Public Comments for Ongoing & Considered Health Effects Evaluations

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List of Public Comments for Ongoing and Considered Studies for Cancer and Noncancer Health Effects
Date Received	Commenter(s)	Affiliation	Topic	Health Effects	In Response To

Mar 14, 2012	Timothy Adams	Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States (FEMA)	Alkenylbenzenes (selected dietary: estragole, myristicin, isosafrole)	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Oct 16, 2013	Linda Loretz, Ph.D.	Personal Care Products Council	Aloe Vera	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 18, 2013	McGuffin and Powell	American Herbal Products Association and International Aloe	Aloe Vera	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 17, 2013	Seth Barna Attachment	American Chemistry Council	2-Butoxyethanol	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Feb 27, 2012	Carol Eisenmann	Personal Care Products Council	Carbon Black	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Feb 27, 2012	Patrick Beatty	American Petroleum Institute	Carbon Black	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Feb 27, 2012	Jimmy Boyd	International Carbon Black Association	Carbon Black	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Feb 27, 2012	Robert McCunney	International Carbon Black Association Scientific Advisory Group	Carbon Black	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Feb 28, 2012	Sarah Amick Attachment (Received Apr 13, 2012)	Rubber Manufacturers Association	Carbon Black	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
May 30, 2012	Robert McCunney	International Carbon Black Association Scientific Advisory Group	Carbon Black	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Jan 22, 2016	Robert McCunney	International Carbon Black Association Scientific Advisory Group	Carbon Black	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Nov 14, 2013	James Byrum	Michigan Agri-Business Association	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Nov 26, 2013	Matt Harris	Washington State Potato Commission	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Nov 26, 2013	Frank Priestley	Idaho Farm Bureau Federation	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Nov 27, 2013	Duane W. Maatz	Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association, Inc.	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Nov 27, 2013	Ryan Findlay	Michigan Farm Bureau	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Dec 13, 2013	John Stuhlmiller	Washington Farm Bureau	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Dec 16, 2013	Adora Clark, Ph.D.	Syngenta	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Dec 17, 2013	Richard D. Gupton	Agricultural Retailers Association	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Dec 30, 2013	Heather Hansen	Washington Friends of Farms & Forests	Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-isophthalonitrile)	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 16, 2013	Linda Loretz, Ph.D.	Personal Care Products Council	Coconut Diethanolamide	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 17, 2013	I. Bruguier	STEPAN Europe on behalf of the REACH Fatty Acid Alkanolamides Consortium	Coconut Diethanolamide	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Feb 28, 2012	Jack Snyder Attachment 1: VCCEP Attachment 2: Appendices A-K Attachment 3: Appendices L-O Attachment 4: Appendices P-R	Styrene Information and Research Center (SIRC)	Ethylbenzene	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Oct 16, 2013	Linda Loretz, Ph.D.	Personal Care Products Council	Ginkgo Biloba	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 17, 2013	Dr. Wolfgang Weber	Dr. Willmar Schwabe Pharmaceuticals, Germany	Ginkgo Biloba	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 18, 2013	Michael McGuffin	American Herbal Products Association	Ginkgo Biloba	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 18, 2013	Michael McGuffin	American Herbal Products Association	Goldenseal Root Powder	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Jun 01, 2012	Nancy Swarts	Indium Corporation	Indium Compounds	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Oct 18, 2013	Michael McGuffin	American Herbal Products Association	Kava Kava Extract	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 17, 2013	Forrest L. Bayer	International Technical Caramel Association	4-Methylimidazole	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 18, 2013	Joseph Rodricks, Ph.D.	ENVIRON Corporation, on behalf of American Beverage Association	4-Methylimidazole	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 18, 2013	Stephen P. Risotto	American Chemistry Council	Methyl Isobutyl Ketone	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Nov 04, 2015	Stephen C. Scherrer	Great Lakes Solutions, a Chemtura Corporation Business	Pentabromodiphenyl Ether Mixture (DE-71)	Cancer Effects	Oct 07, 2015 Federal Register notice
Oct 16, 2013	Linda Loretz, Ph.D.	Personal Care Products Council	Polyacrylates	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 18, 2013	Dr. C. Tucker Helmes	Institute for Polyacrylate Absorbents	Polyacrylates	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Oct 18, 2013	Christie Harman	Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United	Pulegone	Cancer Effects	Sep 20, 2013 Federal Register notice
Feb 28, 2012	Frances Lamberts	No Affiliation Listed	Uranium (depleted)	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Mar 12, 2012	Doug Weir Attachment	International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW)	Uranium (depleted)	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Mar 13, 2012	Rosalie Bertell Attachment	No Affiliation Listed	Uranium (depleted)	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Feb 28, 2012	Richard Becker	American Chemistry Council	Comments on General Issues	Cancer Effects	Jan 19, 2012 Federal Register notice
Sep 26, 2016	Hettie Schonfeldt	University of Pretoria	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 03, 2016	Hettie Schonfeldt	University of Pretoria	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 03, 2016	Hettie Schonfeldt	University of Pretoria	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 05, 2016	Susan Kadlubar	University of Arkansas	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 05, 2016	Robert Turesky	University of Minnesota	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 07, 2016	Jerrad Legako	Texas Tech University	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 07, 2016	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 07, 2016	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 07, 2016	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 07, 2016	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 07, 2016	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 07, 2016	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 10, 2016	Claire Kruger	Spherix Consulting	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 11, 2016	Dominik D. Alexander	EpidStat Institute	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 11, 2016	Adria Huseth	National Pork Board	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 11, 2016	Daniel A. Kovich	National Pork Producers Council	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 11, 2016	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 11, 2016	Jane Pouzou, Solenne Costard, Francisco Zagmutt	EpiX Analytics	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Oct 11, 2016	Colin Woodall	National Cattlemen's Beef Association	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Feb 10, 2017	Mark Dopps	North American Meat Association	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Apr 28, 2017	James Craner, M.D., M.P.H.	Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Reno, NV	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
May 01, 2017	Neal D. Barnard, M.D.	Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
May 12, 2017	Dr. Jennifer Molidor	Center for Biological Diversity	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
May 16, 2017	Deirdre MGinley-Gieser Attachment: American Institute for Cancer Research/World Cancer Research Fund's recommendation on red and processed meat	American Institute for Cancer Research	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Jun 05, 2017	Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D.	Center for Science in the Public Interest	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Jun 07, 2017	Kathy Pollard	Private Citizen	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Jul 26, 2017	Richard C. Wender, M.D. and Otis W. Brawley, M.D., M.A.C.P.	American Cancer Society	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Jul 28, 2017	David Wallinga, M.D., M.P.A.	Natural Resource Defense Council	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Nov 16, 2017	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Nov 30, 2017	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Sep 11, 2018	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice
Sep 11, 2018	Shalene McNeill	The Beef Checkoff	Meat-Related Exposures	Cancer Effects, Noncancer Effects	Sep 09, 2016 Federal Register notice