Hair Analysis Panel Discussion: Section 1.3
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1.3 Charge to the Panelists
ATSDR prepared a list of specific questions for the panel (referred to as the "charge"). Questions included a wide variety of topics designed to prompt discussions at the meeting. The main topics in the charge include:
- Analytical methodologies
- Factors influencing the interpretation of analytical results
- Toxicologic considerations
- Data gaps and research needs
- Identifying scenarios for which hair analysis may be appropriate
- A copy of the charge to the panelists is included in this report as Appendix B.
Prior to the June 12 and 13, 2001, meeting, panelists were requested
to review the charge and prepare initial responses to the charge
questions (in the form of pre-meeting comments). To support their
effort, panelists received six papers from the published literature
and a bibliography of additional literature pertaining to hair analysis1.
The purpose of this pre-meeting exercise was to stimulate panelists'
thoughts in relation to the charge questions and to serve as a stepping-off
point for the 1½ days of panel discussions.
Appendix C contains the panelists'
pre-meeting comments.
Panelists provided additional relevant references with their pre-meeting
comments and during panel discussions. An expanded bibliography
of hair analysis literature is provided in
Appendix D.
1The papers provided to the panelists for their consideration
included: Hopps 1977; Miekeley et al. 1998; Sky-Peck 1990; Seidel
et al. 2001; Steindel and Howanitz 2001 (editorial); Yoshinaga et
al. 1990; Wennig 2000.
