Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Program
October 14, 2014 Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda
1:00 – 4:00 pm at The Lung Association in Minnesota
490 Concordia Avenue, St. Paul, MN
Time
Agenda Items
Presenters
Description/expected outcome
1:00
Welcome &
Introductions
Patricia McGovern,
Chair
Panel members & audience are invited to
introduce themselves.
1:05
Sustaining Minnesota
Biomonitoring:
Workgroup Progress
Report
Jean Johnson
Discussion item: Jean will report on the
Sustaining MN Biomonitoring Workgroup
meetings. Questions to the panel follow
Melissa’s presentation.
1:15
Legislative Process
and the Role of the
Advisory Panel
Melissa Finnegan,
Legislative Policy,
Executive Office
Discussion item: Melissa will present
information on how the legislative process
works and how the panel can become
involved
1:30
Discussion
1:45
PFCs in soil and
produce: Recent
Findings
2:15
Discussion
2:30
Refreshments
Questions to the panel:
• What is the role of the panel in the
legislative process?
• What additional support and
resources do they need?
Deanna Scher,
Exposure Consultation
Staff, Environmental
Health; Carin Huset,
MDH Public Lab; and
Matt Simcik, Associate
Professor, University
of Minnesota
Environmental Health
Sciences
Deanna, along with Carin, and Matt will
present recent findings from analyses of farm
and garden soils and garden produce in the
East Metro for PFCs.
Questions for the panel:
• How should MDH respond to Legislators’
questions about potential exposure to
East Metro farmers? Is it likely to be a
health concern?
• What additional investigation is
recommended?
• Is additional biomonitoring for PFCs
recommended for the East Metro?
1
Time
Agenda Items
Presenters
Description/expected outcome
2:45
Tracking Updates
• CDC Award
• Portal Updates
• Urban Air and
Health Project
• The Economic
Burden of the
Environment on
Childhood Disease
in Minnesota
Matthew Montesano
Information Item: Matthew will demonstrate
the portal updates. Other updates are
provided in written form. Panel members are
invited to ask questions and comment on all
updates.
3:00
Biomonitoring
Updates
• Lab Update
• East Metro PFC3
Biomonitoring
• East Metro Cancer
Report Update
Information Item: Updates are provided in
written form. Panel members are invited to
ask questions and comment on all updates.
3:05
TIDES Analysis blood
Betsy Edlund, MDH
spots, Mercury Results Public Health
Laboratory
Information item: Betsy will review results of
the TIDES study. Mercury results are
presented in written form. Panel members
are invited to ask questions and comment on
this information.
3:20
MN FEET update
Discussion item: Jessica will present an
update on the MN FEET project.
3:30
Discussion
3:50
New Business
3:55
Audience Questions
4:00
Motion to adjourn
Jessica Nelson
Questions for the panel members
• Staff are recommending that we do not
return individual results for newborn
bloodspot mercury levels. Do you agree
with this recommendation?
• Do you have input on our revised study
design?
• Do you agree with possibly limiting the
total number of bloodspots to a subset?
Note to audience: The panel asks that audience members hold comments and questions on discussion
items until the end of the meeting, when the chair will invite questions from the audience. Audience
members are asked to identify themselves when they speak, and to please record their names and
affiliations on the list at the sign-in table. Meetings are recorded on audiotape.
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