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>There are 12 messages totalling 1129 lines in this issue.

>

>Topics of the day:

>

> 1. Petition filed to have perfume misbranded (details)

> 2. OPPT NEWSBREAK Thursday 20 May 1999

> 3. cleaning for health

> 4. NIOSH Funding Opportunity

> 5. BMJ Review on Occupational Disease

> 6. MMWR/99-05-21, World No-Tobacco Day, May 31

> 7. MMWR/99-05-21, Illegal Cig Sales to Minors, TX, NM & Mexico

> 8. MMWR/99-05-21, Nicotine Content of US Moist Snuff

> 9. MMWR Contents, 99-05-21

> 10. ENV. PROGRESS ASSESSED BY US & MEXICO

> 11. Food Worker Sanitation Concerns, S Pacific

> 12. OPPT NEWSBREAK Friday 21 May 1999

>

>The Occ-Env-Med-L maillist broadcasts messages to the world of

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>in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Readers include clinicians,

>public health experts and hygiene and safety professionals.

>

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>

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>clinics, a non-profit organization, is committed to improving the

>practice of occupational and environmental health through information

>sharing and collaborative research.

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>Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 20:41:42 -0500

>From: bcb56 <bcb56@...>

>Subject: Petition filed to have perfume misbranded (details)

>

>A petition was filed with the FDA to declare the perfume Eternity

>by Calvin Klein misbranded. By law cosmetics (which includes

>perfumes) do not have to be tested for safety. Virtually anything

>with the exception of a handful of chemicals which are banned by

>law may be used.

>

> " The use of the following ingredients is either restricted or

>prohibited in cosmetics: bithionol, mercury compounds, vinyl

>chloride, halogenated salicyanilides, zirconium complexes in

>aerosol cosmetics, chloroform, methylene chloride,

>chlorofluorocarbon propellants, hexachlorophene, and methyl

>methacrylate monomer in cosmetic nail products. "

>FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Office of

>Cosmetics Fact Sheet,

>February 23, 1995, Prohibited Ingredients

>

>. " (a) Each ingredient used in a cosmetic product and each

>finished cosmetic product shall be adequately substantiated for

>safety prior to marketing. Any such ingredient or product whose

>safety is not adequately substantiated prior to marketing is

>misbranded unless it contains the following conspicuous statement

>on the principal display panel:

>

> Warning--The safety of this product has not been

>determined. "

>

>21CFR740.10

>

>The basis of the petition is that substances in Eternity have not

>been adequately safety tested and the required warning label is

>not on the product. Eternity was analyzed by gas chromatography

>by a lab that specialized in analysis of fragrance materials. 43

>substances present at .1% or higher were found, 41 of these were

>identified. The substance at the highest level in the product had

>no readily available safety data on it. Two were listed as

>respiratory sensitizers meaning they can cause a person to become

>allergic to them and develop asthma. At least five had central

>nervous system effects, two were suspected carcinogens and one

>may cause fetal effects. Virtually all are general irritants and

>the chemical, physical,and toxicological properties have not been

>thoroughly investigated.

>

>The petition may be viewed online with links to much of the

>supporting data.

>

>http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/petition%20index.htm

>

>If you wish to make comments to the FDA on this that will become

>a part of public record, there are several avenues of doing this.

>Please include the docket number so the comments will be filed

>with the correct petition. Anonymous comments are not accepted.

>

>Docket Number: 99P-1340/CP 1

>

>Comments are to be sent to:

>

>Dockets Management Branch

>The Food and Drug Administration

>Department of Health and Human Services, Rm. 1-23

>12420 Parklawn Dr.

>Rockville, MD 20857

>

>

>FAX: 310-827-6870

>

>E-mail: fdadockets@...

>

>Support of this petition would be greatly appreciated.

>

>Information on the Environmental Health Network of California may

>be obtained at:

>

>http://users.lanminds.com/~wilworks/ehnindex.htm

>

>

>Betty Bridges

>For information on health effects of fragrances, visit:

> http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/fpin.htm

>

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>

>

>Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 14:09:58 +0000

>From: PhD <mehrc@...>

>Subject: cleaning for health

>

>The notebook from " Cleaning for a Healthy Indoor Environment, " a

>symposium held last October in Seattle, has been reprinted and is now

>available. It includes all speakers' handouts, a transcription of the

>question/answer and panel discussion sessions and additional resource

>material.

>

>The symposium was sponsored by 16 trade, professional and government

>organizations and featured 17 speakers from the US, Canada and Denmark.

>Topics covered were cleaning research, economics of cleaning for health,

>cleaning for children (school and day care environments), health

>concerns, standards and guidelines and consumer education.

>

>To purchase notebooks, contact the program organizer, MidAtlantic

>Environmental Hygiene Resource Center at telephone 215-387-4096, by

>e-mail at mehrc@... or print an order blank from

>www.libertynet.org/mehrc. MEHRC is a nonprofit IEQ training center.

>

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>

>Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:36:44 -0400

>From: " Board, B " <sbb1@...>

>Subject: NIOSH Funding Opportunity

>

>NIOSH is funding cooperative agreements with the Association of Schools of

>Public Health under which applications for intervention effectiveness

>research will be solicited from schools of public health. NIOSH expects to

>fund approximately three to five awards in Fiscal Year 1999, with each

award

>ranging from $50,000 to $100,000. Applicants are encouraged to partner

with

>academia, labor, or industry. Letters of intent are due to the ASPH office

>on May 26, 1999. More information is available on the ASPH web site at

>http://www.asph.org/niosh99.htm <http://www.asph.org/niosh99.htm>

>For further information, contact Sara Reidel at 202/ 296-1099 or e-mail

>ser@... <mailto:ser@...> .

>

> Board

>Deputy Director, Office of Extramural Programs

>National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

>

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>

>Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 00:32:44 -0500

>From: Greenberg <.Greenberg@...>

>Subject: BMJ Review on Occupational Disease

>

>BMJ 1999;318:1397-1399 ( 22 May )

> http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7195/1397

>

>_Clinical review_

>Recent advances: Occupational disease

>

>Nicola Cherry, professor.

>

>Centre for Occupational Health, University of Manchester,

>Stopford Building, Manchester M13 9PT

>

>nicola.cherry@...

>

>An occupational disease may be defined simply as one that is

>caused, or made worse, by exposure at work. While

>epidemiological studies of populations can determine whether

>disease is attributable to a particular type or level of

>exposure, for an individual patient this is less clear.

>Judgments about the patterns of exposure likely to be causal

>may be made in medicolegal cases or claims for compensation

>but these decisions have little value in determining the

>true extent of disease caused by work, not least because of

>the absence of reliable exposure data. Information about the

>incidence and distribution of such diseases is thus far from

>complete. This review describes recent advances in the

>understanding of the patterns and causes of occupational

>disease.

>

> Summary points

>

>- An understanding of the causes of occupational disease

> requires both good epidemiology and detailed knowledge of

> the nature of exposure and the susceptibility of those

> exposed

>

>- Concern about the effects of workplace exposures on male

> reproductive capacity remains great despite the paucity of

> evidence for hypotheses about male mediated effects on the

> fetus

>

>- Good evaluative studies of preventive programmes are needed

> but are in short supply

>

>- Future advances in prevention of chronic non-malignant

> disease may come in part through better understanding of

> the role of psychosocial factors in the workplace

>

>- Despite our best efforts, occupational disease persists and

> may contribute significantly to disability in elderly

> people long past retirement

>

> Methods

>

>This article is based on published information on occupational disease

>from general and specialist medical journals and from epidemiological,

>psychological, and ergonomic journals, and from my own ongoing research.

>A review was carried out of all articles published since January 1997 in

>four influential occupational health journals: Occupational and

>Environmental Medicine, American Journal of Industrial Medicine,

>Scandinavian Journal of Work and Environment and Health, and ls of

>Occupational Hygiene.

>

> N. Greenberg, MD MPH Duke Occupational & Environmental Medicine

>Sysop / Moderator Occ-Env-Med-L MailList green011@...

>Duke's Occ-Env-Med WWW/goph site http://occ-env-med.mc.duke.edu/oem

>

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>

>Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 06:17:21 -0500

>From: Greenberg <.Greenberg@...>

>Subject: MMWR/99-05-21, World No-Tobacco Day, May 31

>

>May 21, 1999 / 48(19);393

>

>World No-Tobacco Day -- May 31, 1999

>

>The theme for this year's World No-Tobacco Day, May 31, is " Leave the

>Pack Behind. " As part of World No-Tobacco Day, smokers are encouraged to

>quit, and governments, community organizations, schools, and families

>and friends are encouraged to help smokers quit.

>

>Preventing tobacco use by young persons is critical for long-term

>reductions in tobacco-related deaths. However, the projected increase in

>global mortality from tobacco use, from 3 million deaths in 1990 to 10

>million in 2025, primarily represents mortality among persons who

>already smoke (1). Smoking cessation interventions can prevent many of

>these projected deaths.

>

>The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that governments,

>community organizations, and health-care systems and professionals 1)

>make tobacco-use treatment an important public health priority; 2) offer

>practical interventions; 3) assess and document tobacco use and provide

>treatment as part of total health care; 4) fund proven treatments and

>make them widely available; 5) take responsibility for motivating

>smokers to quit and remain abstinent; 6) monitor tobacco use, and tax

>and regulate the sale and marketing of tobacco products; 7) invest in

>developing new treatments for nicotine dependence; and 8) encourage

>other professionals to set an example by quitting tobacco use (2).

>

>Additional information about World No-Tobacco Day 1999 is available from

>WHO's World-Wide Web site, http://www.who.int/toh/worldnotobacco99/

>teaser.htm* and CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for

>Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,

>http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco, telephone (800) 232-1311.

>

>References

>

>1.World Health Organization. Tobacco or health: a global status report.

>Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 1997.

>

>2.World Health Organization. Statement on treatment for tobacco

>dependence. Available at: http://www.who.int/toh. Accessed April 14,

>1999.

>

>* References to sites of nonfederal organizations on the World-Wide Web

>are provided as a service to MMWR readers and do not constitute or imply

>endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the U.S.

>Department of Health and Human Services. CDC is not responsible for the

>content of pages found at these sites.

>

>--

> N. Greenberg, MD MPH Duke Occupational & Environmental Medicine

>Sysop / Moderator Occ-Env-Med-L MailList .Greenberg@...

>Duke's Occ-Env-Med WWW/goph site http://occ-env-med.mc.duke.edu/oem

>

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>

>Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 06:44:15 -0500

>From: Greenberg <.Greenberg@...>

>Subject: ENV. PROGRESS ASSESSED BY US & MEXICO

>

>From: PRESS@...

>

>ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS, PROSPECTS ASSESSED BY U.S. AND MEXICO

>

>On May 12-14 in Ensenada, Baja California, U.S. and Mexican

>environmental officials tallied the environmental progress and future

>prospects made along the U.S.-Mexico border at the annual Border XXI

>Program National Coordinators meeting. Compared to the situation in 1995

>on the Mexico side of the border.

>

>By 2000, Mexico expects to provide 93 percent of its border population

>with drinking water---up from 88 percent; 75 percent with sewage

>infrastructure---up from 69 percent; and 81 percent with wastewater

>treatment capacity---more than doubling the 1995 capability. On both

>sides of the border, more than 4 million residents will be served by 16

>water projects already constructed or under construction, all through

>investments of more than $400 million certified by the Border

>Environment ation Commission set up under NAFTA.

>

>Agreement was reached to increase the involvement of federal agencies of

>both governments as well as nine border states. Tribal communities on

>both sides of the border were recognized as having a long tradition of

>environmental stewardship which calls for their active participation in

>Border XXI. Additional progress was recorded and plans laid for further

>progress in the areas of water and air quality, emergency response,

>hazardous waste, pollution prevention, public health and natural

>resources.

>

>Further information on the Border XXI Program and the National

>Coordinators Meeting can be found at: www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder or by

>email to: border.team@....

>

>R-53 ###

>

>--

> N. Greenberg, MD MPH Duke Occupational & Environmental Medicine

>Sysop / Moderator Occ-Env-Med-L MailList .Greenberg@...

>Duke's Occ-Env-Med WWW/goph site http://occ-env-med.mc.duke.edu/oem

>

>End of OCC-ENV-MED-L Digest - 21 May 1999 to 22 May 1999 (#1999-141)

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