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Appendix B: Agenda
Pages 149-156

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... • Describe a public health approach to industrial chemical assessments based on identifying sentinel health events, delineating a cascade of preventive interventions (primary, secondary, and tertiary) , and using public health surveillance to monitor and improve the system.
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... National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures Action Agenda Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, M.P.H. Co-Chair, National Conversation Leadership Council Executive Director Children's Environmental Health Network 9:50 a.m.
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... Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11:05 a.m.
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... Senior Advisor for Public Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 1:35 p.m. Exposure Science in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy (report released in 2012)
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... Deputy Secretary for Science and Health California Environmental Protection Agency 3:55 p.m. Country-Level Innovation: Government of Canada Heather Patterson Assessment Strategies Division Existing Substances Risk Assessment Bureau Safe Environments Directorate Health Canada 4:10 p.m.
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... EPA 8:45 a.m. NIEHS Sustainability and Green Programs Trisha Castranio Sustainability Analyst National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 9:00 a.m.
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... Program Analyst, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Bernard D Goldstein, M.D.
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... (synthesis of Session 5) Roundtable Vice-Chair Dean, School of Public Health and Health Services George Washington University 12:10 p.m.
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  • chemistry council
  • reduction institute
  • panel discussion
  • rutgers school
  • national conversation

  • environmental defense
  • health events
  • environmental economics
  • using public
  • sentinel health

  • chemical substitutions
  • public dialogue
  • california environmental
  • health network
  • environmental assessment

  • health surveillance
  • industrial chemicals
  • chemical alternatives
  • potential health
  • chemical exposures


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