Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2010

Meeting Date & Time: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location:
Cal/EPA Building, Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor 1001 I Street, Sacramento

Cal/EPA Building

Agenda

Biomonitoring California1
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
Cal/EPA Building, Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor 1001 I Street, Sacramento

November 2, 2010: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

To view the webcast, follow the instructions at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast
[webcast only available on the day of the meeting]

 Welcome
Joan Denton, Ph.D., Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

Overview of the Meeting
Ulrike Luderer, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)

Program Update

Presentation: California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Biomonitoring California Update
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Recommendations

Laboratory Update

Presentation: CDPH and Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
Environmental Health Laboratory Update, CDPH, (CDPH)
Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Update, DTSC
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Recommendations

Potential Designated Chemical: Manganese

Manganese (Updated version posted on 11/1/10)
Presentation: OEHHA
Manganese Presentation
Additional slide on manganese health effects
Panel Questions
Public Comments
Comments of the Manganese Interest Group
Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Presentation on PBPK Modeling - Manganese example (submitted by the Manganese Interest Group)
Panel Discussion and Recommendations

Lunch

Draft Public Involvement Plan

Public Involvement Plan – Draft for Public Review and Comment
Presentation: OEHHA and CDPH
Public Involvement Plan Presentation
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Recommendations

Introductory Discussion of Biomonitoring Reference Levels

Presentation: OEHHA
Biomonitoring Reference Levels Presentation
Panel Questions
Public Comment

Panel Discussion and Recommendations

Break

Firefighter Occupational Exposures Project (FOX): Overview and Update

Presentation: Dr. Leslie Israel, DO, MPH, UC Irvine, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
FOX Overview and Update
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Recommendations

Chemical Selection Planning

Presentation: OEHHA
Chemical Selection Planning Presentation

  • Newly designated chemicals being measured by CDC that fall into groupings (not entire classes) previously recommended as priority by the SGP (e.g., a phthalate not already on the priority list) - proposed approach for potential addition to priority list
  • Overview of selected chemicals for possible consideration as potential designated chemicals
  • General questions on chemical selection

Panel Questions
Public Comment
Document submitted by Deborah Whitman, President, Environmental Voices
Panel Discussion and Recommendations

Summary of SGP Recommendations

OEHHA

Adjournment

1California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (CECBP), codified at Health and Safety Code section 105440 et seq.