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February 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9108-5; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0613]
Exposure Factors Handbook: 2009 Update

Notice of Peer-Review Workshop.

The Entire Article by (pdf)

SUMMARY:
EPA is announcing that Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an
EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, will convene an
independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peer-
review workshop on March 3-4, 2010, to review the external review draft
document titled, ``Exposure Factors Handbook 2009 Update'' (EPA/600/R-
09/052A). EPA previously announced the 60-day public comment period
(ending December 7, 2009) for the draft document in the Federal
Register on October 7, 2009 (74 FR 51592). The draft document was
prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
within EPA's Office of Research and Development. The Exposure Factors
Handbook provides information on various physiological and behavioral
factors commonly used in assessing exposure to environmental chemicals.
The handbook was first published in 1989 and was updated in 1997. This
updated version incorporates data available since 1997 up to June 2009.
It also reflects the revisions made to the Child-Specific Exposure
Factors Handbook, which was updated and published in 2008. Each chapter
in the revised Exposure Factors Handbook presents recommended values
for the exposure factors covered in the chapter as well as a discussion
of the underlying data used in developing the recommendations.

January 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers are invited for the 31ST ASTM International Symposium on Pesticide Formulations and Delivery Systems: Innovative Green Chemistries for the 21st Century,to be held October 12th-14th, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas. (pdf)

November 2009
Meet Miles McEvoy, the new Deputy Administrator of the USDA NOP

Meet Miles McEvoy, the new Deputy Administrator of the USDA NO. This article appeared in Organic Processing Magazine. BPIA member companies are suppliers of biological and organic pesticides and inputs to organic crop production. This is a good introduction to the new person in charge of the National Organic Program.

To read the full version go to Organic Processing in its digital format [http://www.organicprocessing-digital.com/organicprocessing/20091112.