Oct 31, 2024

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U.S. EPA Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting | Oct. 31

Meeting Objectives:

• Provide updates on the EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection’s programmatic activities • Present an overview of the EPA’s Cumulative Impacts activities and discuss CHPAC input on targeted children’s health considerations • Discuss the Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, learn about the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution’s development of an international plastics treaty and present the CHPAC plastics charge • Delve into the recent EPA regulations pertaining to lead: o Final Rule on Lead and Copper Rule Improvements o Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels • Report out on the CHPAC recommendations on lead information resources for low- and middle-income countries, per the joint EPA/UNICEF charge • Discuss plans and opportunities for future EPA analyses and products on climate change and maternal health

Agenda (in Eastern Time):

10am — Welcome

10:10 — Session 3: Lead

  • Final Lead and Copper Rule Improvement
  • Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels Reconsideration Rulemaking
  • Discussion

12pm — Lunch

1:15pm — UNICEF Lead Toolkits Charge Letter

2pm — Initial Plans for Work on Climate Change and Maternal Health (Discussion)

3pm — Closing Remarks

3:20pm — Day 2 Wrap-Up

*The opinions expressed by the hosts and guests in this show are not necessarily the views of Children’s Health Defense.

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