NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS JAMES A. HALEY, FLA., CHAIRMAN ROY A. TAYLOR, N.C. HAROLDT JOHNSON, CALIF. ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, WIS. RON DE LUGO, V.I. BOB ECKHARDT, TEX. GOODLOE E. BYRON, MD. JAIME BENITEZ, P.R. JIM SANTINI, NEV. PAUL E. TSONGAS, MASS. ALLAN T. HOWE, UTAH JAMES WEAVER, OREG. BOB CARR, MICH, GEORGE MILLER, CALIF. THEODORE M. (TED) RISENHOOVER, OKLA JAMES J. FLORIO, N.J. CHARLES CONKLIN STAFF CHRECTOR LEE MC ELVAIN GENERAL COUNSEL MICHAEL C. MARDEN The Honorable James A. Haley, Chairman and Insular Affairs U.S. House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Transmitted herewith is the transcript of a symposium Meetings such as those organized by the Environmental Study Conference help to delineate the areas of agreement and to indicate those aspects of the problem which deserve additional research. While the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment was not involved in the organization of the conference (and views presented therein do not necessarily reflect views of Subcommittee members) I am forwarding the meeting record because I believe it will be exceedingly useful to both experts in the field and to non-experts who wish to obtain a sense of the controversy. Ancerely, Morris K. dall, Chairman CONTENTS VIII. Health Effects of Radiation, Is the Data Base Addition to the Testimony of Dr. Edward S. Martell, Recommendations Made to the Environmental Study Conference, 133 . 135 INTRODUCTION On May 4, 1976, a panel including scientists and public health officials presented a wide spectrum of views on the health effects of low-level ionizing radiation during a one-day conference aimed at informing Congressional Members and their staffs on this subject. The conference was organized by the Environmental Study Conference, at that time composed of a bipartisan group of 165 House Members, and the Environmental Policy Institute, a nonprofit research center. The purpose of the meeting was to provide insights into a question increasingly asked by the public: how harmful to health, if at all, is the low-level ionizing radiation from the nuclear fuel cycle, medical x-rays, and other artifical sources. Members of the House and Senate co-sponsoring this conference included Representatives Richard Ottinger, Gilbert Gude, James Jeffords, and John Seiberling, and Senators Gary Hart, Abraham Ribicoff, Edward Brooke, and Jacob Javits. The following pages contain a transcript of the meeting, edited and reorganized by the Congressional Research Service. |