Health and the environment miscellaneous (Part 1). Hearings before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, May 6, 1985 and September 20, 1985

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OSTI ID:5591889

Part one of the record covers three days of hearings on reauthorization of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC), health problems of Hispanics, and legislation relating to the Radiation Research Reorganization Act of 1985. Budget cuts and administration efforts to abolish the CSPC have eroded the agency. The five witnesses who addressed the problem of consumer risks represented the CSPC, the Chamber of Commerce, and the legal sector. Testimony on the needs of Hispanics for access to the health care system in terms of how a lack of health services increases the incidence and risk of disease and death came from six witnesses from the medical profession, labor unions, and public health and social service workers. Testimony on the radiation research reorganization brought out controversy over DOE's obligation to evaluate the health effects of its nuclear weapons research programs. The eight witnesses included labor leaders, biomedical research scientists, DOE, and health agencies. Material submitted for the record follows each day's testimony.

• OSTI ID: 5591889
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Serial No. 99-64
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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