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| Title: | Public Health Applications of Human Biomonitoring Meeting |
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| Location: | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Main Campus, Auditorium 109 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 |
| Contact: | Kathleen Deener (deener.kathleen@epa.gov), 202-343-9852 Tina Conley, EPA Logistics (conley.tina@epa.gov), 202-343-9829 Tina Bahadori, ACC(Tina_Bahadori@americanchemistry.com), 703-741-5214 |
| Purpose: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) will co-sponsor a meeting on the public health applications of human biomonitoring. Advances in measurement technology have made widespread application of biomonitoring for health tracking, trends monitoring, and other public health management purposes potentially possible. There are efforts at the Federal and State levels to collect information on human exposure to environmental toxicants and to be able to assess public health outcomes resulting from policy decisions. Because of the widespread interest in collecting biomonitoring information, coupled with the advances in measurement and analytical technologies, the time is ripe for scientists and policy makers to have a conversation about the use of biomonitoring information for public health purposes. The primary purpose of the meeting is to provide a venue to exchange information on the state of the science for using biomonitoring in a public health context, to evaluate the available approaches, and to discuss the issues associated with the public health applications of biomonitoring. The workshop will specifically seek to:
Attendees will include scientists from EPA, other federal agencies, state and international governments, academia, industry, and NGOs. The meeting is open to the public. |
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| Agenda: | View Agenda |
| Other Related Links: | http://www.icca-chem.org/section02c.html |