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Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2015

Meeting Date & Time: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location:
Richmond, CA

California Department of Health, Richmond Campus

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Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
November 18, 2015: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

California Department of Public Health Richmond Campus Auditorium
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Richmond, CA

Welcome
        Lauren Zeise, Ph.D., Acting Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

Overview of the Meeting
        Asa Bradman, Ph.D., Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)

Highlights from State Biomonitoring Programs – CDC Awardees
        Moderators:          Lovisa Romanoff, M.S., M.P.H., Deputy Director and Amy Mowbray, Ph.D.,
                                        Associate Director for Policy, Division of Laboratory Sciences,
                                        National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease
                                        Control and Prevention (CDC)
        Presentations:   
                CDC National Biomonitoring Program
                Biomonitoring California
                Massachusetts
                New Jersey
                Four Corners States Biomonitoring Consortium
                Virginia
                New Hampshire
        Background information: State Biomonitoring Program Profiles (November 2015)
        Panel Questions
        Public Comment
        Panel and Guest Speaker Discussion

Lunch

Afternoon Session on Results Return
        Moderator:         Sara Hoover, M.S., Chief, Safer Alternatives Assessment
                                   and Biomonitoring Section, OEHHA

Educating Participants About Exposure to Environmental Chemicals:  What Does the Science Say?
        Presentation:       Rachel Morello-Frosch, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor, Department of
                                        Environmental Science, Policy and Management and School
                                        of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
        Panel Questions

Evaluation of Results Return Materials for Biomonitoring Exposures Study (BEST)
        Presentation:       Duyen Kauffman, Health Program Specialist and Results Return
                                     Coordinator for Biomonitoring California, CDPH
        Panel Questions

Discussion:  Best Practices for Results Return
        Panel, Guest Speaker, and Audience Discussion
        Public Comment
        Final Comments from Panel and Wrap up

Break

Potential Priority Chemicals
        >> ortho-Phthalates
             Document: ortho-Phthalates
        >> Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
             Document: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
Presentation:  OEHHA
        Panel Questions
        Public Comment
        Panel Discussion and Recommendations

Announcement on 2016 SGP Agenda Planning

Open Public Comment Period

Wrap up and Adjournment