TABLE 1.--Identified health research interfaces between Water Quality Office and other Federal agencies Interfacing agency Department of State__. Examples of health research interface International meetings, research studies. Department of Transportation------ Monitor water quality on interstate car National Center for Health Studies of water quality and mortality. Center for Disease Control Investigation of waterborne disease out breaks. Food and Drug Administration--- Trace metals, pesticides, and synthetic organic chemicals in food. TABLE 2.--Identified health research and monitoring interfaces between Air Pollution Control Office of EPA and other Federal agencies Federal Trade Commission___ Interfacing agency Department of Defense.. Examples of health research interface Depositions regarding truth in advertising. Rocket fuel emissions. National Academy of Sciences Na- Biological evaluation of air pollution tional Research Council. Department of Justice---- Department of Treasury-Department of State---- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Social Security Administration___ Public Health Service: Bureau of Occupational Health and Safety. Bureau of Community and Environmental Management. (BEAP) committees for asbestos, lead, polycyclic organic material, and other pollutants. Pollutant control options, queries regarding health damages. Pollutant control options. International studies and pollutant control options. Studies linking death certificates to employment and medicare records. Inhalation toxicity of asbestos, beryllium, cadmium, and other toxic materials. Relationship of lead inhaled from or transported by ambient air to elevated blood levels and lead poisoning in children. TABLE 2.—Identified health research and monitoring interfaces between Air Pollution Control Office of EPA and other Federal agencies-Continued Interfacing agency Department of HEW-Continued NCI NDI NIAID NCHHD Examples of health research interface Studies involving inhalation toxicology, ef- Studies of trace elements in teeth. Studies of the effect of environmental pol- Division of Research Grants Health research grant review and process(NIH). Health Services and Mental Health Administration: National Clearinghouse Smoking and Health. ing. for Health effects of tobacco smoking, interaction of tobacco smoking and air pollutants in health effects studies, indoor air quality and smoking. National Institute of Mental Community attitudes towards odors, socioHealth (NIMH). logic impact of environmental pollution. National Center for Health Sta- Toxic material residues in human tissues, tistics (NCHS). Center for Disease Control Community Health Service National Center for Health Services Research and Development. standard metropolitan mortality publication, mortality studies especially daily mortality models. Acute respiratory disease surveillance, studies of environmental pollution and immunologic response modification. Survey of state and territorial health officers regarding attitudes towards environmental pollution and pollution control programs. Linking epidemiologic studies to demonstration health care systems. Food and Drug Administration - Trace element and synthetic organic resi dues in food. TABLE 3.-Identified health interfaces between Radiation Office and other Interfacing agency Department of State___. Department of Defense... Federal agencies Examples of health research interface International meetings and studies. Department of Transportation_____ Hazards involved in transportation of ra Veterans' Administration____. Federal Power Commission____. dioactive materials. Epidemiologic studies of selected veteran cohorts. Radionuclides emitted by fission power system. TABLE 3.—Identified health interfaces between Radiation Office and other Federal agencies-Continued Bureau of Occupational Safety and National Institutes of Health: Health effects of radiation. Mortality studies using death certificates and social security records. Health effects studies of ionizing and nonionizing radiation. Radiation hazards to industrial works. Role and mechanism of ionizing radiatiton in carcinogenesis, teratogenesis, and mutagenesis along with interactions with other agents producing these effects. TABLE 4.-Identified health research interfaces between Pesticides Office and Interfacing agency Department of State--- Department of Defense-- other Federal agencies Department of Transportation--- Department of Agriculture_________ National Academy of Sciences National Research Council. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Public Health Service: Bureau of Occupational Safety National Institutes of Health: NCI NHLI Examples of health research interface International meetings, studies, investigation of acute poisoning "accidents." Effects of chemical warfare agents and defoliants. Health hazards of pesticide transportation. Investigation of accidents involving aerial applicatiton of pesticides. Pesticide export. Pesticide residues in hy- Pesticide safety, acute and chromic toxicity Clinical and subclinical effects of occupational exposure to pesticides. Metabolic effects, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, and mutagenicity of pesticides and trace metals. Carcinogenicity of pesticides. Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides and lipoproteins. Interaction of smoking and pesticides. National Eye Institute------ Organophosphate pesticides and cataracto NCHHD National Library of Medicine Division of Research Grants Center for Disease Control___ Food and Drug Administration___ genesis. Effect of pesticides on the foetus and pre- Information retrieval. Pesticide residues in food. Acute pesticide TABLE 5.-Identified health research interfaces between Solid Waste Office and other Federal agencies TABLE 6.—Identified health research interfaces between the proposed Office of Noise Abatement and Control and other Federal agencies Appendix A AGENDA FOR MEETING BETWEEN ORM-EPA AND BUREAU OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (BOSH) I. Mission Interfaces A. Environmental monitoring B. Effects of environmental pollutants 1. Toxicologic studies 2. Epidemiology studies 3. Ecology studies C. Environmental criteria and standards III. Coordinated Program Planning IV. Specific Examples of Areas of Mutual Interest A. Occupational, para-occupational and general population exposures to asbestos, beryllium, cadmium, other trace elements, minerals and synthetic organic compounds B. Development of occupational, emission source and environmental standards C. Listing of toxic substances, including toxic concentration D. Linking epidemiology studies of occupational and non-occupational groups E. Noise V. Structuring the interface Appendix B AGENDA FOR MEETING BETWEEN ORM-EPA AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (NIEHS) I. Mission Interfaces A. Environmental monitoring B. Effects of environmental pollutants 1. Toxicology studies 2. Epidemiology studies 3. Ecology studies II. Information Exchange III. Coordinated Program Planning IV. Specific Examples of Areas of Mutual Interest A. Identifying carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens in the environment B. Mechanisms of action of environmental pollutants C. Toxicology of pesticides, trace metals and synthetic organics D. Interactions of environmental pollutants E. Inhalation studies of environmental pollutants V. Structuring the Interface Appendix C AGENDA FOR MEETING BETWEEN ORM-EPA AND NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE I. Mission Interfaces A. Environmental monitoring (NCI) B. Effects of environmental pollutants 1. Toxicology studies 2. Epidemiology studies 3. Ecology studies II. Information Exchange III. Coordinated Program Planning IV. Specific Examples of Areas of Mutual Interest A. dentifying environmental carcinogens and co-carcinogens B. Air pollutants and carcinogenesis C. Ionizing radiation, non-ionizing radiation and carcinogenesis D. Routes of exposure to carcinogens E. Interactions of carcinogens F. Metabolic effects of carcinogens V. Structuring the Interface Appendix D AGENDA FOR MEETING BETWEEN EPA-ORM AND NATIONAL HEART AND Lung INSTITUTE (NHLI) I. Mission Interfaces A. Environmental monitoring 64-737-71-pt. 2-39 |