Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, March 2020
CalEPA Building, Sierra Hearing Room, 1001 I Street, Sacramento
Agenda
Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
March 4, 2020: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
CalEPA Building, Sierra Hearing Room, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA
All times shown below are approximate and subject to change
Panel members participating remotely
Eunha Hoh, PhD, MSES, Hardy Tower #4, San Diego State University (SDSU), 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA
Penelope (Jenny) Quintana, PhD, MPH, Hardy Tower #104, SDSU, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA
Welcome
Lauren Zeise, PhD, Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
Overview of the Meeting
Meg Schwarzman, MD, MPH, Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)
Program Update (~10:10 am)
Presentation: Nerissa Wu, PhD, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Input
Overview: Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QACs) as Potential Designated Chemicals (~11:05 am)
Presentation: Shoba Iyer, PhD, OEHHA
Document: Potential Designated Chemicals: Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Background: Preliminary Screening of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Panel and Audience Questions
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of Selected QACs: A Chemical Detective Story (~11:35 am)
Presentation: Terry Hrubec, DVM, PhD, Professor of Anatomy and Embryology, Edward Via College of
Osteopathic Medicine - Virginia
Panel and Audience Questions
Lunch (~12:25 pm)
Reviewing QACs for Biomonitoring: Metabolism, Analytical Considerations, and Effects on
Cholesterol Homeostasis (~1:35 pm)
Presentation: Libin Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry,
School of Pharmacy, University of Washington
Panel and Audience Questions
Discussion: Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Potential Designated Chemicals (~2:25 pm)
Guest Discussant Remarks
Presentation: Robert Harrison, MD, MPH, Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program, CDPH
Comments from the Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program, CDPH
Panel and Audience Discussion
Public comment presentation: Keith Hostetler, PhD, on behalf of the ADBAC and DDAC Issues Steering Committees
Public comment presentation: Thomas Osimitz, PhD, DABT, on behalf of the Quat Residue Group
Break (~3:20 pm)
Panel Recommendation: Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Potential Designated
Chemicals (~3:35 pm)
Presentation: Options for the Panel, OEHHA
Public Comment
Comments from the Quat Residue Group
Panel Recommendation
Open Public Comment (~4:20 pm)
Wrap-up and Adjournment (by 4:30 pm)