FEDS TO WEIGH ROCKETDYNE HEALTH STUDY.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer A federal fact-finding team soon will be sent to the area around Rocketdyne's Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
The Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS is planning to spend five to 10 days between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 discussing the site with residents and officials, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a joint news release from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; and U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Oxnard. ``If it is possible to undertake a health study and ease the legitimate concerns of Rocketdyne's neighbors, we should,'' Gallegly said in a statement. The lawmakers said the team from the HHS's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry The United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, (ATSDR) is an agency for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is directed by a congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous will look into the feasibility of conducting a community study, and report its findings and recommendations to the lawmakers by Nov. 15. The community for years has been pressing for a health study once it was disclosed that nuclear and chemical contamination had seeped into the soil and groundwater at the field lab in the hills between Simi Valley and Chatsworth. Those concerns have been amplified since a pair of UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX studies of workers at the lab showed higher cancer mortality rates The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. among some workers exposed to radiation and certain chemicals. The lawmakers said their staffs had met with federal officials in recent weeks to again call for a health study to be conducted. ``It's really to determine if this is a pressing issue,'' said Dan Hirsh, a member of an anti-nuclear organization and the community group monitoring cleanup at the site. ``I'm grateful that Sen. Feinstein and Congressman Gallegly got them to reverse course and to go consider funding for the (community) health study.'' |
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