National Toxicology Program

                                 March, 1994
                          
      
      
NTP UPDATE FROM  THE NTP LIAISON OFFICE
We are pleased to provide the following information from the newly established 
National Toxicology Program (NTP) Liaison Office.

The establishment of the NTP Liaison Office is an additional effort to strengthen 
our communication and working relationships with the state, local, and federal 
governments, industry, labor, academia, and all segments of the public.

Inquiries and comments regarding the NTP are welcome and encouraged. Please contact:

          Ms. Sandra Lange, Director
          National Toxicology Program Liaison Office
          P. O. Box 12233 MD A201
          Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
          Telephone 919 541 0530
          Fax       919 541 0295
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Preliminary Agenda for the April 6, 1994, meeting of the National Toxicology Program 
Board of Scientific Counselors, to be held at the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences Main Conference Facility, 111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, 
North Carolina (Contact: Dr. Larry Hart, NTP Board Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 12233, 
RTP, NC 27709; telephone 919 541 3971). (ATTACHED)

The primary agenda topic for a June 21-22, 1994, meeting of the NTP Board Technical 
Reports Review Subcommittee will be public peer review of long-term study, draft 
Technical Reports. Tentatively scheduled for review are two-year study reports on 
(1) acetonitrile; (2) 1-amino-2,4-dibromoanthraquinone; (3) benzethonium chloride; 
(4) tert-butyl alcohol; and (5) 1-trans-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. The tentative 
schedule also includes the report of 52-week initiation/promotion comparative mouse 
studies. The meeting will be held at the NIEHS Main Conference Facility, 
111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
Contact: Dr. Larry Hart (address shown above).

Request for Chemical Nominations (Contact: Dr. Errol Zeiger, NIEHS/NTP, 
P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709)