In response to the Call for Experts to serve as members of an expert group: WHO initiative to evaluate PFAS Issued: 23 January 2024 with Application Deadline: 19 February 2024, the following list of experts is proposed for the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Per- and Poly FluoroAlkyl Substances (PFAS) Assessment. If you have any comments, please contact ipcsmail@who.int no later than 28 June 2024.
| Mr | Abdul F. AFGHAN | Health Canada | Canada |
| Prof | John FAWELL | Cranfield University | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Irina Margareta GYLLENHAMMAR | Swedish Food Agency | Sweden |
| Dr | Kouji H. HARADA | Kyoto University | Japan |
| Dr | Elaine Cohen HUBAL | US Environmental Protection Agency | United States of America |
| Dr | Tina Kold JENSEN | University of Southern Denmark | Denmark |
| Dr | Evangelia NTZANI | University of Ioannina | Greece |
| Dr | Gloria POST | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | United States of America |
| Dr | Berhan M. TEKLU | Ethiopian Agricultural Authority | Ethiopia |
| Dr | Martin VAN DEN BERG | Utrecht University | The Netherlands |
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