Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, October 2009
Agenda
Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
October 6, 2009: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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 Advances: CDC Cooperative Agreement
CDC Biomonitoring Cooperative Agreement Abstract
Presentation: CDPH
Update on CECBP Activitie
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Recommendations
Discussion of Priority Chemical List
Presentation: OEHHA
Discussion of Priority Chemical ListPanel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Recommendations
Lunch
Maternal Infant Environmental Exposure Project
Presentation: Tracey Woodruff, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Director, UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment
Maternal Infant Environmental Exposure Project
Panel Questions
Public Comment
CECBP Collaboration with Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH)
Presentation: Stephen van den Eeden, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Recommendations
Break
CECBP: Future Directions
Presentation: CDPH
CECBP Future Directions
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Recommendations
Summary of SGP Recommendations
George V. Alexeeff, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., OEHHA Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs
Adjournment
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.
The CECBP complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by ensuring that the facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities, and by providing this notice and information in alternative formats when requested. If you have special accommodation or language needs, please contact the program by calling (510) 622-3190 or by sending an e-mail to biomonitoring@oehha.ca.gov. TTY/TDD/Speech-to-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service. It is requested, but not required, that you contact us at least five days before the meeting so we can ensure that the necessary staff or equipment will be available for you at the meeting.
