National Toxicology Program will evaluate diethanalomine for listing in the 11th Report on Carcinogens at an NTP Board of Scientific Counselors RoC Subcommittee meeting Nov. 19-20 in Bethesda, Md. DEA is among 10 chemicals scheduled for peer review, and NTP will provide opportunity for public comment on each of the substances during the meeting, agency notes. DEA, an ingredient widely used in personal care products, was nominated for listing in 2001 (1"The Rose Sheet" July 30, 2001, In Brief). NTP released a draft background document on DEA earlier this year (2"The Rose Sheet" June 3, 2002, p. 4)...

National Toxicology Program will evaluate diethanalomine for listing in the 11th Report on Carcinogens at an NTP Board of Scientific Counselors RoC Subcommittee meeting Nov. 19-20 in Bethesda, Md. DEA is among 10 chemicals scheduled for peer review, and NTP will provide opportunity for public comment on each of the substances during the meeting, agency notes. DEA, an ingredient widely used in personal care products, was nominated for listing in 2001 (1"The Rose Sheet" July 30, 2001, In Brief). NTP released a draft background document on DEA earlier this year (2"The Rose Sheet" June 3, 2002, p. 4)...

National Toxicity Program releases background documents for four nominations under consideration for inclusion in the 11th "Report on Carcinogens," including diethanolamine, according to a notice published in the May 24 1Federal Register. Documents are available through the NTP Web site at 2http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov. CTFA asserted in Sept. 17, 2001 comments to NTP that existing test data on DEA do not meet NTP criteria for determining ingredients are "reasonably anticipated to be" human carcinogens (3"The Rose Sheet" Oct. 1, 2001, p. 8). Background documents for other nominations including cobalt sulfate, nitromethane and 4, 4-thiodianiline also now available...