Dear HS-Canada List,

Health Canada meeting for the Complex Exposure Tool (ComET) will be held on
November 8, 2004.
More information and an on-line registration form are available on the TERA
(Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment) website at:
http://www.tera.org/peer/exposure/exposurewelcome.htm

Sincerely,

Andrew Cutz
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Andrew Cutz, CIH
HS-Canada List Technical Moderator

http://www.ccohs.ca/hscanada/hscanada.html



FOR (Y)OUR INFORMATION & FUTURE REFERENCE ...
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Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 00:16:04 -0400
From: Gary Greenberg <Gary.Greenberg@...>
Subject: Health Canada meeting for the Complex Exposure Tool (ComET)

Health Canada Hosts Meeting to Invite Submission of Information for the
Complex Exposure Tool (ComET)

As part of Health Canada’s responsibility for Categorization of the
Domestic Substances List (DSL) under CEPA 1999, the Minister of Health
is identifying substances for subsequent screening assessment based on
their potential for exposure to the general population in Canada. A
Complex Exposure Tool (ComET), which will be made publicly available,
has been developed to contribute to priority setting and subsequent
screening assessment to meet this mandate.

The Existing Substances Division of Health Canada is hosting a meeting
on November 8, 2004, to demonstrate the operational architecture of
ComET and the underlying information on which it is based. At this
meeting, contribution by interested parties of information or logic
relevant to the development or refinement of ComET is being requested.
The meeting also provides opportunity for all parties to offer
suggestions for quality assurance or other important elements in the
development and application of ComET. The meeting is being facilitated
for Health Canada by the Lifeline Group with the services of Toxicology
Excellence for Risk Assessment.

The purpose of the meeting is to introduce ComET and its underlying
information platform to the public and stakeholders and also to invite
from the public and stakeholders, submission of relevant information
that could improve the information platform that will be used in ComET.

In order to provide access to as many interested parties as possible,
the meeting is being held at a facility which provides for both on-site
and remote (electronic connection) participation. The meeting will be
held at the Northern Kentucky University Metropolitan Education Training
Services (METS) Center outside of Cincinnati Ohio. Attendance at the
METS center is limited, but access via telephone conference call and
webcast will be provided without cost to interested parties. Attendance
will be apportioned by Health Canada to assure distribution of the
available space to a wide spectrum of stakeholders and interested
parties, including industry, citizen and consumer interest groups and
Government agencies. Priority will be given to individuals who intend
to contribute technical information to the project or who can
significantly assist with harvesting relevant information from their
organizations and affiliations.

All participants (in person, phone or web access) must register must
register prior to the meeting. More information and a registration form
are available on the TERA website at
http://www.tera.org/peer/exposure/exposurewelcome.htm

Please feel free to forward this message to other interested parties.
For more information contact Joan Strawson at Strawson@...

Jacqueline Patterson, M.En.
Peer Consultation and Review Program Manager
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA)
2300 Montana Avenue, Suite 409
Cincinnati, OH 45211

513-521-7426 phone
513-542-7487 fax
patterson@...
http://www.tera.org

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Gary N. Greenberg, MD MPH Sysop / Moderator Occ-Env-Med-L MailList
gary.greenberg@... Duke Occupat, Environ, Int & Fam Medicine
OEM-L Maillist Website: http://occhealthnews.net

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SOURCE: Occ-Env-Med-L Digest - 20 Aug 2004 to 21 Aug 2004 (#2004-225)