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Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, July 2016

Meeting Date & Time: Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 10:00am to 4:45pm
Location:
Richmond, CA

California Department of Health, Richmond Campus

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Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
July 28, 2016: 10:00 am –  4:45 pm

California Department of Public Health Richmond Campus Auditorium
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Richmond, CA 

Welcome    
     Lauren Zeise, Ph.D., Acting Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

Overview of the Meeting
     Asa Bradman, Ph.D., Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)

Program News and Updates
     Presentation:  Robin Christensen, M.S., Biomonitoring California Grant Coordinator, Sequoia Foundation
     Panel Questions
     Public Comment
     Panel Discussion

 Updates from CDC’s National Biomonitoring Program
     Presentation:  Benjamin Blount, Ph.D., Chief, Tobacco and Volatiles Branch, Division of Laboratory
                              Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control
                              and Prevention (CDC)
     Panel Questions
     Public Comment
     Panel Discussion

Lunch

Introduction to Afternoon Session
     Dr. Bradman, SGP Chair

Agricultural Pesticide Mapping and Proximity to Public Schools
     Presentation:  Paul English, Ph.D., M.P.H., Branch Science Advisor, Environmental Health Investigations
                              Branch, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
     Panel Questions

 Considerations in Biomonitoring Pesticides
     Presentation:  Dr. Bradman
     Panel Questions

Possible Pesticide Classes for Future Consideration as Potential Designated Chemicals
     Presentation:  Shoba Iyer, Ph.D., Staff Toxicologist, OEHHA
     Document: Preliminary screening information on possible pesticide classes for future consideration
     Background: List of pesticides that are already designated chemicals
     Panel Questions

Afternoon Session Discussion
     Public Comment
     Panel Discussion and Input to Program

Open Public Comment Period

Wrap-up and Adjournment

 

Biomonitoring California and Its Scientific Guidance Panel

The Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP) of the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (codified at Health and Safety Code section 105440 et seq.; also known as Biomonitoring California) was established in legislation (SB 1379, Perata and Ortiz, Chapter 599, Statutes of 2006) to provide scientific oversight to the Program.  The Program is a collaboration of three departments in California state government:  the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).  The Program measures levels of environmental contaminants in California residents.  This information will be used to identify emerging environmental hazards and to evaluate the effectiveness of existing environmental programs.  Biomonitoring data will ultimately be used by policy-makers to protect Californians from environmental contaminants through better environmental programs and laws.