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TLV ® and BEI ® Committees: The Decision Making Process Presented at AIHce May 13, 2003, Dallas, TX Bill Wells PhD, CI

TLV ® and BEI ® Committees: The Decision Making Process Presented at AIHce May 13, 2003, Dallas, TX Bill Wells PhD, CIH, CSP, Moderator Dennis Casserly, PhD, CIH & Marilyn Hallock, CIH Monitors. Forum Overview. Pat Breysse: Introduction Lisa Brosseau: TLV ® -CS Committee

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TLV ® and BEI ® Committees: The Decision Making Process Presented at AIHce May 13, 2003, Dallas, TX Bill Wells PhD, CI

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  1. TLV® and BEI® Committees: The Decision Making Process Presented at AIHce May 13, 2003, Dallas, TX Bill Wells PhD, CIH, CSP, Moderator Dennis Casserly, PhD, CIH & Marilyn Hallock, CIH Monitors

  2. Forum Overview • Pat Breysse: Introduction • Lisa Brosseau: TLV®-CS Committee • Larry Lowry: BEI® Committee • Tom Bernard: TLV®-PA Committee • Ken Martinez: Bioaerosols Committee

  3. ACGIH,® the TLVs® and BEIs® Patrick N. Breysse, PhD, CIH Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Chair, ACGIH®

  4. What Is ACGIH®? • Membership Society(founded in 1938) • Not-for-profit, Non-governmental Association(501(c)(6) organization) • Multi-Disciplinary Membership • Traditionally Neutral on Public Positions

  5. MembershipApril 2003 Government & Academia Private Industry & Others

  6. Membership by Profession, 2003

  7. Technical Committees Committees provide the creativity, initiative, and technical expertise that has made ACGIH® what it is today and what it will be tomorrow. .

  8. Core Mission

  9. ACGIH® Statement of Position ACGIH® is not a standards setting body. TLVs® and BEIs®– • Are an expression of scientific opinion. • Are not consensus standards. • Are based solely on health factors; it may not be economically or technically feasible to meet established TLVs® or BEIs®.

  10. ACGIH®Statement of Position TLVs® and BEIs®– • Should NOT be adopted as standards without an analysis of other factors necessary to make appropriate risk management decisions. • Can provide valuable input into the risk characterization process. The full written Documentation for the numerical TLV® or BEI® should be reviewed.

  11. Conflict of Interest • Basis for Conflicts of Interest: • Employment • Financial benefit • Personal • Professional • Avoid perceived as well as real conflict of interest

  12. Conflict of Interest • Committee members serve as individuals • they do not represent organizations and/or interest groups • Members are selected based on expertise, soundness of judgement, and ability to contribute

  13. COI Process at ACGIH®

  14. Today’s Roundtable • Chemical Substances - TLV • Biological Exposure Indices (BEI) • Physical Agents – TLV • Bioaerosols Committee

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