Please note
that, as stated by the EPA researchers in section A5(b)(i) and on
page 6 of the Study Design, the results of this study "will not be
generalizable to larger populations of children." Section B1c adds
the additional qualification: "The small study sample sizes will
not support definitive comparisions about different subgroup
types." The Terms of Clearance reiterate these qualifications on
the use of study results.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2003
03/31/2003
2,834
0
0
657
0
0
0
0
0
The research study "A Pilot Study of
Children's Total Exposure to Persistent Pesticides and Other
Persistent Organic Pollutants" (CTEPP) is a pilot-scale project
involving about 260 children, which investigates the possible
exposures that young children may have to common contaminants in
their everyday surroundings. These contaminants include several
pesticides, phenols, polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, some of which are suspected of being endocrine
disrupters.
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