July 12-13, 2000

The NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) will hold the third and final meeting of an Expert Panel to evaluate seven phthalate esters July 12-13, 2000 at the Sheraton National Hotel, 900 S. Orme St (Columbia Pike and Washington Boulevard) Arlington, VA 22204. The meeting will convene 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 12 and will end at approximately 4 p.m. on July 13.

The phthalate esters being evaluated are: butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP), di-isononyl phthalate (DINP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP), and di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP).

The Phthalate Panel Members are:

Robert Kavlock, PhD (Chair) EPA/ORD
Kim Boekelheide, MD, PhD, Brown University*
Robert Chapin, PhD, NIEHS
Michael Cunningham, PhD, NIEHS*
Elaine Faustman, PhD, University of Washington
Paul Foster, PhD, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
Mari Golub, PhD, Cal/EPA
Rogene Henderson, PhD, Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute
Irwin Hinberg, PhD, Health Canada
Ruth Little, ScD, NIEHS
Jennifer Seed, PhD, EPA/OPPT
Katherine Shea, MD, University of North Carolina
Sonia Tabacova, MD, PhD, FDA
Rochelle Tyl, PhD, Research Triangle Institute
Paige Williams, PhD, Harvard University
Timothy Zacharewski, PhD, Michigan State University

*Unable to attend final phthalate panel meeting.

A meeting agenda and additional information will be available in the near future on the CERHR website (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov), the NTP website (http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov), and in the Federal Register. This review will be open to the public and time will be available for public comment. For registration and additional information, please contact: Ms. Harriet McCollum, CERHR, 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314-2808, Phone: (703) 838-9440, email: hmccollum@sciences.com.