Federal Research on Electromagnetic Radiation: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, July 25, 1990 |
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Page 63 - Council shall advise the President with respect to radiation matters, directly or indirectly affecting health, including guidance for all Federal agencies in the formulation of radiation standards and in the establishment and execution of programs of cooperation with States.
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Page 6 - A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY Mr. PALLONE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee.
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Page 1 - The hearing of the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Science, Space and Technology Committee will come to order.
Page 119 - ... their lack of financial or professional conflicts of interest. The specific disciplines represented were Anatomy, Physics, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Genetics, Psychology, Neurology, Epidemiology, Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering. The Panel examined the state of knowledge on health effects of electric and magnetic fields to identify the areas most relevant for research related to possible health hazards of electric and magnetic fields. After reviewing available literature, issuing a...
Page 174 - ... studies have suggested an association between exposure to power frequency fields and cancer. While these epidemiologic studies are controversial and incomplete, they do provide a basis for concern about the effects from exposure. The research results to date are complex and inconclusive. Many experiments have found no differences in biological systems that have been exposed to fields and those that have not. It still is not possible to demonstrate that such risks exist, and they may not. However,...
Page 142 - US and industry affiliates worldwide. Its US members serve almost all of the customers served by the investorowned segment of the electric utility industry. They generate almost 80% of all electricity generated by utilities and service more than 75% of all customers in the nation. EEI's basic objective is the "advancement in the public service of the art of producing, transmitting, and distributing electricity and the promotion of scientific research in such field".
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Page 178 - A systematic characterization of the entire low-frequency field environment to which people are exposed in normal modem life would be useful to this end. Finally, little or no research has been done on exploring techniques for reducing or eliminating 60 Hz field exposures. Preliminary work conducted by Carnegie-Mellon University suggests that in many cases solutions may be possible at economically reasonable levels. For example, a low-field electric blanket might be designed by using concentric conductors...