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Stephen U.Lester, Center for Health, Environment and Justice, Falls Church, Virginia... 

David W. Gaylor, U.S. Food and Drng Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas Florence K. Kinoshita, Hercnles Incorporated, Wilmington, Delaware Stephen U. Lester, Center for Health, Environment and Jnstice, Falls Church, Virginia... 

One of the leaders of the Love Canal protest was a housewife named Lois Gibbs, who subsequently moved to northern Virginia to establish the Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste (since renamed the Center for Health, Environment and Justice), to advise other communities afflicted by toxic wastes. Over the next decade, the dimensions of the chemical waste problem began to emerge and thousands of local groups formed to advocate for the cleanup of contaminated local lands. This toxics movement eventually encompassed many thousands of local groups in all 50 states. 

RRS System Test Plan (3) Pre-Operational Surveys for the RRS and MMD-1 (4) Draft RCRA Part B Permit, Subpart X for the MMD and (5) Draft RCRA Part B Permit, Subpart X for the RRS (NSCWCC, 2000). Additional reports included Technical Criteria for the Destruction of Stockpiled Persistent Organic Pollutants (Greenpeace, 1998), and The American People s Dioxin Report (Center for Health, Environment and Justice, 1999). 

Center for Health, Environment, and lustice. 1999. The American People s Dioxin Report. Falls Church, Va. Centerfo- Health, Environment, and Justice. 

As part of the Third National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey (NHANES III), the Environment Health Laboratory Sciences Division of the National Center for Environment Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be analyzing human urine samples for chloroform (Needham et al. 1990). These data will give an indication of the frequency of occurrence and background levels of these compounds in the general population. 

The National Institute of Environment Health Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are measuring levels of CDDs, CDFs, PCBs and other chemicals in blood of members of the general U.S. population as part of the NHANES program. 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2002). Guidance for protecting building environments from airborne chemical, biological, or radiological attacks. Cincinnati, OH NIOSH. Retrieved from http //www.cdc.gOv/niosh/bldvent/pdfs/2002-139. pdf... 

ATSDR. 1990. Final Report. Technical assistance to the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment. Mercury exposure study Charleston, Tennessee. Atlanta, GA. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1995. Mercury Exposure in a residential community- Florida, 1994 MMWR 44 (23) 436-437. 

Samet, J. et al., Pfiesteria review of the science and identification of research gaps. Report for the National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environ. Health Perspect. 109 (Suppl 5), 639, 2001. 

Centre for Substances and Integrated Risk Assessment, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Paris, France Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA Emeritus Professor of Food Science, School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom... 

Crocker Nuclear Laboratory and Center for Health and Environment, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Crocker Nuclear Laboratory and Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208... 

In HBM, the most commonly studied PFC are the perfluormated sulfonates and the perfluorinated carboxylates. Among these perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are of greatest concern. Both persist in humans and the environment. Besides PFOS and PFOA, perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) is also frequently detected in human samples. Among the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 12 PFC are measured regularly in human serum [2]. Haug et al. [3] included 19 PFC in their study with serum samples from Norway residents (Table 1). 

The Centers for Disease Control and prevention has published a document on the topic of biomonitoring for uranium exposure (CDC 2013). The document includes a brief introduction on the properties of uranium, its presence in the environment, and sources of possible exposure. This is followed by information on biomonitoring, mainly the results of measurement of the uranium level in urine samples of unexposed populations and some of the special cases that were discussed in this chapter. The document concludes with the following statement Biomonitoring studies on levels of uranium provide physicians and public health officials with reference values so that they can determine whether people have been exposed to higher levels of uranium than are found in the general population. Biomonitoring data can also help scientists plan and conduct research on exposure and health effects (CDC 2013). 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009) Fourth national report on human exposure to environmental chemicals. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, http //www.cdc. gov/exposurereport/pdf/FourthReport.pdf Accessed 15 Nov 2013 Cirillo T, Fasano E, Castaldi E et al (2011) Children s exposure to di(2-ethyUiexyl)phthalate and dibutylphthalate plasticizers from school meals. J Agric Food Chem 59(19) 10532-10538 Colacino JA, Harris TR, Schecter A (2010) Dietary intake is associated with phthalate body burden in a nationally representative sample. Environ Health Perspect 118(7) 998-1003 David RM, Moore MR, Finney DC et al (2000) Chronic toxicity of di(2-ethyUiexyl)phthalate in mice. Toxicol Sci 58(2) 377-385... 

This section was written by Kristina Voigt, GSE - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry, Neuheiberg, Germany. 

CCPS G-38. Guidelines for Integrating Process Safety Management, Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety, New York. 

The Canadian center for occupational health and safety (CCOHS) Promotes a safe and healthy working environment by... 

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