inited States

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS AND CHILDREN:

EXPLORING THE RISKS, PART I

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON

CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

HEARING HELD IN OAKLAND, CA, SEPTEMBER 6, 1990

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Hearing held in Oakland, CA, September 6, 1990.........

Statement of:

Bearer, Cynthia F., M.D., Ph.D., director, Division of Pediatric Environ-

mental Health at Children's Hospital in Oakland Research Institute,

Oakland, CA.

Boxer, Hon. Barbara, a Representative in Congress from the State of

California

Cuellar, Ciro, member of Earlimart Cancer Task Force, Earlimart, CA.

Goldman, Lynn, M.D., M.P.H., chief of the environmental epidemiology

and toxicology branch of the California Department of Health Services,

Emeryville, CA...

Hill, Thomas, director, Tri-County (Migrant) Head Start of Fresno, Mon-

terey, and San Bonito Counties, Fresno, CA....

Hughes, Dana, M.P.H., M.S., consultant, Children Now, Oakland, CA.

Israel, Kathleen, parent and co-chairperson, Concerned Residents of

Marin County (CRMC), San Rafael, CA.

Jackson, Richard J., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., chief of the hazard identifi-

cation and risk assessment branch of the California Department of

Health Services, chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics,

Committee on Environmental Health, Sacramento, CA.........

Jukes, Thomas, Ph.D., Department of Biophysics, University of Califor-

nia, Berkeley, CA..

Mott, Lawrie, M.S., senior scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council,

San Francisco, CA ....

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Ramirez, Gonzolo, farmworkers, Earlimart, CA, accompanied by Ciro

Cuellar, member of Earlimart Cancer Task Force, Earlimart, CA.

Sandoval, Salvador, M.D., family practitioner at the Childs Avenue

Health Center; coordinator of the lower western stream for the Mi-

grant Clinicians' Network, Merced, CA.

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Stark, Hon. Pete, a Representative in Congress from the State of Califor-

nia.......

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Steyer, James J.D., president of Children Now, Oakland, CA
Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera:

Ames, Bruce N., director, N.I.E.H.S., Environmental Health Sciences
Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA, prepared statement of....
Bearer, Cynthia F., M.D., Ph.D., director, Division of Pediatric Environ-
mental Health at Children's Hospital in Oakland Research Institute,
Oakland, CA, prepared statement of...

Cuellar, Ciro, member of Earlimart Cancer Task Force, Earlimart, CA,

prepared statement of

Goldman, Lynn R., M.D., M.P.H., chief of the environmental epidemiolo-

gy and toxicology branch of the California Department of Health Serv-

ices, Emeryville, CA, prepared statement of..

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Hardy, Gwen, member, People United for a Better Oakland, Oakland,

CA, prepared statement of....

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