National Toxicology Program vote on dioxin

["Center for Health, Environment and Justice" <cchw@essential.org>]

On December 3, 1998 the National Toxicology Program's Board of
Scientific Counselors, part of the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, held a re-vote to list 2,3,7,8-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin as a "known human carcinogen," the strongest
ranking of certainty given to cancer causing chemicals.  The measure
failed by a vote of seven to five.  This action overturns a previous
vote taken in October 1997, when NTP voted to list dioxin as a known
human carcinogen. That ruling was not considered final due to complaints
from industry lawyers that meeting procedures were not followed
correctly. 


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