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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Public Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12911.
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Appendix C
Public Agendas

Committee for Review of the DOD’s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report


First Meeting: Thursday, July 9, 2009

Room 208, Keck Center of the National Academies

500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC


Public Agenda

1:45 p.m.

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Mark Utell, Chair

NRC Committee for Review of the Army’s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Project Report

2:00 p.m.

Overview of Force Health Protection Issues Related to Particulate Matter

Dr. Coleen Baird, Program Manager, Environmental Medicine

U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

2:30 p.m.

Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance (EPMS)

Mr. James Sheehy, Project Environmental Engineer, CENTCOM Project Officer

Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program

U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Public Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12911.
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3:30 p.m.

Overview of Health Outcome Studies Using EPMS Data

Dr. Joseph Abraham, Epidemiologist, Environmental Medicine Program

U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

4:30 p.m.

Overview of Respiratory Function Assessment to Date in Deployed Units

LTC Ronald Ross, M.D., Environmental Medicine Program

U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

5:00 p.m.

Overview of Inhalational Toxicology Studies Using EPMS Particulate Matter

LCDR Michael G. Stockelman, Scientific Director, Naval Health Research

Center Environmental Health Effects Laboratory Wright Patterson Air Force Base

5:30 p.m.

Public Comments

5:45 p.m.

Adjourn Public Session

Second Meeting: Thursday, September 24, 2009

Room 110, Keck Center of the National Academies

500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC


Public Agenda

1:00 p.m.

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Mark Utell, Chair, NRC Committee for Review of the Army’s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Project Report

1:05 p.m.

Overview of Sampling Design and Methodology for the Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program

Dr. Alan Gertler – Research Professor, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute

1:40 p.m.

Panel Discussion with Committee Members: Experiences with conducting exposure assessment and health surveillance in military personnel in the Middle East

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Public Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12911.
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Dr. Alan Peterson – Professor, Deputy Chair for Military Collaboration; Director, STRONG STAR Multidisciplinary PTSD Research Consortium; Deputy Chair for Military Collaboration - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

 

LTC William Darby – Combat Developer, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School

2:30 p.m.

Public comments

2:40 p.m.

Adjourn Public Session

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Public Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12911.
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Soldiers deployed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War were exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and other airborne pollutants. Their exposures were largely the result of daily windblown dust, dust storms, and smoke from oil fires. On returning from deployment, many veterans complained of persistent respiratory symptoms. With the renewed activity in the Middle East over the last few years, deployed military personnel are again exposed to dust storms and daily windblown dust in addition to other types of PM, such as diesel exhaust and particles from open-pit burning. On the basis of the high concentrations observed and concerns about the potential health effects, DOD designed and implemented a study to characterize and quantify the PM in the ambient environment at 15 sites in the Middle East. The endeavor is known as the DOD Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program (EPMSP).

The U.S. Army asked the National Research Council to review the EPMSP report. In response, the present evaluation considers the potential acute and chronic health implications on the basis of information presented in the report. It also considers epidemiologic and health-surveillance data collected by the USACHPPM, to assess potential health implications for deployed personnel, and recommends methods for reducing or characterizing health risks.

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