CONTENTS

Hearing held in Oakland, CA, September 6, 1990..

Statement of:

Bearer, Cynthia F., M.D., Ph.D., director, Division of Pediatric Environ-

mental Health at Children's Hospital in Oakland Research Institute,

Oakland, CA ............

Boxer, Hon. Barbara, a Representative in Congress from the State of

California ........

Cuellar, Ciro, member of Earlimart Cancer Task Force, Earlimart, CA

Goldman, Lynn, M.D., M.P.H., chief of the environmental epidemiology

and toxicology branch of the California Department of Health Services,

Emeryville, CA...........

Hill, Thomas, director, Tri-County (Migrant) Head Start of Fresno, Mon-

terey, and San Bonito Counties, Fresno, CA.

Hughes, Dana, M.P.H., M.S., consultant, Children Now, Oakland, CA.........

Israel, Kathleen, parent and co-chairperson, Concerned Residents of

Marin County (CRMC), San Rafael, CA........

Jackson, Richard J., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., chief of the hazard identifi-

cation and risk assessment branch of the California Department of

Health Services, chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics,

Committee on Environmental Health, Sacramento, CA....

Jukes, Thomas, Ph.D., Department of Biophysics, University of Califor-

nia, Berkeley, CA..........

Mott, Lawrie, M.S., senior scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council,

San Francisco, CA

Ramirez, Gonzolo, farmworkers, Earlimart, CA, accompanied by Ciro

Cuellar, member of Earlimart Cancer Task Force, Earlimart, CA

Sandoval, Salvador, M.D., family practitioner at the Childs Avenue

Health Center; coordinator of the lower western stream for the Mi-

grant Clinicians' Network, Merced, CA.

Stark, Hon. Pete, a Representative in Congress from the State of Califor-

nia.................

Steyer, James J.D., president of Children Now, Oakland, CA..............

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera:

Ames, Bruce N., director, N.I.E.H.S., Environmental Health Sciences

Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA, prepared statement of....

Bearer, Cynthia F., M.D., Ph.D., director, Division of Pediatric Environ-

mental Health at Children's Hospital in Oakland Research Institute,

Oakland, CA, prepared statement of.

Cuellar, Ciro, member of Earlimart Cancer Task Force, Earlimart, CA,

prepared statement of ........

Goldman, Lynn R., M.D., M.P.H., chief of the environmental epidemiolo-

gy and toxicology branch of the California Department of Health Serv-

ices, Emeryville, CA, prepared statement of.............

Hardy, Gwen, member, People United for a Better Oakland, Oakland,

CA, prepared statement of...

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Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera-Continued
Hill, Thomas R., executive director, Tri-County Migrant Head Start,
Fresno, CA, prepared statement of

Hughes, Dana, M.P.H., M.S., policy consultant, Children Now, and James
Steyer, J.D., president, Children Now:

Prepared statement of.................

"What's Gotten Into Our Children", article entitled..

Israel, Kathleen, a parent and co-chairperson, Concerned Residents of
Marin County (CRMC), San Rafael, CA, prepared statement of...............
Jukes, Thomas H., Ph.D., Department of Biophysics, University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley, CA:

Letter to Congressman George Miller, dated Sept. 9, 1990................
Prepared statement of........

Supplemental statement of..............

"The Alar Scare, 1989" article entitled

Jackson, Richard J., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., chief of the hazard identification and risk assessment branch of the California Department of Health Services, chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Environmental Health, Sacramento, CA, prepared statement of...........

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Keating, Barbara, Edh., president, Consumer Alert, Modesto, CA, com-
ments of......
Miller, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of
California, and chairman, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and
Families:

"Environmental Toxins and Children: Exploring the Risks" (a fact
sheet).........

Opening statement of...........

Mott, Lawrie, M.S., senior scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council,
Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA, prepared statement of...............
Ramirez, Ramona, Earlimart, CA, prepared statement of..............
Sandoval, Salvador, M.D., general practitioner at the Childs Avenue
Health Center; coordinator of the lower western stream for the Mi-
grant Clinicians' Network, Merced CA.............

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Stark, Hon. Fortney H. (Pete), a Representative in Congress from the
State of California, prepared statement of

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