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RECORD NUMBER: 10 OF 12| Main Title | Report of the Secretary's Commission on Pesticides and Their Relationship to Environmental Health. Parts I and II. | |||||||||||
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| Author | Mrak., Emil M. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | Secretary's Commission on Pesticides and Their Relationship to Environmental Health, Washington, D.C.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Office of Pesticide Programs. | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1969 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA/540/9-69/001(HEW); | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB-251 630 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Pesticides ; Toxicology ; Environments ; Ecology ; Public health ; Hazards ; DDT ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Insecticides ; Recommendations ; Environmental health ; DDE pesticide ; DDD pesticide ; Aldrin ; Dieldrin | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 679p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | The Secretary's Commission on Pesticides and Their Relationship to Environmental Health was appointed in April 1969 and charged with the responsibility of gathering all available evidence on both the benefits and risks of using pesticides, evaluating it thoroughly, and reporting their findings to the Secretary, HEW. The Commission concluded that there is adequate evidence concerning potential hazards to the environment and to man's health to require corrective action. Part I contains the Commission's unanimous recommendations along with summaries of the reports of four Subcommittees to the Commission. Part II contains the complete reports and conclusions of four Subcommittees and the four Advisory Panels to the Commission. |