Join us for the monthly Cumulative Risk Webinar series presenting the latest research findings in cumulative risk assessment and impacts.
EPA’s Risk Assessment Forum Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Technical Panel along with EPA National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) is currently developing guidelines on CRA to advance the science further and introduce additional strategies for examining combinations of chemical, physical and biological stressors while factoring in population vulnerabilities.
This webinar will be on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 from 3:00PM – 4:00PM EST
To register go to: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/events/#nov-cra
3:00 – 3:30 PM: Assessing the Health Impact of Multiple Environmental Chemicals
Speaker: Dr. Krista Christensen
National Center for Environmental Assessment
What you will learn:
– What is cumulative risk assessment (CRA), and what are some
methodological challenges when attempting to examine the effect of many
environmental chemicals in relation to a health outcome
– Overview of a new statistical approach to examine the effect of many
environmental chemicals in relation to a health outcome
– Example of implementing this new approach, using publicly available
data
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Questions and Answers
BIOSKETCH
Krista joined the National Center for Environmental Assessment (Washington
division) in August of 2010, after completing her MPH and PhD in epidemiology at Emory University, and post-doc at the Universite de Montreal. Her research background is in environmental chemical exposure and impact on child health and pubertal development. As an epidemiologist in the Quantitative Risk Methods Group of NCEA, Krista works on the IRIS chemical assessments for Libby amphibole asbestos, phthalates, PCBs and beryllium. She also works on methods development for risk assessment.
For more information on the presentation see:
Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Lead, and Mercury Are Associated with Liver Disease in American Adults: NHANES 2003-2004 http://www.epa.gov/ncer/events/webinars/cra/cave-resources-ehp.pdf (PDF)
8 pp, 302 K
A Methodological Approach to Assessing the Health Impact of Environmental Chemical Mixtures: PCBs and Hypertension in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey http://www.epa.gov/ncer/events/webinars/cra/christensen-resources-IJERPH.pdf
(PDF) (18 pp, 442 K)
Biomonitoring of Industrial Pollutants: Health and Policy Implications of the Chemical Body Burden http://www.epa.gov/ncer/events/webinars/cra/thornton-resources-phr.pdf
(PDF) (9 pp, 86 K)
Cave M., S. Appana, M. Patel, K. C. Falkner, C. J. McClain, and G. Brock.
2010. “Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Lead, and Mercury Are Associated With Liver Disease in American Adults: NHANES 2003-2004.” Environ Health Perspect 118
(12): 1735-42.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2009. Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at: Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/fourthreport.pdf(PDF),
with updated tables at: Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Updated Tables, February 2012 http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/FourthReport_UpdatedTables_Feb2012.pdf
(PDF)
Christensen K. L. Y., and P. White. 2011. “A Methodological Approach to Assessing the Health Impact of Environmental Chemical Mixtures: PCBs and Hypertension in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 8 (11): 4220-37.
Gennings C., R. Sabo, and E. Carney. 2010. “Identifying Subsets of Complex Mixtures Most Associated With Complex Diseases: Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Endometriosis as a Case Study.” Epidemiology 21: S77-S84.
Thornton J. W., M. McCally, and J. Houlihan. 2002. “Biomonitoring of Industrial Pollutants: Health and Policy Implications of the Chemical Body Burden.” Public Health Rep 117 (4): 31523.
For more information on the webinar see:
http://www.epa.gov/ncer/events/#nov-cra
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