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IA77 March 21, 2003 To: Mary F. Dominiak U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA East, Mail Code 7405M 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 From: Katie Smythe, on behalf of the Telomer Research Program Subject: Journal Articles for Submission to AR-226 eesg> -a TO -om rsor -C O --i v*n ; -r;' opl ro ro ro On behalf of the Telomer Research Program (TRP), the following journal articles are submitted to the US EPA for inclusion in Administrative Record 226: 1) The First Environmental Survey of PFOS and Related Compounds in Japan - Sachi Taniyasu, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Yuich Horii and Nobuyoshi Yamashita. Organohalogen Compounds, Vol. 59 (2002), 311-314. 2) Levels of PFOA and Other Related Compounds in the Blood of Japanese People - Shigeki Masunaga, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Rikuo Doi, Junko Nakanishi and John P. Giesy. Organo halogen Compounds, Vol. 59 (2002), 319-322. These studies were not sponsored by the TRP. The papers are being provided to EPA by the TRP for inclusion in AR-226. None of the attached files contain information claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) under TSCA. Nothing in this transmission is TSCA CBI. /