Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, March 2018
Agenda
Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
March 2, 2018: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Putah Creek Lodge UC Davis, California
All times shown below are approximate and subject to change
Welcome
Lauren Zeise, Ph.D., Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
Overview of the Meeting
Meg Schwarzman, M.D., Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)
Program and Laboratory Updates (~10:10 am)
Presentation Nerissa Wu, Ph.D., California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Panel Questions
Presentation Jianwen She, Ph.D., CDPH
Panel Questions
Presentation June-soo Park, Ph.D., Department of Toxic Substances Control
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel and Audience Discussion
Lunch (~12:15 pm)
Introduction to Afternoon Session (~1:30 pm)
Dr. Schwarzman, SGP Chair
Community Exposure to Air Pollutants – A Role for Biomonitoring
Brief Overview of Session
Yana Garcia, J.D., Assistant Secretary for Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs,
California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)
Panel and Audience Questions
Transforming California’s Approach to Community Air Pollution
New Community Air Protection Program Established under AB 617
Heather Arias, Chief, Community Planning Branch,
Office of Community Air Protection, California Air Resources Board (~1:50 pm)
Panel and Audience Questions
Advances in Biomonitoring Methods for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Victor De Jesús, Ph.D., Chief, Volatile Organic Compounds Laboratory,
Tobacco and Volatiles Branch,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (~2:20 pm)
Panel and Audience Questions
Background Material:
List of Selected References for Afternoon Session
List of Additional References for Afternoon Session
CDC Table of Urinary VOC Metabolites
Panel, Guest Speaker, and Audience Discussion (~2:55 pm)
Break(~3:40 pm)
Increasing Awareness of Program Findings – Upcoming Website Feature (~3:55 pm)
Presentation and Demonstration:
Amy Dunn, M.P.H., OEHHA, and Ulrich Weeren, Studio Weeren
Background Material: Background Information for Website Feature
Panel and Audience Questions
Panel and Audience Input
Open Public Comment Period
Wrap-up and Adjournment (by 5 pm)