Sentences with phrase «department of toxic substances»

-- Isabella Alasti, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Los Angeles

State health officials were alerted to the problem after technicians from the Sacramento County Health Department, doing a spot check in late July, found elevated lead levels... Subsequent tests by the state's Department of Toxic Substances Control found that multiple parts of the boxes, such as the vinyl lining, contained lead.

The Institute is forming a broad - reaching partnership with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to advise and assist the state in developing tough, fair and transparent criteria for assessing alternatives to some of the chemicals currently used in consumer products sold in California.

As Secretary, Matt oversees the activities of the California Air Resources Board, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the State Water Resources Control Board.

WASHINGTON (May 2, 2018)-- The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) today announced its decision to list spray polyurethane foam insulation (SPF) materials containing unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyanates (MDI), a key component in SPF, as a Priority Product under the state's Safer Consumer Products (SCP) Program.

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) today hosted a public hearing for comments on its proposal to list spray polyurethane foam insulation (SPF) materials containing unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyanates (MDI).

WASHINGTON (May 17, 2017)-- The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) today hosted a public hearing for comments on its proposal to list spray polyurethane foam insulation (SPF) materials containing unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyanates (MDI), a key component in SPF, as a Priority Product under the state's Safer Consumer Products Program.

California Department of Toxic Substances scientists explore innovative dioxin cleanup — even bioremediative mushrooms.

Two state agencies oversee the e-waste law: CalRecycle, which is in charge of the fee and payment system, and the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, which visits recycling plants to monitor the storage of toxic materials.

The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) was doing little to encourage residents to have their homes tested.

Not exact matches

«I urge the National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to work with their partners at the New York State Department of Health to offer blood testing to residents of Newburgh, so that they can finally begin to have clarity about the extent of this problem,» she said.

Former EPA Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck, who was featured in the Politico article and is also a regular voice on WAMC, called the actions by EPA and the Department of Defense «scientific censorship» of the report being compiled by the Department of Health and Human Services» Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

NYS DOH received the grant award from Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Then there's the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency, which have overlapping regulations on the use of toxic substances, pest control and animal and plant health.

«The discovery of BoNT / X facilitates the development of diagnostics and countermeasures which is important if someone would be exposed to a toxic amount of the substance,» says Pal Stenmark, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University.

It was eggshell thinning that devastated fish - eating birds and birds of prey, says Fry, and this effect is well documented in a report (pdf) on DDT published in 2002 by the Department of Health and Human Services» Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Partners in the Study include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Navajo Nation Division of Health, University of New Mexico Community Environmental Health Program, UNM Pediatrics Department Center for Development and Disability, and Southwest Research and Information Center.

In 1986 Congress established the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the Department of Health and Human Services in order to deal with effects of hazardous environmental substances on humSubstances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the Department of Health and Human Services in order to deal with effects of hazardous environmental substances on humsubstances on human health.

The children being tested, ages 6 months to 3 years, are from low - income neighborhoods in Tacoma and Yakima, said Lew Kittle, a project manager for the state health department's office of toxic substances.

This publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement Numbers 2U50 / OH009739 and 5U50 / OH009739 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); U50 / ATU272750 from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), CDC, which included support from the National Center for Environmental Health, CDC; and by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH).