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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Why Indoor Chemistry Matters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26228.
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Appendix C

Open Session Agendas

COMMITTEE ON EMERGING SCIENCE ON INDOOR CHEMISTRY
1st Meeting—Virtual

1:00 Purpose of Open Session and Introduction of Committee Members
David Dorman
Chair, Committee on Emerging Science on Indoor Chemistry
Professor, North Carolina State University
1:10 Sponsors’ Perspectives on the Committee Task
Yulia Carroll
Senior Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christopher P. Weis
Toxicology Liaison, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program
Laura Kolb
Director, Center for Scientific Analysis, Indoor Environments Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Environmental Protection Agency
Evan S. Michelson
Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2:00 Discussion—Sponsors and Committee
2:30 Open Microphone—Opportunity for Public Comment
3:00 End of Open Session
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Why Indoor Chemistry Matters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26228.
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EMERGING SCIENCE ON INDOOR CHEMISTRY AND IMPLICATIONS:
AN INFORMATION-GATHERING WORKSHOP
Monday, April 5, 2021
Virtual

I. Introduction and Overview

9:30 Opening Remarks and Goals of the Workshop
David Dorman
Committee Chair

II. Emerging Science on Indoor Air Chemistry
Session Chair: Allen Goldstein

9:40 Overview of Emerging Research and Discoveries
Charles Weschler
Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
10:05 Indoor Chemistry of Building Materials
Tunga Salthammer
Fraunhofer WKI
10:30 Consumer Products in the Home Environment: Considerations for Indoor Air
Kathie Dionisio
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
10:55 Break
11:05 Impact of Air Cleaners and Indoor Chemistry
Richard Corsi
Portland State University
11:30 Research Needs in Indoor Surface Chemistry
Hugo Destaillats
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
11:55 Lunch Break

III. Monitoring and Exposure
Session Chair: Rima Habre

12:45 Emerging Sensor Technologies to Enhance Understanding of Indoor Air Pollutants
Andrea Polidori
SCAQMD
1:10 Future Chemicals of Concern: Semivolatile Compounds in the Indoor Environment
Deborah Bennett
UC Davis
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Why Indoor Chemistry Matters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26228.
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1:35 Modeling Exposure to Chemicals in Indoor Air
John Wambaugh and Kristin Isaacs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2:00 Break

IV. Crosscutting Issues
Session Chair: Jonathan Abbatt

2:10 Indoor Chemistry Has Exposure Consequences That Are (Potentially) Health-Relevant
Bill Nazaroff
UC Berkeley
2:35 Residential Indoor Air Exposure Disparities
Gary Adamkiewicz
Harvard University
3:00 Relationships between the Building and Indoor Chemistry
Jeff Siegel
University of Toronto
3:25 Combined Modeling of Organic Chemical Fate and Human Exposure
Frank Wania
University of Toronto
3:50 Break

V. Data Gaps and Research Needs
Session Chairs: Delphine Farmer and Bill Bahnfleth

4:00 A Panel Discussion to Explore Research Needs and Data Gaps
Panel Members:
  • Bill Nazaroff, UC Berkeley
  • Charles Weschler, Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
  • Deborah Bennett, UC Davis
  • Paul Wennberg, Caltech
Potential Discussion Questions:
  • What are the opportunities for incorporating existing research findings into practice, and what are the barriers?
  • What research topics are most important to advancing our understanding of the composition of indoor air?
  • What are the major gaps in our current understanding of the building factors (e.g., ventilation rate, temperature, relative humidity, and others) that impact indoor chemistry?
  • What research is most needed on indoor exposures and their effects?
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Why Indoor Chemistry Matters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26228.
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  • What research is needed to define indoor air quality (i.e., which components matter in terms of their effects on metrics ranging from safety and comfort to health and productivity)?
  • What methodological or technological barriers are most strongly hindering our understanding of indoor chemistry?
  • What types of coordination across fields or collaboration are most important for advancing our understanding of indoor chemistry and interactions between chemical, particulate, and microbial components of the indoor environment?
  • There is a lot already known about linkages between chemical exposure, air quality, and human health. What do we need to consider in order to place indoor chemistry into that context?
5:00 Adjourn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Why Indoor Chemistry Matters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26228.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Why Indoor Chemistry Matters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26228.
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People spend the vast majority of their time inside their homes and other indoor environments where they are exposed to a wide range of chemicals from building materials, furnishings, occupants, cooking, consumer products, and other sources. Despite research to date, very little is known about how exposures to indoor chemicals across complex chemical phases and pathways affect human health. The COVID-19 pandemic has only increased public awareness of indoor environments and shed light on the many outstanding questions about how best to manage chemicals indoors. This report identifies gaps in current research and understanding of indoor chemistry and new approaches that can be applied to measure, manage, and limit chemical exposures. Why Indoor Chemistry Matters calls for further research about the chemical transformations that can occur indoors, pathways and timing of indoor chemical exposure, and the cumulative and long-term impacts of exposure on human health. Research priorities should consider factors that contribute to measurable environmental health disparities that affect vulnerable populations, such as the age, location, and condition of buildings that can alter exposures to indoor chemicals.

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