Coalition accuses HEW of lax civil rights enforcement
A 57 organization civil rights coalition told HEW Secretary David Mathews that immediate and substantial improvements are needed. They cited delays in protecting the handicapped, halting investigation of individual complaints, and a six year backlog of college discrimination complaints, naming groups like ACLU NAACP AFL CIO and NOW.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Coalition
HEW
David Mathews
FDA draws guidelines to limit radiation for women and fetuses
The FDA announced it is drafting guidelines to prevent unnecessary radiation exposure to young women especially those pregnant or suspected to be pregnant. It seeks expert consensus on abdominal X rays during the early cycle, reducing exams while protecting the fetus, and the use of abdominal shields. Comments may be sent to FDA at 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville Md.
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The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Fishers Lane
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EPA sets drinking water purity standards nationwide
The Environmental Protection Agency announced drinking water standards to curb bacteria turbidity and 16 chemicals with radio logical contaminants to be added within two months. The rules take effect in June 1977 with an estimated investment of 1.1 to 1.8 billion over five years, enforced by states or EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, plus a new monitoring program for organic chemicals.
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Russell E. Train
Judge finds no grounds to support pesticide bans
An administrative law judge recommended against an immediate ban on heptachlor and chlordane, though he noted the EPA administrator may overrule. The 122 page report questions the cancer risk evidence but suggests the chemicals are not proven safe, leaving room for final EPA action.
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Environmental Protection
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Russell E. Train
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Versicol Chemical Corp
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Herbert L. Perlman
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