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Meeting 3: Environmental Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

When:
Friday, February 15, 2008 - Saturday, February 16, 2008 (8:00 PM)

Topic(s):
Environmental Health
Activity:
Environmental Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Board(s):
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
The National Academies
Institute of Medicine
Committee on Environmental Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Meeting Three

Meeting Location:
The National Academies Keck Center
Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
 
AGENDA 

9:00 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
A Brief History of Uncertainty Analysis and Decision-Making at the EPA
Granger Morgan, PhD.
Carnegie Mellon University 

9:40 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Uncertainty and Decision-Making at the FDA
Robert Buchanan, PhD.
Director, Office of Science
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Uncertainty and Decision-Making: Challenges at the EPA
Marianne Horinko
The Horinko Group
Formerly, AA for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA

Lynn Goldman, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Former, AA for Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA

Dan Greenbaum
Health Effects Institute

12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
Discussion

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Break for Lunch 

1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Community Involvement in EPA Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

Peggy Shepard
Executive Director, West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.

Nicky Sheats, PhD., J.D.
Director, John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy
Thomas Edison State College

Julia Brody, PhD.
Executive Director, Silent Spring Institute
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Discussion with panelists

4:30 p.m. Adjourn
 


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