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Benzene Task Force
API Meeting, Washington DC
2005 Projects
23 February 2005
CONCAWE epidemiology meta-analysis project (Jan Urbanus) o Total API contributions ... o $1 OOK to Phase II ($65K '05 + $35K '04) o $80K to Phase I ($40K '03 + $40K '04)
Biologically-based benzene risk modeling (Tony Cox) o Renewal of the early-1990s BBRA modeling effort: Cyclophosphamide-induced perturbations to the hematopoietic system in mice Hematology risk model for benzene leukemogenesis (effects on stem cell differentiation) o Need to request that Tony Cox develop a work plan ... Updated literature review (post-1998) Biological validation of the BBRA model in mice Could Shanghai Health Study human data be used to validate a human benzene BBRA model?
Co-exposure modulation of benzene leukemogensis o Project fully funded 4Q04; reprogrammed H&PS $$
Benzene regulatory response o $80K total ($50K from 2004 funding of co-exposure project) o Childhood leukemia review (peer-review manuscript) o Child-to-adult sensitivity to benzene (peer-review manuscript)
$65K $50K
$501{ $30K
2005 Approved BzTF Budget
S195K
SH ELL-MCCLU RG-057328