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CONTENTS

Hearing held on September 8, 2004

Statement of:

Howard, John, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health, HHS, accompanied by Dr. G. David Williamson, Director, Agen-

cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, HHS; Dr. Janet

Heinrich, Director, Health Care-Public Health Issues, GAO; and Robert

E. Robertson, Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security,

GAO

Levin, Dr. Stephen, co-director of the World Trade Center Worker and
Volunteer Medical Screening Program; Dr. Michael Lonski, director,
training and program development, Life Matters; Dr. James Melius,
administrator, New York State Laborers Health and Safety Fund; Stan
Mark, esq., program director, Asian American Legal Defense and Edu-
cation Fund; and Ms. Micki Siegel de Hernandez, health and safety
director, Communications Workers of America

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:

Page

1

18

122

De Hernandez, Micki Siegel, health and safety director, Communications
Workers of America, prepared statement of

164

Heinrich, Dr. Janet, Director, Health Care-Public Health Issues, GAO,

prepared statement of

37

Howard, John, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health, HHS, prepared statement of

23

Kucinich, Hon. Dennis J., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Ohio, prepared statement of

7

Levin, Dr. Stephen, co-director of the World Trade Center Worker and
Volunteer Medical Screening Program, prepared statement of

Lonski, Dr. Michael,director, training and program development, Life

Matters, prepared statement of

125

132

Maloney, Hon. Carolyn B., a Representative in Congress from the State

of New York:

Prepared statement of

15

Report written by the Sierra Club, "Pollution and Deception at

Ground Zero"

106

Mark, Stan, esq., program director, Asian American Legal Defense and
Education Fund, prepared statement of

154

Melius, Dr. James,administrator, New York State Laborers Health and

Safety Fund, prepared statement of

143

Robertson, Robert E., Director, Education, Workforce and Income Secu-
rity, GAO, prepared statement of

72

Shays, Hon. Christopher, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Connecticut, prepared statement of

3

Towns, Hon. Edolphus, a Representative in Congress from the State

of New York, prepared statement of

179

Turner, Hon. Michael R., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Ohio, hearing transcript of October 2003, pages 164 and 165

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