Assessing September 11th Health Effects: What Should be Done? : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, October 28, 2003U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 218 pages |
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... operations continued in a sharply restricted zone around Ground Zero . By then the EPA had analyzed 57 samples of dust in lower Manhattan , and 19 - or one - third - showed asbestos levels higher than the agency's own 1 % danger ...
... operations continued in a sharply restricted zone around Ground Zero . By then the EPA had analyzed 57 samples of dust in lower Manhattan , and 19 - or one - third - showed asbestos levels higher than the agency's own 1 % danger ...
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... operation in response to New York's broader request that States throughout the region send responders here . So I met our responders as they were returning from New York and spoke with them about what they saw and how their efforts here ...
... operation in response to New York's broader request that States throughout the region send responders here . So I met our responders as they were returning from New York and spoke with them about what they saw and how their efforts here ...
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... operations on Staten Island from September 11 , 2001 through June 30 , 2002. The Registry will provide information about health effects for everyone exposed and will provide a basis for all of us to make public health and policy ...
... operations on Staten Island from September 11 , 2001 through June 30 , 2002. The Registry will provide information about health effects for everyone exposed and will provide a basis for all of us to make public health and policy ...
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... operation . To improve respiratory protection at future disasters we need better planning , improved respirator design and supply . P - 100 respirators need to have filters that are interchangeable from one manufacturer to the next ...
... operation . To improve respiratory protection at future disasters we need better planning , improved respirator design and supply . P - 100 respirators need to have filters that are interchangeable from one manufacturer to the next ...
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... operation and is care- fully monitored by an expert advisory panel that includes many no- table experts in this and related fields . This program is in danger of ending without funding that has already been appropriate but not yet ...
... operation and is care- fully monitored by an expert advisory panel that includes many no- table experts in this and related fields . This program is in danger of ending without funding that has already been appropriate but not yet ...
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Page 108 - CDC's mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability.
Page 8 - CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, DC ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts JIM TURNER, Texas THOMAS H.
Page 12 - Mr. TOWNS. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Let me begin by thanking you and all my colleagues for holding this very important hearing.
Page 8 - Ex OFFICIO HENRY A. WAXMAN, California LAWRENCE J. HALLORAN, Staff Director and Counsel KRISTINE MCELROY, Professional Staff Member JASON CHUNG, Clerk DAVID RAPALLO, Minority Counsel...
Page 11 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGING THREATS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:15 pm, in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 107 - Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives...
Page 53 - Impact of the September llth Attacks in New York City on Drug Users: A Preliminary Assessment." Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 79, no. 3 (2002): 409-12. Edelman, P., et al. "Biomonitoring of Chemical Exposure among New York City Firefighters Responding to the World Trade Center Fire and Collapse.
Page 108 - Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Page 165 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. SHAYS. I thank the gentleman. At this time the Chair would recognize Mr.
Page 61 - I would like to thank the Chair and the members of the subcommittee for even letting a Senator come into this hearing.