Peer Review of new international Risk Assessments
COMMENTS SOUGHT UNTIL 22 JANUARY 2007
The following seven new proposed CICADs have been prepared by IPCS Participating Institutions and collaborating scientists, based on exisitng national/regional assessment reports. As part of a peer review process, the IPCS Secretariat is seeking views on the seven new proposed documents:
- Selected Alkoxyethanols
- Crotonaldehyde (2-Butenal)
- Chromium III
- Chromium VI
- Cyclic Acid Anhydrides
- DDT
- Strontium and strontium compounds
Should you be interested in obtaining a copy of any of the draft CICADs mentioned above and in providing comment, please send a message to ipcsmail@who.int. You will then recieve an invitation to register as part of a collaborative EZCollab workspace from where all drafts, guidlelines and required forms can be downloaded. Comments should be received by 22 January 2007.
Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADs) are a series of reports published by the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). They aim to characterize hazards and dose-response of exposure to chemicals, and to provide examples of exposure estimation and risk characterization for use at national or local levels. They are peer-reviewed authoritative assessment information which can be used to inform the management of chemical risks.
70 risk assessments have been published in this series and are available electronically, free-of-charge on the IPCS web site or from the IPCS INCHEM database.
CICADs are prepared by IPCS Partcipating Institutions and collaborating scientists from national or regional assessments reports. This responds to the mandate to accelerate the availability of internationally accepted reports, minimizing duplication of effort and promoting consistency, coherence and transparency in harmonizing risk assessment approaches.
Comments are particularly welcome on the suitability of the prepared drafts to be adopted as international assessment documents. It is an important goal that the documents are concise and clearly enable the critical key toxicological and environmental data to be identified, In this respect, identification of any critical information not already included in the report, is a vital part of the process of reviewing the prepared drafts.
Completion of a signed WHO Declaration of Interests form is a prerequisite for any comments to be considered.