Upcoming Workshops

Date for sixth workshop: December 11-12, 2008
Topic: Characterizing the Potential Human Toxicity to Low Doses of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water: Are New Risk Assessment Methods or Approaches Required?
Location: National Academy of Sciences (2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418)
* Agenda will be posted at a later date.
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Date for first workshop: May 3-4, 2007
Topic: Implications of Receptor-Mediated Events on Dose-Response
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Date for second workshop: June 5, 2007
Topic: Quantitative Approaches to Characterizing Uncertainty in Human Cancer Risk Assessment Based on Bioassay Results
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Background Materials Provided by EPA
    Draft IRIS Health Assessment for Nitrobenzene
    NTP Data: Subchronic Toxicity via Gavage of Nitrobenzene
    EPA's Toxicological Review of Nitrobenzene

Date for third workshop: November 8-9, 2007
Topic: Mouse Liver Tumors: Benefits and Constraints on Use in Human Health Risk Assessment, Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects
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Click here for background paper prepared by R.R. Maronpot
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Date for fourth workshop: March 27-28, 2008
Topic: Quantitative Methods for Assessing Exposure Measurement Error in Epidemiologic Studies: Implications for Environmental Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis
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Date for fifth workshop: May 15-16, 2008
Topic: Risk Assessment Considerations for Interpretation of Bioassay Data and Human Biomonitoring Data for Thyroid-Active Compounds: Issues of Variability, Critical Reproductive-Developmental Periods, and Cross-Species Comparisons
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