Committees on Environmental Health and

Due to the possibility of pediatric casualties from chemical agent attacks, several pediatric advocacy groups, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), have commented on the urgent need for pediatric chemical casualty research (Blaschke and Lynch, 2003). The Committees on Environmental Health and Infectious Diseases have provided the following consensus statement regarding children and chemical-biological threats (CEH/ CID, 2000). 

CEH/CID (Committee on Environmental Health and Committee on Infectious Diseases) (2000). Chemical-hiological terrorism and its impact on children a subject review. Pediatrics 105 662-70. 

Shea KM American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Health (2003) Pediatric exposure and potential toxicity of phthalate plasticizers. Pediatrics, 111 1467-1474. 

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Environmental Health. (2003). Radiation disasters and children. Pediatrics, 111, 1455-1466. 

American Academy of Pediatrics. 1999. Thimerosal in vaccines — An interim report to clinicians. Committee on Infectious Diseases and Committee on Environmental Health. Pediataics 104 (3) 570-574. 

Dr. Honeycutt is a former chair and council representative for the Central North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. He is also a former chair of the Division of Agrochemicals for the American Chemical Society and is currently the Nominations Committee Chair for the Division of Agrochemicals. He served on the ACS Committee on Environmental Improvement for 9 years and is a consultant for this ACS committee. He is also a member of the International Commission of Occupational Health. 

The impact of normal operation of the Eco Logic technology package on human health and the environment was addressed in the ACW I Committee report (NRC, 1999). That report s conclusion—that the health and environmental impacts are minimal—and the supporting information it contains are unchanged. 

Breslow, L. (1984). Nonoccupational health risks of asbestiform fibers. Committee on Nonoccupational Health Risks of Asbestiform Fibers, Board of Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, DC. 

Steven R. Tannenbaum, a member of the Institute of Medicine, has a Ph.D. in food science and technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is currently the codirector and Underwood-Prescott Professor, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, and professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry. Dr. Tannenbaum s research interests include the chemistry and pathophysiology of nitric oxide, the quantitative measurement of human exposure to carcinogens, and tissue-based microsensors for toxin detection and drug metabolism. He has been a member of the NRC Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology and has served on several NRC committees. 

Gerald van Belle holds joint appointments as professor in the Departments of Biostatistics and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington. Dr. van Belle received his PhD in mathematical statistics from the University of Toronto. His research has focused on the use of statistics to study various environmental health issues, including exposure to pollutants in air and drinking water, and environmental risk factors for Alzheimer s disease. Dr. van Belle served as a member of the National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology and was a member of the Committee to Review EPA s Research Grants Program. 

PHS. 1992. CCEHRP interim statement on dioxins. Committee to Coordinate Environmental Health and Related Programs, interagency committee. 

Hazard Study 3 (Hazard and Operability study, HAZOP) is carried out when the design of the process is finalised and detailed. The basic premise of a Hazard and Operability study is that hazards may occur on chemical plant when situations arise which the designer had not thought about. HAZOP sets out to identify these situations. There are many books and publications giving instruction, advice and background to these studies, and some organisations make these freely available (for example, the Royal Society of Chemistry Environmental Health and Safety Committee s Notes on Hazard and Operability Studies 13 March 2001). 

The tremendous achievements which have been accomplished by the judicious use of pesticides in increased world-wide food production and the control of vector-bome diseases are very evident. In addition, pesticidal materials contribute to the effective control of undesirable species of pests including insects, plants, bacteria, fungi, etc., and assist in the nutrition, growth, and reproduction of certain desirable species. However, because of widespread use in these applications, pesticides have proliferated intensely in the biosphere and thus have significantly contributed to problems of environmental pollution. For example, the effects of these chemicals on public health and the survival of species of fish and wildlife are two specific areas of critical concern. The attention which has been focused in recent years on the occiurence of residues of pesticides and their metabohtes, as well as other industrially significant chemicals in the environment, is demonstrated by the numerous reports of various official and unofficial committees of inquiry which have considered this problem and have reported the results of large numbers of assays of pesticide residues in such diverse substrates as human and animal tissues, food, plants, water, soil, and air. 

Qu JQ, Wu SA (2002) Indoor environmental monitoring technology. In Training materials on indoor environment and health. The Chinese Society of Environmental Science, The Chinese Expert Committee on Indoor Environment and Health, Beijing, p 1... 

At the present time, the advisory committee structure in industry is taking shape which will act as an input to the entire process by the industrial sector. The Economic and Trade Advisory Panel under the aegis of Bill Agee of Bendix has already been formed. The Panel on Regulation and Environmental, Health and Safety, under Don Frey of Bell and Howell, will meet shortly. 

NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences). 1998. Scientific Issues Relevant to Assessment of Health Effects from Exposure to Methylmercury. Workshop organized by Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources(CENR) Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) The White House. November 18-20, 1998. Raleigh, NC. 

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