U.S. Department of Health

Institute of Health PubHcation 80-1938, PubHc Health Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., May 1980. 

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

The FDA is headed by the Commissioner of Food and Dmgs. This position is not a Cabiaet-level office but falls within the PubHc Health Service (PHS), a division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The post of FDA Commissioner is subject to HHS pohtical clearance and Senate confirmation, and the Commissioner is ultimately accountable to HHS, Congress, and the President of the United States. The Commissioner has a staff to assist ia poHcy making and several deputy commissioners to oversee operation of ah. the subordinate units. FDA has six regional offices within the country, each responsible for a section of the country, and 21 district offices. Persons with technical background typicahy work ia one of FDA s chemistry laboratories or as investigators or consumer safety officers. 

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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