Emergency Committee

In the majority of the countries, the necessary equipment and potential have been provided for to counteract the main affections from chemical incidents. These measures include not only the setting up of specialized organizations and institutions such as public health establishments or emergency committees and commissions, but also creation of reliable information sites and systems. 

To help further involve the public in atomic energy issues, Einstein and a small group of other leading researchers formed the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists to raise money for public information campaigns. Pauling was happy to join when asked, especially because... 

In this atmosphere of repression, many whose politics were liberal, who favored international cooperation and domestic political freedom, fell silent. Membership in the Federation of American Scientists and other liberal political action groups dwindled. The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists disbanded. The left wing in American politics crumbled. It was simply too dangerous to criticize American policy. 

Joins the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, and begins 15 years of anti-bomb activism... 

The group of factories were expected to employ 14,000 men, 8,000 of whom would live in hostels nearby and 1,300 in married quaners, with the balance transponed daily from Bristol by bus. Initially the logistics of this arrangement were given scant attention, leading to a critical situation in the summer of 1942, at which time a number of emergency committees were convened to resolve the growing problems of accommodation and transport. 

At about the same time a similar response was building in the United States. John Dewey helped assemble a Faculty Fellowship Fund at Columbia University. There were other immediate private initiatives such as the hiring of Hans Bethe at Cornell. The major U.S. effort, the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars, was organized under the auspices of the Institute for International Education. 

Soft PVC toys were subjected to a temporary ban imposed by the European Product Safety Emergency Committee in the autumn of 1999 and periodicaUy renewed. The restrictions were targeted not at PVC itself but at the use of six phthalates (DEHP, DUMP, DBP, DIDP, DNOP and BBP) that were used in toys and other articles likely to be put into the mouth, such as teething rings, by children up to the age of three. The ban was defended as an application of the precautionary principle, i.e., that it is unwise to expect users to wait until exhaustive research... 

Disasters Emergency Committee (UK)] Member Agencies ultimately did adopt seismic design approaches but this was not always matched by quality construction and the design intent was compromised by poor quality materials and workmanship on site. In some cases remedial works and retro-fitting was needed to create a safe structure. ... 

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