NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 63: Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide

A public meeting was held on February 27, 2006, at the Robert A. Taft Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a forum for scientists and representatives of government agencies, industry, labor, and other stakeholders to discuss the document. The draft document, presentations made at the meeting, as well as comments on the document, are available below in PDF format

NIOSH responded to comments from the public and external peer reviewers (response files below) and published a revised final Current Intelligence Bulletin in April 2011.

Document and Responses to Reviewers’ Comments

Notice; 76 FR 22106; Issuance of final guidance document; 4/20/11 [PDF - 2,212 KB]

Final document "NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 63: Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide"; DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2011-160; 4/1/11 [PDF - 122,042 KB]

NIOSH response to reviewers' comments on Draft NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin; posted 4/2011 [PDF - 36,506 KB]

NIOSH response to comments submitted to NIOSH Docket 033 by the American Chemistry Council Titanium Dioxide Panel; posted 4/2011 [PDF - 17,372 KB]

Comments submitted to NIOSH Docket 033 by the American Chemistry Council Titanium Dioxide Panel with each comment numbered; posted 4/2011 [PDF - 146,677 KB]

Pre-Meeting Information

NIOSH public meeting and opening of the public comment period; 70 FR 77399 [PDF - 1,010 KB]

Draft NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin: Evaluation of Health Hazard and Recommendations for Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide dated 11/22/05 [PDF - 7,130 KB]

Meeting Information

List of attendees; 2/27/06 [PDF - 1,487 KB]

Presentation by Dankovic (NIOSH) [PDF - 1,710 KB]

Presentation by Gibbs (American Council of Chemistry Titanium Dioxide Panel) [PDF - 3,560 KB]

Presentation by Kuempel (NIOSH) [PDF - 1,700 KB]

Presentation by Tomenson (Causation Ltd, UK) [PDF - 4,080 KB]

Presentation by Warheit (Dupont Haskell Laboratory) [PDF - 9,180 KB]

Presentation by Zumwalde (NIOSH) [PDF - 899 KB]

Submissions from the Public in Order of Receipt

Submission to the docket from Coenen (Gezondheidsraad Health Council of the Netherlands) [PDF - 185 KB]

Submission to the docket from Bergeson (American Chemistry Council Titanium Dioxide Panel) [PDF - 33,600 KB]

Submission to the docket from Irish (National Paint and Coatings Association) [PDF - 296 KB]

Submission to the docket from Robinson (Color Pigments Manufacturers Association, Inc.) [PDF - 470 KB]

Submission to the docket from Forrest (Bacou-Dalloz) [PDF - 26 KB]

Submission to the docket from Burdge (BMT Designers and Planners, Inc.) [PDF - 32 KB]

Submission to the docket from Rourke (Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation) [PDF - 40 KB]

Submission to the docket from Calpin (Analytics Corp) [PDF - 29 KB]

Submission to the docket from Tomenson (Causation Ltd, UK) [PDF - 29 KB]

Review from external reviewer 1 [PDF - 490 KB]

Review from external reviewer 2 [PDF - 268 KB]

Review from external reviewer 3 [PDF - 570 KB]

Review from external reviewer 4 [PDF - 332 KB]

Review from external reviewer 5 [PDF - 219 KB]