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Mass X Ray Screenings End As Health Officials Act
Pennsylvania bans mass X ray screenings sponsored by local lung groups. The Environmental Quality Board voted 11-1 on Feb. 19 to require a doctor's prescription for X rays, phasing out six holdout organizations in Harrisburg Lewistown Somerset Johnstown Altoona and Washington. Public health officials say the practice poses unnecessary radiation risk and has fallen from favor since early 1970s warnings.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lung Association
State Environmental Quality Board
Harrisburg
Lewistown
Somerset
Johnstown
Altoona
Washington
Thomas Gerusky
Department of Environmental
George Smith
Tuberculosis and Health Society of
Central Pennsylvania
Smith
State Lung Association
Leonard Bachman
Bachman