Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, July 2009

Agenda

Biomonitoring California

Scientific Guidance Panel

Day 1: July 28, 9:00am to 4:30pm

The meeting will be audio-cast over the internet. To join the audio-cast, follow one of the links below [will be active on the day of the meeting].

• Welcome
  Joan Denton, Ph.D., Director, Office of Environmental Health
  Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
• Overview of the Meeting
  Edward Moreno, M.D., Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel
• Program Update
  • Presentation: CDPH
  • Panel Questions
  • Public Comment
  • Panel Discussion 
• Lab Update
  • Presentation: Environmental Health Laboratory Update, CDPH
  • Presentation: Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Update, DTSC
  • Panel Questions
  • Public Comment
  • Panel Discussion
• Break
• Chemical Selection Update
  • Presentation: Chemical Selection Update, OEHHA
  • Panel Questions and Discussion
  • Public Comment
     
• Potential Designated Chemicals: Pesticides¹
  • • Document: Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids, CECBP
    • Document: Octhilinone, CECBP
    • Document: Iprodione, CECBP
    • Document: Fipronil, CECBP
  • Presentation: Pesticides Overview, OEHHA
  • Presentation: Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids, OEHHA
  • Presentation: Iprodione, Octhilinone, and Fipronil, OEHHA
  • Panel Questions
  • Public Comment
  • Panel Discussion and Recommendation
• Lunch
• Potential Priority Chemicals²
  • • Table: Potential Priority Chemicals, CECBP
    • Table: Potential Priority Pesticides, CECBP
  • Presentation: Potential Priority Chemicals, OEHHA
  • Panel Questions
  • Public Comment
    • SEHSC Comments on consideration of cyclic siloxanes as priority chemicals
  • Panel Discussion and Recommendation
• Break
• Next Steps on Chemical Selection
  • Presentation: OEHHA
  • Panel Questions
  • Public Comment
  • Panel Discussion
• Day 1 Meeting Summary 
  George V. Alexeeff, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., OEHHA Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs
• Recess

 

Day 2: July 29, 8:30am to 1:00pm

Working Discussion of Results Communication and Related Issues

• Overview and Introductions
  • Presentation: Diana Lee, R.D., M.P.H, CDPH
• Background and Framing of Results Communication and Related Issues
  • Presentation: Rachel Morello Frosch,  Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management  and School of Public Health
    • Morello-Frosh et al. 2009
  • Panel Questions
• Integrating Health Literacy Best Practices in Biomonitoring Results Communication
  • Presentation: Holly Brown-Williams, Director of Policy, Health Research for Action, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health
    • Say what? Understanding Health Information
  • Panel Questions
• Biomonitoring Pilot Projects within the Environmental Health Tracking Program
  • Presentation: Lori Copan, M.P.H, CDPH
  • Panel Questions
• Returning Results to Participants in the CHAMACOS (Center for Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas) Birth Cohort Study
  • Presentation: Asa Bradman, Ph.D., M.S., Associate Director, Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research University of California,  Berkeley School of Public Health; Co-Principal Investigator CHAMACOS
  • Panel Questions
• Break
• Biomonitoring within Occupational Settings
  • Presentation: Julia Quint, Ph.D., Research Scientist Supervisor II and Chief (Retired), Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service, CDPH
    • Environmental and Biological Assessment of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Casino Dealers
    • Hines et al. (2009), Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations among Workers in Selected Industries: A Pilot Biomonitoring Study
    • Hines et al. 2009 results communication materials
  • Panel Questions
• Guiding Questions for Discussion
  • Presentation: Diana Lee R.D., M.P.H, CDPH
  • Panel Discussion
• Public Comment
• Panel Discussion and Recommendations
• Results Communication Summary and Next Steps
  • Presentation: CDPH
• Adjournment

Footnotes

¹Chemicals being considered as designated chemicals are: pyrethrins and pyrethroids (as a chemical class), fipronil, octhilinone, and iprodione.

²Chemicals being considered as priority chemicals are: cyclosiloxanes (as a chemical class), perfluorinated compounds (perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid, N-ethyl-perfluorooctane sulfonamide, N-methyl-perfluorooctane sulfonamide, perfluorodecanoic acid, perfluorobutane sulfonic acid, perfluoroheptanoic acid, perfluorononanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonamide, perfluoroundecanoic acid, perfluorododecanoic acid), and selected pesticides (DDT, N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide, para-dichlorobenzene, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid salts and esters).

 

California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program and Its Scientific Guidance Panel

The Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP) of the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program was established in legislation (SB 1379, Perata, 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 Cal/EPA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), and the Cal/EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).  The Program will measure 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.

 

Meeting Participation and Comment

The order of items on the agenda is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.  Materials related to the meeting are posted on the Biomonitoring California website.

Members of the public and representatives of organizations are invited to attend and participate in the SGP meeting.  To ensure that the meeting proceeds on schedule and all commenters have the opportunity to speak, public comments may be subject to time limits.  If necessary, the time allotted for public comments will be divided equally among all the individuals wishing to speak. 

If you have materials relevant to an agenda topic that you would like to provide to the SGP in advance of the meeting, please send one electronic copy (either by e-mail to biomonitoring@oehha.ca.gov or by mail to CECBP c/o OEHHA, 1515 Clay St, 16th Floor Oakland, CA 94612) 14 calendar days prior to the meeting.  If you are unable to meet the deadline for advance distribution, please bring 12 paper copies and one electronic copy of the materials to the meeting.  Relevant materials will be made available to the SGP.

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