Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, March 2026

Agenda

Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
March 4, 2026: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Attendees can join the meeting via the webinar online or in the George Alexeeff Environmental Health Library
on the 16th floor of the Elihu M. Harris State Office Building at 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, CA.
All times shown below are approximate and subject to change.

Logistics (~12:59 pm)
      McKenna Thompson, MPH, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

Welcome (~1:00 pm)
      Kris Thayer, PhD, Director, OEHHA

Overview of the Meeting (~1:05 pm)
      Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)

Program Update (~1:10 pm)
      Presentation: Nerissa Wu, PhD, MPH, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
          PFASs and seafood consumption: Lessons from the ACE Project (publication, fact sheet)
      Panel and Audience Questions
      Open Discussion and Input

Break (~1:45 pm)

Microplastics: Monitoring Methods and Examples of State Efforts (~1:55)
      Introduction to session: Jeff Wagner, PhD, Environmental Health Laboratory, CDPH
      Panel and Audience Questions
      Presentation: Dicle Yardimci, PhD, MS, Department of Toxic Substances Control
      Panel and Audience Questions
      Open Discussion and Input
      Presentation: Matt Campen, PhD, MSPH, University of New Mexico
      Panel and Audience Questions
      Open Discussion and Input

Open Public Comment Period (~3:50)
      Submission from Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai 
      Green Science Policy Institute - Request to add chloroxylenol to Designated Chemicals List

Wrap-up and Adjournment (~4:00)