Veronica Whitman, MPH

Development of Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL) Database, United States — Contributed to the development of a comprehensive chemical OEL database for common industrial chemicals along with detailed memoranda outlining the scientific basis and rationale behind selected exposure limits. This resource supports the identification of the most representative limit for each chemical, providing critical guidance for safety and industrial hygiene personnel.

Lead and Brass Regulatory Support, United States — Researched U.S. federal and state regulations and major European actions related to lead and brass rod. Identified key stakeholders, industry initiatives, and research bodies influencing policy and developed a comprehensive regulatory database for a not-for-profit trade association.

PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Regulatory Tracking, United States — Review and compile state fish consumption advisories for PFAS compounds and ensure Integral’s interactive PFAS fish tissue map reflects current fish consumption advisories.

PFAS in Products Regulatory Tracking, United States — Compile relevant adopted and proposed regulations related to bans, disclosure, and reporting surrounding PFAS in products. Tracking used to support various projects and tasks and updated as needed to account for changing regulatory landscape.

Risk Assessment for Extended Floodplain, New York — Provide support to the human health risk assessment for PCB exposure in an extended floodplain area by contributing to tasks required for a screening level assessment and pathway analysis report. Evaluated and screened more than 2,500 individual properties in the study area based on maximum PCB concentration. Used property information (e.g., land ownership, property class) and aerial imagery to determine land use (residential, commercial, recreational, industrial, agricultural, etc.) of individual parcels.

Human Health Risk Assessment Quality Assurance, United States — Conduct quality assurance evaluation of screening level derivations and risk calculations for various pathways, routes, and receptors to support HHRA projects.

Determination of Health-Based Exposure Limits, United States — Derive health-based exposure limits, including permissible daily exposure limits, acceptable daily intake values, and occupational exposure bands for active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, and impurities.

Impurity Genotoxic Assessments, United States — Assessed genotoxic potential of pharmaceutical impurities by reviewing and synthesizing available empirical data, leveraging read-across approaches, and performing QSAR evaluations in accordance with ICH M7 (R2) guidance.

Pesticide Chemical Evaluation and Profile, United States — Develop chemical profiles that incorporate toxicological and environmental fate analyses for active ingredients of concern intended for pesticide use on wildlife resources.

Personal Care Product Safety Evaluation, United States — Generated toxicity profiles for 10+ ingredients in a personal care product by compiling and summarizing available studies on acute toxicity, repeated-dose toxicity, reproductive toxicity, and sensitization/irritation to be used in a product safety evaluation.

Ecotoxicity Screening Value Determination, New Jersey — Assessed the effectiveness of multiple QSAR and read-across methods for novel PFAS compounds to determine their potential aquatic toxicity in the absence of empirical data.

PFAS Epidemiology, United States — Performed in-depth reviews and synthesized epidemiological research examining potential links between PFAS and a range of human health outcomes, including cancer, immune system effects, liver dysfunction, and thyroid disorders, in support of an expert report.

Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site, Rhode Island — Refined environmental data to create data visualizations that characterized constituents of concern in sediment and surface water. Visualizations were used to provide insights into data patterns and address questions from previous analyses.

Spatial Analysis and Visualization of Social Vulnerability and Flood Risk Data, Louisiana — Conducted cluster analysis using spatial data analysis software GeoDa by integrating social vulnerability data from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and flood risk data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assess spatial patterns. Utilized QGIS and R to create visually impactful maps that effectively showed the spatial distribution of the integrated data.

Internalizing Symptoms and Diet Quality in Children, New York City — Utilized statistical analysis software SAS to analyze data from the New York City LEGACY Girls study, exploring the relationship between internalizing symptoms and diet quality. Developed a robust diet quality index by leveraging dietary intake data and literature on reliable diet indices.

Exposure to PAHs during Windows of Susceptibility for Breast Cancer and Oxidative Stress in Daughters and Their Mothers, New York City — Analyzed epidemiologic and biomarker data from a cohort study to better understand the impact of environmental exposures on intermediary markers of breast cancer. Explored the relationship between exposure to PAHs and pyrene and oxidative stress levels, measured at various points across the life course, in girls and their mothers.