"EPA Reconfigures, Reschedules Glyphosate Panel"

"WASHINGTON -- EPA has added epidemiological expertise to a scientific advisory panel (SAP) that will meet next month to consider the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. The previously postponed meeting is now scheduled to take place Dec. 13-16 in Arlington, Virginia.

The agency added four new members to the SAP and subtracted one. Peter Infante, an epidemiologist whose appointment sparked criticism from CropLife America (CLA), is no longer on the panel.

nfante served in the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 24 years, rising to become director of the Office of Standards Review in the Health Standards Program. He was also director of the Office of Carcinogen Identification and Classification. He now has his own consulting company, Peter F. Infante Consulting, which is 'dedicated to research and analysis of occupational and environmental health issues,' according to the 'biosketch' EPA released when it announced its initial slate of SAP members Oct. 4.

Just 10 days later, however, EPA postponed the scheduled Oct. 18-21 meeting, saying a member had left voluntarily and that the panel needed 'broad coverage and balance of experience for epidemiological expertise.'"

Stephen Davies reports for Agri-Pulse November 15, 2016.