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Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Implementation Plan Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Implementation Plan: A Prescription for the Future By The Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia, and Human Health Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Implementation Plan: A Prescription for the Future By The Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia, and Human Health This document should be cited as follows: Sandifer, P., C. Sotka, D. Garrison, and V. Fay. 2007. Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Imple- mentation Plan: A Prescription for the Future. Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia, and Human Health of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology. Washington, DC. Cover photo: Lighthouses on Morris and Sullivan’s Islands, SC. Courtesy of Carolyn Sotka Inset photos from left to right: D. Benetti, P. Schmidt, M. Hollinger, R. Whitman, V.J. Paul, L. Backer, T. Fowler Council on Environmental Quality Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President Dear Members of Congress and partners and friends in the ocean and coastal community: We are pleased to transmit to you this report, Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Implementation Plan: A Prescription for the Future. This document describes the interagency program in Oceans and Human Health (OHH) and outlines areas of research emphasis for the next decade. The Bush Administration’s U. S. Ocean Action Plan committed to “develop a strategic research plan for oceans and human health.” President Bush’s Executive Order 13366 established the cabinet-level Committee on Ocean Policy to oversee the coordination of this effort, culminating in the release of this report. In 2004, the Congress passed the Oceans and Human Health Act, formally establishing the Interagency Program in Oceans and Human Health and the requirement for this report. This Interagency OHH Research Implementation Plan summarizes work underway in OHH programs in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and provides synopses of ongoing related work in six other collaborating federal agencies (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Marine Mammal Commission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and U.S. Geological Survey). It establishes goals and priorities for Federal research that will most effectively advance scientific understanding of the connections between the oceans and human health. The Plan was prepared by the Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia, and Human Health, which was chartered through the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council. This plan complements “Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next Decade: An Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy,” which was recently released by the Joint Subcommittee on Science and Technology, and provides a more detailed outline for implementation of a national OHH research, outreach and education program. As pointed out by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, the ocean can be a source of both health hazards and products to enhance human health and well-being. The activities outlined in this Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Implementation Plan will ensure a vibrant, national research program targeted to minimize human health risks, maximize ocean benefits to humans, and maintain healthy and productive marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Sincerely, James L. Connaughton John H. Marburger,.III Chair, Committee on Ocean Policy Director Chair, Council on Environmental Quality Office of Science and Technology Policy Interagency OHH Research Implementation Plan: A Prescription for the Future JSOST Interagency Working Group: Barbara T. Walton Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Human Health Mark Weltz Alternate: Mike O’Neill Lorraine C. Backer (co-chair) U.S. Department of Agriculture Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff Experts Paul A. Sandifer (co-chair) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Carolyn Sotka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Paula Bontempi Alternate: John A. Hayes Libby Jewett National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Herbert T. Buxton Cary Lopez U.S. Geological Survey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Stacey M. Etheridge Virginia Fay U.S. Food and Drug Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration David Garrison Primary Authors National Science Foundation Paul A. Sandifer (co-chair of OHH sub-committee) Sherwood Hall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Food and Drug Administration Carolyn Sotka Rob Magnien National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Alternate: Quay Dortch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration David Garrison (co-chair of OHH sub-committee) National Science Foundation Tim Ragen Alternate: Mike Simpkins Virginia Fay Marine Mammal Commission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Teri Rowles Other Contributors National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Linwood Pendleton Juli Trtanj University of California, Los Angeles National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration John Leffler Frederick L. Tyson Robert Chapman National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences SC Department of Natural Resources and NOAA Center of Excellence for OHH at Hollings Marine Usha Varanasi Laboratory Alternate: Walton W. Dickhoff National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration i Interagency OHH Research Implementation Plan: A Prescription for the Future Rebecca Gast Roxanne Nikolaus Dennis McGillicuddy Linda Goad John Stegeman Alexander Shor NSF-NIEHS Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Mike Reeve Human Health Cheryl Fossani Elizabeth Blood Penny Dalton Donald Rice University of Washington Alexandra Isern Sea Grant College Program National Science Foundation Elaine Faustman Paul Becker Ginger Armbrust National Institute of Standards and Technology, Ruth Woods Hollings Marine Laboratory NSF-NIEHS Center for OHH at the University of Washington (Pacific Northwest Center for Human Susan Lovelace Health and Ocean Studies) Marybeth Bauer Mike Fulton Phillip Roberts Jill Stewart Georgia Institute of Technology Sonia Joseph Ali Senauer Lora Fleming Tom Hom Chris Sinigalliano Fred Holland Lisa Pitman John Stein Douglas Crawford Tracy Collier Helena Solo-Gabriele Mary Culver NSF-NIEHS Center for Oceans and Human Health David White at the University of Miami (Center for Subtropical National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Tropical Oceans and Human Health Research in the Marine Sciences) Acknowledgements David J. Zorn Ed Laws U.S. Food and Drug Administration LSU and NSF-NIEHS Center for OHH at the University of Hawaii (Pacific Research Center for Peter Wiley Marine Biomedicine) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration David Newman Bob Bidigare National Cancer Institute NSF-NIEHS Center for OHH at the University of Hawaii (Pacific Research Center for Marine Bio- Peter Moeller medicine National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sheridan R. MacAuley National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ellen S. Kappel Geosciences Professional Services, Inc. Karen Swanson Publication design and layout South Carolina Department of Natural Resources ii Interagency OHH Research Implementation Plan: A Prescription for the Future Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1: A Vision for Oceans and Human Health Activities in Service to Society ........................................................... 4 Vision for the Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Program .................................................................... 4 Value of the Ocean and Role in Enhancing Human Health, Well-Being and Quality of Life ........................................ 5 Ocean Health Risks and Associated Economic Impacts ............................................................................................... 6 Brief History of the Interagency Oceans and Human Health Program .........................................................................11 Requirement for an Interagency OHH Research Implementation Plan and Coordination with the National Ocean Research Priorities Plan ........................................................................... 12 Goals for the Interagency OHH Research Implementation Plan .................................................................................13 Expected Benefits to the Nation from OHH Research ...................................................................................................13 Chapter 2: Existing Agency OHH Programs and Related Activities ................................................................................ 15 Named OHH Programs (NSF, NIEHS and NOAA) ..................................................................................................... 15 NSF and NIEHS .................................................................................................................................................... 15 NOAA’s Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI) ..........................................................................................21
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