1. Home
  2. Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2021

Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2021

Meeting Date & Time: Monday, November 8, 2021 - 10:00am to 4:30pm
Location:
Webinar
Downloads:

Agenda 
Transcript 
Video - part 1 
Video - part 2 
Summary of Panel Input and Recommendations 

Agenda

Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
November 8, 2021: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm

This meeting will be held by webinar; please join by 9:55 am.
All times shown below are approximate and subject to change.

 

Logistics (~9:55 am)
        Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

Welcome (~10:00 am)
        Vince Cogliano, PhD, Deputy Director, OEHHA

Overview of the Meeting (~10:05 am)
        Meg Schwarzman, MD, MPH, Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)

Program Update and Overview of California Activities on Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances (~10:10 am)
        Presentation: Nerissa Wu, PhD, MPH, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
        Presentation: Karl Palmer, Department of Toxic Substances Control
        Presentation: Kathleen Attfield, ScD, CDPH
        Panel Questions
        Public Comment
        Panel Discussion and Input

Methods for PFAS Analysis: Possibilities and Challenges (~11:40 am)
        Presentation: Anna Kärrman, PhD, Örebro University
        Panel and Audience Questions

Lunch (~12:25 pm)

Relative Importance of PFAS Exposure Sources for the General U.S. Population (~1:25 pm)
        Presentation: Tom Webster, DSc, Boston University School of Public Health
        Panel and Audience Questions

PFAS in Indoor Environments and Drinking Water: Relevance for Human Exposure (~2:05 pm)
        Presentation: Kate Hoffman, PhD, Duke University
        Panel and Audience Questions

Break (~2:45 pm)

Afternoon Discussion Session (~3:00 pm)
  PFAS Biomonitoring to Support Exposure Reduction Efforts: Next Steps  
        Background document: Selected references on PFASs 
        Additional background reference: Krowech et al. (2016). Identifying chemical groups for biomonitoring.  

        Introduction: Meg Schwarzman, MD, MPH, SGP Chair
        Panel, Guest Speaker, and Audience Discussion

Plan for 2022 SGP Meetings (~4:05 pm)
        Presentation: OEHHA
        Panel and Audience Comments

Open Public Comment Period (~4:20 pm)
        Submissions from Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai:  
           Unraveling the Breast Cancer Conundrum in San Francisco 
           Biomonitoring Saves A Life 
           Environmental Justice: Signed…Sealed…and Delivered 

Wrap-up and Adjournment (~4:30 pm)