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A University of California expert panel will meet on Wednesday, July 25, at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis to hear public testimony regarding the potential of chromium-6 to cause cancer when ingested. The recommendations of the panel will assist the California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) in the development of a Public Health Goal for chromium-6 in drinking water. The panel's recommendations will also help OEHHA and the Department of Health Services assess the health risks associated with the presence of chromium-6 in drinking water in California's San Fernando Valley. The panel was created in March by Cal/EPA to review the scientific issues. It is expected to hold this public meeting and issue a report this summer. The panel is chaired by аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis professor of pulmonary medicine Jerold Last, Ph.D., who is director of the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Toxic Substances Teaching and Research Program (TSRTP). The panel will receive testimony on these subjects as they relate to chromium-6 toxicity by the oral route of exposure: toxicology, rat and/or mouse pathology, animal cancer bioassays, epidemiology, human physiology and/or biological chemistry, pharmacokinetics and risk assessment methodology. The meeting will be convened on July 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Walter A. Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center on the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis campus. For program details, directions and parking information, see http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/ddwem/chemicals/Chromium6/Cr+6panelmeeting.htm. To park free for an unlimited time in any legal parking space on campus, media should put a business card on their dashboard.