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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION
AND FINANCE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 7229, H.R. 7548, and H.R. 7664

BILLS TO REGULATE COMMERCE AND PROTECT HUMAN
HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY REQUIRING TESTING
AND NECESSARY USE RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN CHEMI-
CAL SUBSTANCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts

JOHN E. MOSS, California

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California
FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania
JOHN M. MURPHY, New York
DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia
BROCK ADAMS, WASHINGTON

W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas

RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina
JAMES W. SYMINGTON, Missouri
CHARLES J. CARNEY, Ohio
RALPH H. METCALFE, Illinois
GOODLOE E. BYRON, Maryland
JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York
RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York
HENRY A. WAXMAN, California
ROBERT (BOB) KRUEGER, Texas
TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana

WILLIAM M. BRODHEAD, Michigan
W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina
JAMES J. FLORIO, New Jersey

ANTHONY TOBY MOFFETT, Connecticut JIM SANTINI, Nevada

ANDREW MAGUIRE, New Jersey

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio

JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio

JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas

JAMES F. HASTINGS, New York
JAMES M. COLLINS, Texas
LOUIS FREY, JR., Florida

JOHN Y. MCCOLLISTER, Nebraska
NORMAN F. LENT, New York
H. JOHN HEINZ III, Pennsylvania
EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Illinois
CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California
MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey

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Billings, Ms. Linda M., Washington representative, The Sierra Club 157
Blair, E. H., Ph. D., director, Environmental Health Research, Dow
Chemical U.S.A.

284

Bloch, Herman S., Ph. D., chairman, board of directors, American
Chemical Society-

143

Blot, William J., Ph. D., biostatistician, Epidemiology Branch, Na-
tional Cancer Institute__.

132

Cairns, Theodore L., Ph. D., director, Central Research and Develop-
ment, E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.____.

284

143, 150

391,397

Hanes, James H., general counsel, Dow Chemical U.S.A.

Hoover, Robert N., M.D., head, Environmental Studies Section, Na-
tional Cancer Institute.

132

Johnson, Ms. Anita, Public Citizen's Health Research Group--

Karch, Nathan J., assistant to director, Department of Chemistry and
Public Affairs, American Chemical Society.

McGuigan, F. Howard, legislative representative, American Federa-
tion of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)_.
Mason, Thomas J., Ph. D., biostatistician, Epidemiology Branch, Na-
tional Cancer Institute..

Mayers, Daniel K., counsel, Manufacturing Chemists Association.

Mazzocchi, Anthony, citizenship-legislative director, Oil, Chemical

and Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-

Muir, Warren, Ph. D., Council on Environmental Quality.

Nelson, Norton, Ph. D., director, Institute of Environmental Medicine,

New York University Medical Center....

143

246

132

284,313

Sibert, John W., III, Ph. D., professor of chemistry, Sterling Chemical
Laboratory, Yale University.

200

Speth, J. G., Natural Resources Defense Council.

Stein, Terry, director of administration, Organic Agricultural De-

partment, Dow Chemical U.S.A____

Taylor, George, executive secretary, Committee on Occupational
Safety and Health, American Federation of Labor-Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)..
Thompson, Sam, president, Altgeld-Murray Advisory Council,
Chicago, Ill...

246,278

102,103

Zapp, John A., M.D., director, Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology
and Industrial Medicine, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co----
Additional material submitted for the record by-

Adhesives Manufacturing Association, letter dated July 23, 1975,
from Arthur Campbell, president, to Chairman Van Deerlin___

Allied Chemical Corp., Frederick L. Bissinger, vice chairman of the

board, statement_

348

284

441

"Toxicology-Studies on Placental_Transfer-Trichlorethylene,'
article from Industrial Medicine, January 1970..

American Petroleum Institute, letter dated July 29, 1975, from P. N.

Gammelgard, vice president, to Chairman Van Deerlin__.

Center for Science in the Public Interest, appendix to statement of
Albert J. Fritsch___

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Ciba-Geigy Corp., letter dated July 25, 1975, with attachments,

from J. Schneller, vice president, to Chairman Van Deerlin__.

Council on Environmental Quality, responses to written questions
submitted after the hearings. - -

84

Responses to written questions submitted to Deputy Administra-
tor Quarles

237

Fike Chemicals, Inc., Nitro, W. Va., Chemicals and Specialties
Management Council membership. -

98

Hall Chemical Co., Wickliffe, Ohio, letter dated July 7, 1975, from
Ralph A. Schaefer, Ph. D., to Chairman Van Deerlin

Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of, David P. Rall,

M.D., Director, National Institute of Environmental Health

Science, National Institutes of Health, Definition of Research

Chemical..

Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, questions submitted
in writing to Russell W. Peterson, Chairman, Council on Environ-
mental Quality.

Manufacturing Chemists Association, summary of Snell study,

Economic Impact of Toxic Substances Control Legislation.

National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers, statement_

National Cancer Institute, fact sheet: Atlas of Cancer Mortality for
U.S. Counties, 1950-69.

National Wildlife Federation, letter dated July 10, 1975, with attach-

ment, from Thomas L. Kimball, executive vice president, to Chair-

man Van Deerlin..

Nelson, Norton, Ph. D., letter dated July 25, 1975, to Chairman Van
Deerlin, responding to written questions of July 16, 1975-

Reilly Tar and Chemical Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., letter dated

July 23, 1975, with attachment, from T. E. Reilly, president, to

Chairman Van Deerlin...

465

83

133

388

Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO,
ÓSHA citation of PPG Industries' Chemical Division, Corpus
Christi plant..

90

Public Citizens Health Research Group:

Article: The Appropriateness of Environmental and Safety
Regulation and Possible Effects on Technological_Innovation,
by Nicholas A. Ashford, Ph. D., J.D., Center for Policy Alter-
natives, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-
Cancer mortality in the Districts of Members of the House Com-
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce_.

Report of the panel on chemicals and health of the President's
Science Advisory Committee, chapter 12-Economic issues.......
Response to written questions of Ms. Johnson..

361

386

368

389

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