Identifying and reducing environmental health risks of chemicals in our society : workshop summary

179 Pages·2014·3.469 MB·English

by  Pool, Robert, Rusch, Erin

Identtifyingg andd Reduucing
Environnmental Heealth Risks
off Chemmicalss in OOur Soociety
WOORKSHOP SSUMMARY

Robbert Pool and Erin Rusch, Rapporteurs

Rounddtable on Envvironmental HHealth Sciencees, Researchh, and Medicinne

Board on Population Heealth and Pubblic Health Prractice
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001
NOTICE: The workshop that is the subject of this workshop summary was
approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose
members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the
National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of
Sciences and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(HHSN26300033), The Kresge Foundation, Colgate-Palmolive Company,
ExxonMobil Foundation, and Royal Dutch Shell. The views presented in this
publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies
that provided support for the activity.
This summary is based on the proceedings of a workshop that was sponsored by
the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. It is
prepared in the form of a workshop summary by and in the name of the
rapporteurs as an individually authored document.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKSHOP ON
IDENTIFYING AND REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH RISKS OF CHEMICALS IN OUR SOCIETY1
DENNIS J. DEVLIN, ExxonMobil Corporation, Irving, TX
LYNN R. GOLDMAN, George Washington University, Washington,
DC
WILLIAM E. HALPERIN, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School,
Newark, NJ
AL MCGARTLAND, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC
SUSAN L. SANTOS, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ
KIMBERLY THIGPEN TART, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
PATRICIA VERDUIN, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, NJ
HAROLD ZENICK, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research
Triangle Park, NC

1 Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing
the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for
the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the
institution.
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ROUNDTABLE ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES, RESEARCH, AND MEDICINE1
FRANK LOY (Chair), Washington, DC
LYNN R. GOLDMAN (Vice-Chair), George Washington University,
Washington, DC
HENRY A. ANDERSON, Wisconsin Division of Public Health,
Madison
JOHN M. BALBUS, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD
JAMES K. BARTRAM, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
FAIYAZ BHOJANI, Royal Dutch Shell, The Hague, Netherlands
LINDA S. BIRNBAUM, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
LUZ CLAUDIO, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
DENNIS J. DEVLIN, ExxonMobil Corporation, Irving, TX
RICHARD A. FENSKE, University of Washington, Seattle
DAVID D. FUKUZAWA, The Kresge Foundation, Troy, MI
LUIZ A. GALVÃO, Pan American Health Organization,
Washington, DC
BERNARD D. GOLDSTEIN, University of Pittsburgh, PA
RICHARD J. JACKSON, University of California, Los Angeles
SUZETTE M. KIMBALL, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
JAY LEMERY, University of Colorado, Denver
ANDREW MAGUIRE, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC
LINDA A. MCCAULEY, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
AL MCGARTLAND, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC
DAVID M. MICHAELS, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Washington, DC
CANICE NOLAN, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
CHRISTOPHER J. PORTIER, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA

1 Institute of Medicine forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve
individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary
rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
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PAUL SANDIFER, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Charleston, SC
SUSAN L. SANTOS, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ
JOHN D. SPENGLER, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
G. DAVID TILMAN, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
PATRICIA VERDUIN, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, NJ
NSEDU OBOT WITHERSPOON, Children’s Environmental Health
Network, Washington, DC
HAROLD ZENICK, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research
Triangle Park, NC

IOM Staff
KATHLEEN STRATTON, Study Director (from September 2013)
ERIN RUSCH, Associate Program Officer
HOPE HARE, Administrative Assistant
ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Director, Board on Population Health and
Public Health Practice
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Reviewers
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by
individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise,
in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research
Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent
review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the
institution in making its published workshop summary as sound as
possible and to ensure that the workshop summary meets institutional
standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study
charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential
to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following
individuals for their review of this workshop summary:

Johanna T. Dwyer, Tufts Medical Center
Jay Lemery, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Patricia Verduin, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Lauren Zeise, California Environmental Protection Agency

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many
constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of
the workshop summary before its release. The review of this workshop
summary was overseen by Mark R. Cullen, Stanford University.
Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making
certain that an independent examination of this workshop summary was
carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review
comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content
of this workshop summary rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the
institution.
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