6/9/2015 Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda
Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Program
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
Lisa Yost, Chair for
Pat McGovern
Panel members & audience are invited to introduce
themselves.
1:05
2015 Legislative Report
Paul Allwood,
Assistant
Commissioner,
MDH
Information Item
Christina
Rosebush
Discussion item:
1:15
1:30
East Metro PFC3
Biomonitoring Project
Results Analysis
Paul will update the panel on the 2015 legislative
session and funding for the Environmental Risks
Initiative. Panel members are invited to ask questions
and comment.
Christina will present the preliminary results from the
PFC3 Project.
Questions for the panel:
Discussion
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1:45
1:50
2:05
Information Item:
Biomonitoring Updates
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Biomonitoring updates are provided in written form.
Panel members are invited to ask questions and
comment on all updates.
MN FEET
East Metro Cancer
Report
State Air and Health
Initiative
Discussion
Jeannette Sample
and
Chuck Stroebel
Discussion item:
Jeannette will present highlights from a new report
that measures the impact of air pollution on health in
the Twin Cities area. Chuck will preview the “Be Air
Aware” website for the public.
Questions for the panel:
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2:25
Refreshments
Are there panel recommendations for additional
analyses before presenting these results to the
public?
What key messages are most important for
informing the community about these findings?
Is presenting the percent change in Geometric
Mean over time or mean change in individual PFC
level over time best for communicating with the
public?
Is the inclusion of Washington County residents in
the NHANES subsample concerning? Should MN
Biomonitoring pursue additional information on
the Washington County subsample from NHANES?
What key findings from the report are most
important for public communications?
How might the results be used?
What next steps would you recommend?
Time
Agenda Items
Presenters
Description/expected outcome
2:40
Tracking Updates and
Program Evaluation
Matthew
Montesano
Information item:
Jean Johnson,
Blair Sevcik and
Frank Kohlasch,
Section Manager,
Environmental
Analysis &
Outcomes,
MPCA
Discussion item:
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2:55
3:20
Portal Updates
Strategic
Planning
Upcoming Grant
Year Workplan
Mercury Impact
Analysis for Informing
Reduction Initiatives
Discussion
Matthew will demonstrate the new data visualizer tool
and describe the MN Tracking program evaluation.
Other updates are provided in written form. Panel
members are invited to ask questions and comment
on all updates.
Jean will introduce, and Blair will describe the
methods used in a recent MN Tracking analysis of the
health and economic burden of mercury in newborns.
Frank will describe the Statewide Mercury Reduction
Initiative.
Questions for the panel:
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3:50
Public Comments and
Audience Questions
3:55
New Business
4:00
Motion to adjourn
How can MDH-EHTB continue to support and
inform the MPCA’s mercury reduction
initiatives?
Given the limitations, how well does the
economic burden analysis serve its intended
purpose?
What additional information would be most
helpful going forward?
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.