CHROMIUM 6 HEALTH EFFECTS IN WATER TO BE EXAMINED.Byline: - Daily News Scientific researchers will discuss the health effects of chromium 6, a suspected carcinogen carcinogen: see cancer. carcinogen Agent that can cause cancer. Exposure to one or more carcinogens, including certain chemicals, radiation, and certain viruses, can initiate cancer under conditions not completely understood. found in local water wells, at a joint legislative hearing this month in Burbank City Hall. The Oct. 24 hearing will convene the state Senate committees on Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS , Natural Resources and Wildlife and the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. In addition to representatives of the public water agencies that draw from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. aquifer, the meeting will include scientists from the Division of Drinking Water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. and Environmental Management, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. The state currently allows a maximum of the chemical of 50 parts per billion in drinking water, half of that allowed by the nation's 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 . State health officials are considering lowering that standard to 2.5 ppb. The meeting is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in City Council chambers, 275 E. Olive Ave. |
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