10/13/2015 AGENDA
Meeting of the Advisory Panel to the
Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Program
1:00 – 4:00 pm at The American Lung Association in Minnesota
490 Concordia Avenue, St. Paul, MN
Time
Agenda Items
Presenters
Description/expected outcome
1:00
Welcome & Introductions
Pat McGovern, Chair
Panel members & audience are invited to
introduce themselves.
1:05
Tracking Updates
Chuck Stroebel
Information item: Chuck will provide a brief
update on the tracking program. Other updates
are provided in written form. Panel members
are invited to ask questions and comment on
these updates.
Jessica Nelson
Discussion item:
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1:10
1:25
Grant year planning
underway: 20152016
Communications
Plan Updated
New topic added to
Data Access Portal
Data updates
Be Air Aware web
site launch
MN FEET Sub-study
comparing mercury test
methods
Jessica will review the proposed protocol for a
sub-study of the MN FEET population
comparing mercury levels in matched newborn
blood spots and umbilical cord blood.
Questions for the panel:
Discussion
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1:40
Information item: These updates are provided
in written form. Panel members are invited to
ask questions and comment on these written
updates.
Biomonitoring Updates
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PFC3 Project
MN FEET Project
1:45
PFC Conference Recap:
Recent Epidemiology and
Toxicology
1:55
Refreshments
Do you agree with the protocol as it is
presented?
What suggestions do you have for our
recruitment messaging?
What suggestions do you have for the
proposed analysis plan?
Christina Rosebush and
Helen Goeden
Information item: Christy and Helen will recap
the recent PFC Conference. This presentation is
for information only. Panel members are
invited to ask questions and comment on this
presentation.
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Time
Agenda Items
Presenters
Description/expected outcome
2:10
Update on Joint MDH/MPCA
Air and Health Initiative
Jim Kelly, Manager,
Environmental Health
Division
Information item: Jim will present an update
on the release of the Life and Breath Report,
the Be Air Aware website, and plans for FY16.
Panel members are invited to ask questions
and comment on this update.
2:20
Inequities in air pollution
exposure and risk
Greg Pratt, Minnesota
Pollution Control
Agency
Information Item: Greg will present
information on his 2015 paper on Inequities in
air pollution exposure and risk in Minnesota.
Panel members are invited to ask questions
and discuss this topic after the next
presentation.
2:40
Monitoring air pollution at
the local level.
Kristie Ellickson,
Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency
Discussion item:
Staff from the MPCA will present information
on two projects currently monitoring air
pollution at the local level to better
characterize exposure inequities.
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Roving monitors in the
Twin Cities area
Community PAH
monitoring
3:00
Discussion
3:25
Proposed measures of
traffic for MN Tracking
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3:40
Traffic Density –
map
Proximity to roads
Discussion
Questions for the panel:
• What conclusions can we make about
variation in air pollution levels within ZIP
codes? Are the differences likely to impact
community health?
• What can EHTB do to better describe
exposure disparities for informing public
health policy and action?
Jean Johnson and
Paula Lindgren
Discussion Item:
Jean will describe complimentary work
proposed by MN Tracking. Paula will
demonstrate two proposed population-based
measures of traffic exposure.
Question for the panel:
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3:50
3:55
Public Comments and
Audience Questions
New Business
4:00
Motion to adjourn
What metric is most useful for tracking
population exposure to traffic-related air
pollutants?
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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