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Date Nov. 3, 1977 Report No. 105984 Title

Agriculture and Food: Federal Responsibilities for Insuring Safe and Pure Fish Products

DOCURnT BRESUuE O5984 - [B13663#5 ] (Federal Responsibilities for Insuring Safe and Eure Fish Products]. lovember 3, 1977. 6 pp. Commissioner, Food and Administration; by Albert B. Jojokian, Assistant Drug Director, Human Resources Div. Contact: Human Resources Div. Authority: Federal ood, Drug, and Ccsmetic Act (21 .S.C. 301). Report to Donald Kennedy, potential for maximizLng inupection resource...
Date Nov. 3, 1977 Report No. 090248 Title

Environmental Protection: Need for Increased Monitoring of Chemical Contaminants in Fish Products

.* UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE - -?= WJSHINGTON, D C 20548 +6-y” y”I”“c -- 3 877 The Honorable Donald Kennedy Commlssloner, Food and Drug "; Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr. Kennedy: We recently completed a survey of Federal responslbllltles for insuring safe and pure fish (excluding shellfish) products. The work Included assessing (1) whether a...
Date June 29, 1977 Report No. 102514 Title

Environmental Protection: Delays in Setting Workplace Standards for Cancer-Causing and Other Dangerous Substances

DOCUMENT RESURE 02514 - [A1872902] (Delays In Setting Workplace Standards for Cancer-Causing and Other Dangerous Substances]. June 29, 1977. 17 pp. + enclosure (5 pp.). Testimony before the Senate Committee on Human Subcommittee; by Gregory J. Div. Ahart, Director, esources: Labor uman Resources Issue Area: Consumer and Worker Protection: Standards and Regulations Adequacy and Timeliness (902). Co...
Date May 23, 1977 Report No. CED-77-78 Title

Environmental Protection: Sewage Sludge Disposal on Agricultural Land

i , )0CfE N -I sEUmj No I -, A V AT L A 6 L E I PedJ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DVCLIPMIIT DIVISION B-166506 The Honorable Douglas M. Costle Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Dear Mr. Costle: MAY z 1977 We are currently reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency's management of sewage sludge disposal practices. Our review i...
Date April 12, 1977 Report No. 094683 Title

Health: Present Federal Programs Addressed to Environmental Carcinogens

REMARKS BY ELMER 3. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TEE UNITED AT THE CONFERENCE ON TEE FEDERAL REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATIONWASHINGTON, D.C., ./ APRIL 12, 1977. \-- 4 \tfl ~ R E S E N TFEDERAL PROGRAMS ADDRESSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CARCIBOGENS 3 I n recent y e a r s , t h e G e n e r a l A c c o u n t i n g O f f i c e h a s P l a c e d i n c r e a s e d e m p h a s i s o...
Date Feb. 12, 1977 Report No. 093826 Title

Health: Present Federal Programs Addressed to Environmental Carcinogens

. .r . .\ 4 . .. 4 4 ’. ‘ * .( REYARKS BY ELMER 3. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U N I T E D STATES AT T H E ~ O N F E R E N C EON THE FEDERAL REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENS)CENTER FOR C O N T I N U I N G EDUCATION (WASHINGTON, D .C APRIL 1 2 , 1977 > FPRESENT i FEDERAL PROGRAMS ADDRESSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENS p-‘ &)o mool I n r e c e n t y e a r s , t h e General Account...
Date Aug. 16, 1976 Report No. HRD-76-156 Title

Health: Need To Resolve Safety Questions on Saccharin

_’ ‘. ..,. Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare In February 1972, the Food and Drug Administration published an interim regulation to allow the continued use of saccharin in food for a limited time, to resolve the question of its potential to cause cancer. Resolution of the question is not expected before mid-l 978. Allowing an interim food additive regulat...
Date June 16, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-59 Title

Health: Federal Efforts To Protect the Public From Cancer-Causing Chemicals Are Not Very Effective

1 J-r REPORT TO THE ChiGRE BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Federal Efforts To Protect The Public From Cancer-Causing Chemicals Are Not Very Effective Federal efforts to protect the public from cancer-causing chemicals have not been too successful. Although Federal agencies, including the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare; the Environmental Protection Agency; a...
Date Feb. 25, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-85 Title

Use of Cancer-Causing Drugs in Food-Producing Animals May Pose Public Health Hazard: The Case of Nitrofurans

. I111111111111111 llllllllllllllllllll llllll1! LM098284 it Food and Drug Administration Education, Department and Welfare of Health, Residues of nitrofurans--a class of animal drugs shown to cause cancer--may be present in food taken from treated animals. Some nitrofuran metabolites may also cause cancer, but the Food and Drug Administration has not obtained data on the extent of metabolite resi...
Date Jan. 6, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-33 Title

Health: Answers to Questions on the Issuance of an Emergency Temporary Standard for Certain Chemicals Considered To Be Carcinogens

C.“-.*‘- ._ llNl Ill11 11111111 IllIllllllllllllllllllllll LM097120 COMPTROUER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D c THE zrxw~ UNWfZO !3TAw B-179768 .: I . ’ 'The Honorable The Honorable The Honorable Bill Archer, Y. Caldwell George The '+&:-The ‘The The The Honorable Honorable Honorable Ronorable Honorable James G, V. Steven Joe D. Antonio House of Representatives Butler, Louse of Representatives A....