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Subject: news release this one will goout today. vveheld. ifyou can review, thanks.
Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Jamie Kritzer; Chris Mackey
Date: Aug. 1,2Ol7 Phone: 919'7O7'O6D2;9l9'855'4O35
Governor Cooper expands state science panel toaddress new nrunregulated chemicals
RALEIGH—Govemo Roy Cooper has expandedustate science panel oodcan help guide state officials onways to
better protect public health and the environment from new or unregulated ohonuoala.
Anew charter for the panel was drawn upand signed bvaeon�uheufor the I�.C. ofHeuUhand Hunuun
Services, orDlBBS,and y�.(�. of orT}80,Fniduy.The panel's new charter
the scope oftheSecretary's Science Advisory Board onToxic Air Pollutants.
'We are taking every necessary step to protect public health and the quality of our water and air byemerging
chemicals of concern such as GenX and hexavalent chromium," said DEQ Secretary Michael Regan. "This panel will
provide the state with much -needed scientific expertise to confront these issues."'
'We will work with experts inepidemiology, toxicology and other disciplines tohelp uoprotect the safety and health of
all North oajdD4HU8S Secretary Mandy Cohen.
The panel's new charter directs itVoassist DE0and I}8HSin achieving okxzn water and land. Among its new duties,
the panel will perform orrecommend reviews and evaluations ofcontaminants released tothe act as
oonouhuoto on DUB0`o determinations no regulate roka000 of contaminants: assist both agencies in identifying
contaminants ofemerging concern and help determine whether the contaminants should hostudied assist the
secretaries inproviding mpedi &xevaluate the human andenvironmental impacts of exposure to
contaminants; and provide input to DHHS as the agency establishes health goals for emerging contaminants.
The new charter expands the board from eight to||voting members. All members areappointed bvthe DROand DH8S
moonetahoa. Members will represent academic institutions, the public and phvui sectors, and independent research
facilities. Members will be made up of scientists, the state epidemiologist or state health director, two toxicologists, a
physician, a local health director with experience in environmental health and epidemiology.
Secretaries for DG0and DHHSplan toappoint nuenuhero, including uobuirouonofthe panel, soon. The board will meet a1
least six times ayear.
Scientific experts with DEQand the NI. Department ofHealth and Human Services will work together with the panel as
it evaluates new health data.
This science panel will conduct business inunopen forum toallow for public input oethey are conokb i the latest
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Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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