Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Toxicants

Closed

6th Committee Meeting on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Tox.

January 10, 2006

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (EST)

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Thomas Burke, Mark Cullen, George Eadon, Gary Ginsberg, Branden Johnson, Gerald
van Belle, and Robin Whyatt.

Via Conference Call:
Carol Henry, Nina Holland, Gunnar Johanson, and Claude Viau

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Report summary
2. Research recommendations
4. Report review process

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

1. Neri, M., D. Ugolini, S. Bonassi, A. Fucic, N. Holland, L. E. Knudsen, R.
J. Sram, M. Ceppi, V. Bocchini and D. F. Merlo. 2005. Children's exposure to
environmental pollutants and biomarkers of genetic damage, II. Results of a
comprehensive literature search and meta-analysis. Science Direct. Mutation
Research 612(2006): 14-39.

2. Neri,M., S. Bonassi, L. E. Knudsen, R. J. Sram, N. Holland, D. Ugolini,
and D. F. Merlo. 2005. Children's exposure to environmental pollutants and
biomarkers of genetic damage, I. Overview and critical issues. Science Direct.
Mutation Research 612(2006): 1-13.

3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Justification for changing
NHANES mercury reporting to participants. Provided by Katherine Porter,
Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey. Final Report of Findings. Provided by Katherine
Porter, Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

January 13, 2006

Contact

Eileen Abt

202-334-2756
eabt@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Fifth Meeting of Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental

December 15 - 16, 2005

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Thomas Burke, Mark Cullen, George Eadon, Peter Farmer, Gary Ginsberg, Carol
Henry, Nina Holland, Gunnar Johanson, Branden Johnson, Gerald van Belle, Claude
Viau, Robin Whyatt and Raymond Yang

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Statement of task.
2. Draft report and revisions
3. Discussion of research recommendations
4. Planning for January meeting

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

1. Foster, K.R., P. Vecchia, and M.H. Repacholi. 2000. Science and the
Precautionary Principle. Science. 288(5468):979.

2. R. Vermeulen, Q. Lan, L. Zhang, L. Gunn, D. McCarthy, R.L. Woodbury, M.
McGuire, V.N. Podust, G. Li, N. Chatterjee, R. Mu, S. Yin, N. Rothman, and M.T.
Smith. 2005. Decreased levels of CXC-chemokines in serum of benzene-exposed
workers identified by array-based proteomics. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences. 102(47):17041-17046.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

December 22, 2005

Contact

Eileen Abt

202-334-2756
eabt@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Fourth meeting of Committee on HUman Biomonitoring for Environment

October 27 - 28, 2005

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Thomas Burke, Mark Cullen (via speaker phone), George Eadon, Peter Farmer, Gary
Ginsberg, Carol J. Henry, Nina T. Holland, Gunnar Johanson, Branden B. Johnson,
Dorothy Patton, Gerald van Belle, Claude Viau, Robin Whyatt and Raymond S.H.
Yang.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Statement of task and scope of the report.
2. Draft report and revisions
3. Discussions on the review process.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

1. Burke, T., H. Anderson, N. Beach, S. Colome, R. T. Drew, M. Firestone, F. S.
Hauchman, T. O. Miller, D. K. Wagner, L. Zeise, and N. Tran. 1992. Role of
Exposure Databases in Risk Management. 47(6): 421-429.

2. Ernstgard, L., E. Shibata, and Gunnar Johnson. 2005. Uptake and
Disposition of Inhaled Methanol Vapor in Humans. Toxicological Sciences 88(1):
30-38

3. Heavner, D.L., W. T. Morgan, S. B. Sears, J. D. Richardson, G. D. Byrd, and
M. W. Ogden. 2005. in Press. Effect of creatinine and specific gravity
normalization techniques on xenobiotic biomarkers in smokers? spot and 24-h
urines. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis.

4. Zartarian, V., T. Bahadori, and T. McKone. 2005. Adoption of an official
ISEA glossary. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 15:
1-5.

5. Wild, P. C. 2005. Complementing the Genome and an ?exposome?: The
Outstanding Challenge of Environmental Exposure Measurement in Molecular
Epidemiology, Editorial, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prev; 14(8):1847-50.

6. T. Sinks. 2005. Handout Presentation Slides. Future Opportunities for
Biomonitoring at CDC?Where we are and ?Where we go?October 27, 2005

7. R. Jackson. 2005. Handout Presentation Slides. Biomonitoring. October
27, 2005

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

November 10, 2005

Contact

Eileen Abt

202-334-2756
eabt@nas.edu

Location

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center

100 Academy Way

Irvine CA 92617, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Third Meeting of the Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environment

June 16 - 17, 2005

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Thomas Burke, Mark Cullen, George Eadon, Gary Ginsberg, Carol J. Henry, Nina T.
Holland, Branden B. Johnson, Dorothy Patton, Claude Viau, Robin Whyatt and
Raymond S.H. Yang.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Statement of task and scope of the report.
2. Draft report materials and need for additional written materials.
3. Schedule for future committee meetings.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

1. Risk Policy Report. 2005. Revisions to California bill may affect
findings. May 31, 2005.

2. Mahaffey, K.R., R.P. Clickner, C.C. Bodurow. 2004. Blood organic mercury
and dietary mercury intake: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,
1999 and 2000. Environ. Health Persp. 112(5):562-570.

3. Rice, D.C., R. Schoeny, K. Mahaffey. 2003. Methods and rationale for
derivation of a reference dose for methylmercury by the U.S. EPA. Risk
Analysis. 23(1):107-115.

4. Rice, D. 2004. The U.S. EPA reference dose for methylmercury: Sources of
uncertainty. Environmental Research. 95: 406-413

5. Mahaffey, K.R. 2005. Mercury exposure: Medical and public health issues.
Vol. 116. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological
Association. Pp. 127-154.

6. Risk Policy Report. 2005. Researchers Eye Use of the Worker Tests for
Environmental Biomonitoring.

7. Risk Policy Report. 2005. California Biomonotoring Bill Could Face Though
Road in Assembly.

8. Sculte, P.A. 2005. Successes and contributions of biological monitoring
in occupational health. June 2, 2005. [Unpublished]

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

June 22, 2005

Contact

Eileen Abt

202-334-2756
eabt@nas.edu

Location

J. Erik Jonsson Woods Hole Center

314 Quissett Avenue

Woods Hole MA 02543, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Second Meeting of the Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environment

April 28 - 29, 2005

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Thomas Burke, Mark Cullen, George Eadon, Peter Farmer, Gary Ginsberg, Carol J.
Henry, Nina T. Holland, Branden B. Johnson, Dorothy Patton, Gerald van Belle,
Claude Viau, Robin Whyatt and Raymond S.H. Yang.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Potential bias and conflict of interest disclosure discussion
2. Statement of task and plans for the report.
3. Assignments for committee members and staff
4. Schedule and location of future committee meetings

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

1. National Research Council. 1998. Research Priorities for Airborne
Particulate Matter I. Immediate Priorities and a Long-Range Research Portfolio.
Table 5.1.

2. Risk Policy Report. 2005. California Biomonotoring Bill Clears Hurdle, But
Faces Heavy Opposition.

3. NRC. 1983. Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the
Process.

4. Presentation by Nancy Kass, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Johns Hopkins Berman Bioethics Institute. Research Ethics and Human
Biomonitoring Research. April 28, 2005.

5. Presentation by Larry Needham, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Environmental Health. Biomonitoring in NHANES and Other
Programs. April 28, 2005.

6. Presentation by Susan Schober, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Health Statistics. National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES): Environmental Biomonitoring Measures,
Interpretation of results. April 28, 2005.

7. Presentation (via phone) by Paul Schulte, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Application
and design issues in human biomonitoring. April 28, 2005.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

May 09, 2005

Contact

Kemi yai

202-334-3981
kyai@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

First Meeting for the Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environment

March 21 - 22, 2005

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Thomas Burke, George Eadon, Peter Farmer, Gary Ginsberg, Carol J. Henry, Nina
T. Holland, Gunnar Johanson, Branden B. Johnson, Dorothy Patton, Gerald van
Belle, Claude Viau, Robin Whyatt and Raymond S.H. Yang.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Standard NRC discussion of policies, procedures, conflict of interest, and
bias
2. Committee expertise
3. Interpretation of the statement of task, plan of action, and assignments
4. Schedule and location for future committee meetings

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

1. Ritz, B., I. Tager, and J. Balmes. Can lessons from public health disease
surveillance be applied to environmental public health tracking? Environ.
Health Persp. 113(3): 243-249.

2. PowerPoint presentation by John Osterloh, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention,
"Biomonitoring -Attributes and Applications".

3. PowerPoint presentation by Harold Zenick, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency "Perspective on Biomonitoring".

4. PowerPoint presentation by Jim VanDerslice, Washington State Department of
Health, "Impacts of Biomonitoring on Public Health Practice".

5. PowerPoint presentation by Richard A. Becker, American Chemistry Council,
"Trace Chemicals in the Human Body: Interpreting Biomonitoring Data in a Risk
Context".

6. PowerPoint presentation by Edward Thompson, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Biomonitoring, "I wonder if that?s a duck".

7. PowerPoint presentation by Steven H. Robison, Procter & Gamble Company
"Biomonitoring".

8. Written public comment made by Lauren DiSano, Association of Public Health
Laboratories.

9. Written public comment made by Angelina Duggan, CropLife America (CLA).

10. Becker, K., C. Schulz, S. Kaus, M. Seiwart, B. Seifert. 2003. German
environmental survey
1998 (GerES III): environmental pollutants in the urine of the German
population. Int. J. Hyg.
Environ. Health. 206:15-24.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 24, 2005

Contact

Kemi Yai

202-334-3981
kyai@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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