Notice2021-27910
Announcement of Availability of the Fifteenth Report on Carcinogens
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Published
December 23, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentNational Institutes of Health
Abstract
The Department of Health and Human Services released the 15th Report on Carcinogens (RoC) to the public on December 21, 2021. The report is available on the RoC website at: https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ go/roc or from the Office of the RoC (see ADDRESSES below).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 244 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27910]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Announcement of Availability of the Fifteenth Report on
Carcinogens
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services released the 15th
Report on Carcinogens (RoC) to the public on December 21, 2021. The
report is available on the RoC website at: <a href="https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc">https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc</a> or from the Office of the RoC (see ADDRESSES below).
DATES: The 15th RoC is available to the public on December 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ruth Lunn, Integrated Health Effects Branch, Division of
the NTP, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD K2-14, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709; telephone: (919) 316-4637; FAX: (301) 480-2970;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#036f766d6d436d6a666b702d6d6a6b2d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="177b62797957797e727f6439797e7f39707861">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments concerning the
15th RoC should be directed to Dr. Ruth Lunn (telephone: 919-316-4637
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8849d8686a886818d809bc6868180c68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cba7bea5a58ba5a2aea3b8e5a5a2a3e5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a>).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background Information on the RoC
This notice is in accordance with the Public Health Service Act
Section 301(b)(4). The Report on Carcinogens (RoC) is a Congressionally
mandated document that identifies and discusses agents, substances,
mixtures, or exposure circumstances (collectively referred to as
``substances'') that may pose a hazard to human health because of their
carcinogenicity. Substances are listed in the report as either known or
reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens. The listing of a
substance in the RoC indicates a potential hazard; it does not
establish the exposure conditions that pose a cancer hazard to
individuals in their daily lives. For each listed substance, the RoC
provides information from cancer studies that support the listing, as
well as information about potential sources of exposure and current
federal regulations to limit exposures. Each edition of the RoC is
cumulative, that is, it lists newly reviewed substances in addition to
substances listed in the previous edition. Information about the RoC is
available on the RoC website (<a href="http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc">http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc</a>) or by
contacting Dr. Lunn (see ADDRESSES above).
The National Institute of Environmental Health Science, National
Toxicology Program (NTP) prepares the RoC on behalf of the Secretary of
Health and Human Services. For the 15th RoC, NTP followed an
established, multi-step process with multiple opportunities for public
input, and used established criteria to evaluate the scientific
evidence on each candidate substance under review (<a href="http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/rocprocess">http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/rocprocess</a>).
New Listings in the 15th RoC
The 15th RoC contains 256 listings, some of which consist of a
class of structurally related chemicals or agents. There are eight new
listings in this edition. The new listing in the category of known to
be a human carcinogen is Helicobacter pylori (chronic infection). Seven
of the new listings are in the category of reasonably anticipated to be
a human carcinogen: Antimony trioxide and six haloacetic acids found as
water disinfection by-products, including bromochloroacetic acid,
bromodichloroacetic acid, chlorodibromoacetic acid, dibromoacetic acid,
dichloroacetic acid, and tribromoacetic acid.
Dated: December 20, 2021.
Richard P. Woychik,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Science and
National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-27910 Filed 12-22-21; 8:45 am]
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