Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0187-0125
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-04-07T04:00Z

Ethephon
Human
Volunteer
Studies
The
EPA
Human
Studies
Review
Board
Meeting
Rosslyn,
VA
4­
6
April,
2006
Dr.
Neil
Carmichael
Global
Head
of
Toxicology
Bayer
CropScience
6
April
2006
2
BCS
Position
on
Human
Volunteer
Studies
with
Ethephon
 
These
two
studies
date
from
another
(
pre­
GLP
era,
1970'
s)

 
BCS
agrees
there
is
no
evidence
that
they
are
unethical
 
There
is
no
institutional
memory
of
these
studies
and
archives
are
not
traceable
 
The
data
are
not
consistent
between
the
two
studies.

 
BCS
can
not
defend
the
scientific
robustness
of
the
studies
 
BCS
defers
to
EPA
in
the
use
of
these
studies