Much of the work carried out by DTT is in support of the National Toxicology Program (NTP), an interagency partnership of the Food and Drug Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and NIEHS.
Report on Carcinogens
Suril S. Mehta, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., is a staff scientist in the Integrative Health Assessments Branch of the Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Mehta conducts cancer hazard evaluations for the Report on Carcinogens (RoC), a science-based public health document that identifies and discusses agents, mixtures, substances, or exposure circumstances that may pose a cancer hazard to humans. Mehta provides expertise in environmental and occupational epidemiology, cancer health effects, exposure science, impact evaluations, and systematic review methodology. Mehta’s portfolio includes the evaluation of the carcinogenicity of organohalogen flame retardants for potential listing in the RoC. Additionally, Mehta serves on a number of DTT, NIEHS, and interagency committees, including DTT's Safe and Sustainable Alternatives Program.
Mehta served on a one-year White House assignment as interagency coordinator for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment response. Mehta also advised on critical science-based chemical issues of public health relevance, including areas related to air pollution, drinking water contamination, lead, ethylene oxide, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemical accidents, and carcinogenic substances.
Prior to joining NIEHS in 2017, Mehta served as a health scientist and Presidential Management Fellow in the Office of Children’s Health Protection at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There he provided scientific and children’s health expertise on EPA’s science and regulatory actions to account for children’s unique vulnerabilities to environmental health risks. Additionally, Mehta studied spatial and temporal trends of excessive temperatures on children as an ORISE fellow at the National Center for Health Statistics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and investigated the links between public housing, asthma, and hospitalizations in children living in East and Central Harlem as an Epidemiology Scholar at New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Mehta received his B.A. in psychology, M.P.H. in epidemiology and biostatistics, and a Dr.P.H. in environmental and occupational health from The George Washington University in Washington D.C.
Recent Publications
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Cooper G, Powers M, Christensen K, Mehta S, Lunn R. Challenges and pitfalls in analyzing, reporting, and interpreting health effects related to occupational and environmental exposures.
Frontiers in epidemiology.
2026;6:1817746.
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AbstractCooper G, Powers M, Christensen K, Mehta S, Lunn R. Challenges and pitfalls in analyzing, reporting, and interpreting health effects related to occupational and environmental exposures. Frontiers in epidemiology. 2026
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Radke E, Mehta S, Christensen K, Glenn B, Rooney A, Whaley P, Morgan R, Beverly B, Thayer K, Taylor K, Barbic F, Akl E, Schünemann H, GRADE Working Group. GRADE concept article: Evaluating risk of bias in a body of evidence from studies of environmental and other exposures.
Environment international.
2026 May 21;213:110310.
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AbstractRadke E, Mehta S, Christensen K, Glenn B, Rooney A, Whaley P, Morgan R, Beverly B, Thayer K, Taylor K, Barbic F, Akl E, Schünemann H, GRADE Working Group. GRADE concept article: Evaluating risk of bias in a body of evidence from studies of environmental and other exposures. Environment international. 2026 May 21
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Lunn R, Clemons M, Blain R, Mahabir S, Mehta S, Rooney A, Singh A, Smith-Roe S, Taylor K, Tracy W, Zarco M, Fenton S. Identifying the known and unknown health hazard information for chemical disasters: a phased scoping review of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology.
2025 Nov;35(6):888-906.
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AbstractLunn R, Clemons M, Blain R, Mahabir S, Mehta S, Rooney A, Singh A, Smith-Roe S, Taylor K, Tracy W, Zarco M, Fenton S. Identifying the known and unknown health hazard information for chemical disasters: a phased scoping review of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment. Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. 2025 Nov
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Mehta S, Morin I, Osborn K, Lemeris C, Conti M, Lunn R. An Approach to Assessing the Influence of Environmental and Occupational Cancer Hazard Identification on Policy Decision-Making.
Environmental health perspectives.
2023 Dec;131(12):125001.
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AbstractMehta S, Morin I, Osborn K, Lemeris C, Conti M, Lunn R. An Approach to Assessing the Influence of Environmental and Occupational Cancer Hazard Identification on Policy Decision-Making. Environmental health perspectives. 2023 Dec
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Mehta S, Elizabeth Hodgson M, Lunn R, Ashley C, Arroyave W, Sandler D, White A. Indoor wood-burning from stoves and fireplaces and incident lung cancer among Sister Study participants.
Environment international.
2023 Aug;178:108128.
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AbstractMehta S, Elizabeth Hodgson M, Lunn R, Ashley C, Arroyave W, Sandler D, White A. Indoor wood-burning from stoves and fireplaces and incident lung cancer among Sister Study participants. Environment international. 2023 Aug
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