Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2013
Agenda
Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
November 14, 2013: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Cal/EPA Building, Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor 1001 I Street, Sacramento
Welcome
George Alexeeff, Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
Overview of the Meeting
Ulrike Luderer, Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)
Program Update
Presentation: California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion
Laboratory Update
Presentation: CDPH
Presentation: Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion
Lunch
Potential Designated Chemicals: Selected Aroma Chemicals
- Synthetic polycyclic musks (Version reposted on 11/08/2013 with additional references included)
- Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
Presentation: OEHHA
Panel Questions
Public Comment
International Fragrance Association of North America (IFRA-NA, 2013). Submission of documents on musks. Letter from Megan Ekstrom (IFRA-NA) to Sara Hoover (OEHHA). June 3, 2013.
Panel Discussion and Recommendations
Break
Identifying Novel Compounds in Untargeted Metabolomic Screens
Presentation: Oliver Fiehn, SGP Member
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel and Audience Discussion
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.
