CAL EPA TO RUN LAB INVESTIGATIONS.Byline: Terri Hardy Daily News Sacramento Bureau Gov. Gray Davis has put the state Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and in charge of health investigations at Rocketdyne's Santa Susana Field Laboratory, officials said Tuesday. Davis told Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl, D-Encino, in a May 3 letter that he would transfer responsibility for the investigations from the Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. because the credibility of state oversight has been damaged. Lawmakers have claimed DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) colluded with Rocketdyne and withheld a cancer survey that showed higher than normal lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. rates among nearby residents. ``I want to assure you that I will do all I can to restore public faith in the state's efforts to assist the community in addressing these concerns,'' Davis wrote. The Daily News reported earlier this month that documents showed Rocketdyne and the Department of Health Services plotting to overthrow a citizens oversight committee charged with directing health studies of Rocketdyne workers. Now that two landmark University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. studies have shown laboratory workers had higher rates of some cancers, the oversight group wants to extend studies into the community - something Rocketdyne has tried to avoid. Davis wrote that he would transfer $150,000 from the Department of Health Services to Cal EPA. Those funds are earmarked for the citizens panel to commission a study looking at the feasibility of a community-wide health probe. ``By transferring these funds, I am effectively removing oversight of this effort from the Department of Health Services,'' Davis wrote. The governor has already called for Cal EPA's Department of Toxic Substances to launch an independent investigation into state health agency's handling of Rocketdyne health studies. Kuehl said she was pleased by the governor's action. ``After years of neglect and stonewalling stone·wall v. stone·walled, stone·wall·ing, stone·walls v.intr. 1. Informal a. by the former governor's office, I very much appreciate that we finally have a governor who is committed to restoring public trust in the agencies that have responsibility for protecting our health and safety.'' |
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