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To: Patricia Dines, 73652,1202
Date: Fri, Sep 11, 1998, 1:41 PM
Subject: PA EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PRELIM. RISK ASSESSEMENTS
From: C <THCLAX00@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1998
EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENTS
FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is seeking public comment on
the preliminary risk assessments it has conducted for seven
organophosphates pesticides. The Agency is seeking comment on these
and nine other organophosphates as part of a review of pesticides
under the Food Quality Protection Act. Organophosphates are a class
of pesticides consisting of about 40 chemicals that can be found in a
wide range of agricultural, and home and garden pesticide products.
The risk assessments that EPA is making available are preliminary and
may be refined in the future if additional health and environmental
effects data, use data or other relevant information on the pesticides
become available. A public docket for the preliminary risk
assessments was established Sept. 9 on the following seven pesticides:
ethoprop, tribufos, sulfotep, temephos, dimethoate, cadusafos and
fenthion. Comment will be accepted on these seven organophosphates
for the next 60 days. The comment period for the assessments
published on nine other organophosphates closes Oct. 13. The Agency
also is preparing to issue and seek comment on the risk assessments it
is currently developing for the remaining 24 organophosphates.
Through this opportunity for notice and comment, the Agency is seeking
to strengthen stakeholder involvement and advance the openness,
transparency and science underpinning its review of the
organophosphates and other pesticides. This process is designed to
assure that America continues to enjoy a safe and abundant food
supply. To view a copy of any of the preliminary risk assessments and
related documents, visit the OPP Pesticide Docket, Public Information
and Records Integrity Branch, Room 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, Va. or call 703-308-8004. The risk
assessments also can be viewed on EPA's website at:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op.
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