The Lead Ban Act of 1990 and the Lead Exposure Reduction Act of 1990: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, on S. 2593 ... and S. 2637 ... June 27, 1990

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Page 304 - Seals identify art materials that are safe and that are certified in a toxicological evaluation by a medical expert to contain no materials in sufficient quantities to be toxic or injurious to humans or to cause acute or chronic health hazards.
Page 101 - CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND INJURY CONTROL, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Good morning, Mr.
Page 308 - Materials referred to in subsection (a): (1) The term "art material or art material product" shall mean any substance marketed or represented by the producer or repackager as suitable for use in any phase of the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of any medium. The term does not include economic poisons subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or drugs, devices, or cosmetics subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. (2...
Page 87 - STATEMENT OF JOHN A. MOORE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 1988 Good morning, Mr.
Page 128 - By the year 2000, all children in America will start school ready to learn.
Page 163 - Welfare, and the same or similar powers to control industrial carcinogens to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Page 129 - Environmental Defense Fund, Legacy of Lead! America's Continuing Epidemic of Childhood Lead Poisoning, confirms and reiterates the danger to children from lead.
Page 16 - The tragic consequences of this environmental disease on our children are all the more deplorable when one realizes that they are preventable.
Page 198 - We have urged EPA to move aggressively to enforce the prohibition which is essential if reduction of lead in the homeowner's plumbing system is to be achieved. We would support efforts to require EPA to develop a system for identifying lead solders sufficient to prevent the inadvertent or unlawful use of lead solders by individuals engaged in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing used for human consumption. Another area of significant concern to AMWA are plumbing fixtures...
Page 308 - Section 1277, the definition of an art material or art material product is as follows: "The term 'art material or art material product' shall mean any substance marketed or represented by the producer or repackager as suitable for use in any phase of the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of any medium. The term does not include economic poisons subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or drugs, devices, or cosmetics subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics...

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