Health, Education, and Welfare Department

The responsibility of chemical process managers for preventing air, water, and soil pollution has indirectly influenced plant safety by requiring better control of plant processes to prevent releases of hazardous materials. Regulatory legislation was introduced by the Health, Education, and Welfare Department (Health and Human Services) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require (/) improvements in air quality (1955 Air Pollution Act ... 

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The Secretary of the Health, Education and Welfare Department (HEW), acting on the advice of the FDA is authorised to prescribe the conditions under which an additive may be safely used . 

J. A. Danielson, Air Pollution Engineering Manual, Pub. No. 999AP-40, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Cincinnati, Ohio,... 

The Registry of the Effects of Toxic Substances, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, PubHc Health Services, Center for Disease Control, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, D.C., 1977, updated quarterly. 

In 1965 the Water Quahty Act established a new trend in water pollution control. It provided that the states set water quality standards in accordance with federal guidelines. If the states f ed to do so, the standards would be set by the federal government subject to a review hearing. In 1966, the Clean Water Restoration Act transferred the Feder Water Pollution Control Administration from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to the Department of the Interior. It also gave the Interior Department the responsibility for the Oil Pollution Act. 

Holzworth, G. C., "Some Effects of Air Pollution on Visibility in and Near Cities," Sanitary Engineering Center Technical Report A62-5, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. United States Public Health Service, Cincinnati, OH, 1962. 

Source Pagnotto, L. D., and Keenan, R. G., "Sampling and Analysis of Gases and Vapoi - . f The Industrial En iniiimL-iit—ll Control." United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. United States Government Printing Office, Washington. 167-179. 

Fig. 21-10. Average concentrations of hydrocarbons and sulfur dioxide for each wind direction and wind direction frequency in two classes (0-7 mi hr and greater than 7 mi hr ), Philadelphia, 1963. Source U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (8).

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