Summary: Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health, convened a hearing today to examine the current science on public exposures to toxic chemicals.
Opening Statements:
Panel 1
- Steve Owens, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency
- Henry Falk M.D., M.P.H., Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Linda Birnbaum Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S., Director, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
Panel 2
- Molly Jones Gray, Participant in a Biomonitoring Study
- Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group
- Charles McKay MD FACMT, FACEP, ABIM, Division of Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hartford Hospital
- Tracey J. Woodruff PhD, MPH, Associate Professor and Director, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
More Information: Video of the hearing will be posted here.
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