NIOSH Expects To Publish Proposal Altering Carcinogen Policy By Early 2013

NIOSH plans to issue a proposal for public comment as soon as early 2013 on a new policy for classifying carcinogens, a top official says, adding that the research agency hopes to finalize the policy by sometime next year. The effort by NIOSH has potential implications for OSHA standard-setting down the road as the agency collects data on potential chemical carcinogenicity when setting compulsory permissible exposure limits. Working in concert with a range of stakeholders, NIOSH has been looking at whether to adopt a new tiered classification system that would create different levels of identi