t believe that there'' s any disparity between that
Due to the fact that I believe as you look at, and also the concept that we are a data-driven firm
the information that has been provided from the petition via the initial public
hearing the first public comment right with till currently I think the data is
actually overwhelming as well as I think the data is frustrating on every
point therefore one can always say there'' s not enough details yet in any Trier
of reality I don'' t assume that I ' m not knowledgeable about at any time where there ' s a 100 % proof basic there'' s always going to be uncertainty whether it'' s criminal situations or civil cases or a regulatory choice and also I think in this situation as I mentioned there'' s a frustrating amount of evidence on every point and also I.
don'' t concur with the characterization that the government harmful materials. Act does not give us the capacity to relocate forward as a class I think that it. plainly does give us the ability that ' s up for us to make a decision how we intend to do it. and also it also offers us the adaptability if we desired to develop an exception process. eventually if it ended up that we finished up in snaring one chemical one. organo halogen that down the line can be proven to be secure there ' s no factor. why we couldn ' t construct in some procedure to allow that upon the ideal proof to be. excused definitely we have actually done that in the past we did not
call for evidence of. every 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 also so I I ' m confident that my coworkers have listened to. similar to what I ' ve listened to today have actually really felt the exact same level of problem and that. after this will progress in such a way that ' s protective of children in. specific and if one ' s gon na slip up if one I ' ll close on this if at. the end of the day we reflect on this decision and state we made a'error I ' d. far rather us make the mistake that ends up being as well safety of children than.
one that draws short of that so thank you quite miss out on Gardner thanks.
significantly miss out on Weintraub et cetera of your union for bringing this.
petition to our attention and I hope you do it justice Commissioner cardiovascular no. inquiries thanks extremely a lot allow me start by thanking to this last.
number 6 panel today thanks for sharing and also providing your expertise to.
this company we substantially value your time as well as your initiative in preparing not. just for your created testament however, for being here using phone for this.
afternoon ' s listening to thank you all quite for the document I additionally intend to keep in mind. that along with today ' s discussions we have gotten composed.
remarks from the International Rest Products Organization American House.
Home furnishings Alliance as well as children in threat in addition to their old testimony.
today ' s we additionally received added written testament from the National.
Resources Protection Council the Green Science Plan Institute as well as the.
As soon as again our team that, american Chemistry Council I also want to acknowledge
. has been right here with us all day as well as who helped promote this fulfilling the.
workplace of the secretary including Acting Secretary Alberta Mills MS rough Hammond
. our basic guidance Mary Boyle as well as the workplaces executive supervisor Shelley Koval.
I think a great deal of it you know was called into inquiry as well as the reasoning behind. CPSC really closely is that the Compensation instruction is in fact restrict what personnel.
I likewise simply desire to emphasize that the personnel makes an independent judgment as well as.
minimal time factor for reacting to an application and also making a suggestion to.
the Payment staff likewise needs to take into account various other problems a few of those.
being resources and also various other top priorities that the Commission has actually developed so.
they stabilize every one of those aspects into their rundown package to the Commission. as well as I simply wish to thank to all the personnel that prepared that briefing. bundle as well as made it a really useful document for us and also I think one last.
If our toxicologist can and time as well as cash, thing I ' m thinking that.
was unlimited they ' d love to take a whack at these yet it ' s simply the reality. Once again thank you to all of you as well as, of the scenario we find ourselves in. to thanks for my coworkers wherefore I believe is a really advantageous as well as good . listening to today thank you.

Act does not give us the capability to move forward as a course I think that it. I think a great deal of it you understand was called right into inquiry as well as the thinking behind. CPSC extremely closely is that the Payment regulation is actually limit what staff. I additionally just want to emphasize that the team makes an independent judgment and also.

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