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THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT OF

1971 AND AMENDMENT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1478

TO AMEND THE FEDERAL HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ACT,
AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AUGUST 3, 4, 5; OCTOBER 4, AND NOVEMBER 5, 1971

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Klein, Dr. David, professor of chemistry, Hope College, Holland, Mich__-
Prepared statement

Letter of August 9, 1971.
Train, Hon. Russell, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; accom-
panied by Alvin L. Alm, staff director, program development_--

Billings, Linda, Sierra Club__

AUGUST 4, 1971

Dunlap, Louise C., assistant legislative director, Friends of the Earth--Fri, Robert, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; accompanied by Dr. John Buckley, Office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Monitoring_

Love, Sam, Environmental Action__.

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Questions and the answers thereto..

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Pickelner, Joel, National Wildlife Federation___.

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Risebrough, Robert, associate research ecologist, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California.

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Prepared statement

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Wellford, Harrison, associate for the Center for the Study of Responsive
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Hallman, Robert Marshall, Center for Law and Social Policy.
Proposed suggestions to amendment 338__

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Nicholson, Dr. William, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York----
Rodgers, William, Jr., associate professor of law, University of Washington
Prepared statement

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Strohbehn, Edward, staff attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council__.
Proposed suggestions to amendment 338.

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OCTOBER 4, 1971

Mazzocchi, Anthony, citizenship-legislative director, Oil Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, Washington, D.C.; accompanied by Fred Linde, presidential assistant for Health and Safety, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union; and Steven Wodka, research assistant

Samuels, Sheldon W., Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.

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NOVEMBER 5, 1971

Shaffer, Dr. C. Boyd, Manufacturing Chemists Association; accompanied by Dr. William Sutton; Taylor Hanavan; Dr. Myron V. Anthony; and Harry Buchanan

Prepared statement

Bissinger, Frederick L., president, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association; accompanied by Roland Derby, president, Nyanza, Inc.; and Douglas Kliever, counsel_.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS
Aishton, Preston K., on behalf of Sears, Roebuck & Co., statement ___
Aldrich, Dr. Samuel R., member, Pollution Control Board, State of
Illinois, letter of April 15, 1971...

Aldworth, John G., general manager, Power Transformer Department,
Westinghouse Electric Corp., letter of October 14, 1971.

"Algae and Phosphorus," article in the Chemical and Engineering News..
Alpert, Dr. Joel J., Massachusetts Department of Public Health, letters
of April 1, 1971__.

Article from the New England Journal of Medicine. Amour-Dial, Inc., letter of August 16, 1971.

Anderson, Raymond E., secretary and general manager, Lake Michigan, statement._.

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Anderson, Richard J., on behalf of DeSoto, Inc. and Sears, Roebuck &
Co., statement_

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Black, S. A., and W. Lewandowski, article-
Borchardt, Dr. Jack A., statement_-_-

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Borg, Grant K., professor, University of Utah, letter of April 7, 1971. Boyle, Thomas E., president, International Chemical Workers Union, letter of October 13, 1971___

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Cadieux, M., Ambassador, Canadian Embassy, letter of September 29, 1971.

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Callahan, Edward W., general manager, Environmental Services, Allied
Chemical Corp., letters of.

October 19, 1971.

August 26, 1971.

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Cerra, Frances, article in Newsday.

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"Champagne Fountain Cooled Holiday Fete," article.
"Child's Death Key to Move," article in the Cincinnati Post..

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Coleman, Dr. Allan B., chairman, Committee on Accident Prevention,
American Academy of Pediatrics, letter of April 16, 1971.

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Commoner, Barry, director, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems,
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., article_

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Deer, Paul F., assistant director, Research and Development Department,
FMC Corp.:

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Diamond, Henry L., Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation, New York, letter of October 4, 1971.

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Done, Dr. Alan K., University of Utah Medical Center, letter of
April 20, 1971.

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Donovan, Jerome J., Deputy Director, Division of Hazardous Substances and Poison Control, Food and Drug Administration, letter of October 28, 1971

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Dow Chemical Co., statement.

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Driver, W. J., Manufacturing Chemists Association, letter of January 5, 1972__

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Eagan, John E., president, Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater
Chicago, statement_

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"Effect of Carbohydrates on the Symbiotic Growth of Planktonic BlueGreen Algae with Bacteria," article from Nature -

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Elliker, P. R., Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, statement..

Fllis, Virginia, article in the St. Petersburg Times

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"Emancipation of the American Homemaker," article_

Epstein, Dr. Samuel S., swetland professor of environmental health and human ecology, Case Western Reserve University, letter of October 14, 1971__

"Agronomist Clears Phosphates Of Causing Algae in Waters,” article from the Pennsylvania Mirror_

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"Eutrophication Is The Nutrient Enrichment of Water Which Stimulates Excessive Growth of Aquatic Life," article_

"Excessive Emotion About Detergents," article from Science FDA press release on 39 detergents.

Gilbert, Frederick A., FMC Corp., statement

Grosselin, Dr. Robert E., Ph. D., professor, Department of Pharmacology
and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, letter of April 23, 1971.
Hall, George O., Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and Charles Schwartz, Hall Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pa., article
Handler, Philip, president, National Academy of Sciences, article-
Hartke, Hon. Vance, U.S. Senator from Indiana, statement
HEW-EPA news release, September 15, 1971.

Hillmer, Harold E., R.S. deputy health officer, Health Department, Fond
du Lac, Wis., letter of April 20, 1971.

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Horiszny, Mrs. University of Notre Dame, letter of January 5, 1970. Ikard, Frank N., American Petroleum Institute, letter of November 8, 1971..

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James, Betty, article in the Washington Evening Star....

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Kappe, Stanley E., P.E., Kappe Associates, Inc., letter and statement of
October 5, 1971.

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Kerr, Pat C., Doris F. Paris, and D. L. Brockway, article.

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Key, Dr. Marcus M., Director, Assistant Surgeon General, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, letters of:

November 26, 1971.

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November 11, 1971.

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King, Darrell L., Ph. D., associate professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, statement..

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Article

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Kinney, John E., sanitary engineering consultant, statement.

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Kramer, J. R., H. E. Allen, G. W. Bauline and N. M. Burns, article.
Kuentzel, Lester E., article.

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Lange, Willy, Tanner's Council Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, article...

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Legge, Robert F., and Douglas Dingeldein, article.

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Lightfoot, Edward S., P.E., chief engineer, Missouri Water Pollution
Board, letter of April 21, 1971..

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Lohmann, Lawrence C., article in the Milwaukee Journal.

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Morris, J. Carrell, Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard
University, April 16, 1971..

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Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, statement, and additional material_ _

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Nesbitt, Dr. John B., professor of civil engineering, Pennsylvania State
University, statement..

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"Of Causing Algae in Water-Agronomist Clears Phosphates,” article in the Pennsylvania Mirror___

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Okun, Daniel A., professor, environmental engineering, University of
North Carolina, statement..

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Olson, Ann., "Speed Queen economist," article in the Speed Queen Dealer- 769 Oswald, William J., Ph. D., statements

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Pfeffer, John T., professor of sanitary engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, letter of April 21, 1971

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"Phosphate Content of Detergents," press releases, Department of the
Interior's Federal Water Quality Administration.
Pomeroy, Lawrence R., letter of April 17, 1971__.

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