Collaboration on PFOA

Dear Colleagues 

The Alliance for Risk Assessment (ARA) at https://allianceforrisk.net is endorsing a collaboration among organizations to explore and possibly resolve the conundrum in human 1/2 life for perfluorooctanote (PFOA), which is reflected in differences in safe doses world-wide of 750-fold (Mikkonen et al., 2020*). This collaboration is anticipated to start in April, 2021 with the selection of an advisory committee who will then conduct a series of virtual and possibly face-to-face meetings, with conclusions later this year. Nominations to this advisory committee are welcome. Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (www.tera.org) has been designated as the nonprofit organization to support this coalition. Because TERA is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, all donations to this effort are tax deductible. 

All interested groups are welcome to contact one of us below for additional details. 

Sincerely

Annette Dietz, Portland State University ([email protected])

Michael Dourson, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment ([email protected])

Michael Honeycutt, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ([email protected])

Matthew McAtee,U.S. Army Public Health Center ([email protected])

Moiz Mumtaz, Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Registry ([email protected])

Ralph Perona, Neptune & Company, Inc. [representing tribal interests] ([email protected])

—Alliance for Risk Assessment (ARA), building a risk assessment community

* Mikkonen, Antti T., Jennifer Martin, Michael L. Dourson, Andrea Hinwood, Mark S. Johnson.2020. Suggestions for Improving the Characterisation of Risk from Exposures to Per and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS).Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: 01:1-16.https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4931.