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 PUBLIC LAW 102-522—OCT. 26, 1992 106 STAT. 3421 (1) STUDY.— (A) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'T)irector"), in cooperation with the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substcuices and Disease Registry, and the heads of other Federal Government agencies as determined to be appropriate by the Director, shall conduct a study to evaluate the potential for, the prevalence of, and the issues related to the contamination of workers' homes with hazardous chemicals and substances, including infectious agents, transported from the workplaces of such workers. (B) MATTERS TO BE EVALUATED. —In conducting the study and evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Director shall— (i) conduct a review of past incidents of home contamination through the utilization of Uterature and of records concerning past investigations and enforcement actions undertaken by— (I) the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; (II) the Secretary of Labor to enforce the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.); (III) States to enforce occupational safety and health standards in accordance with section 18 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 667); and (IV) other government agencies (including the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency), as the Director may determine to be appropriate; (ii) evaluate current statutory, regulatory, and voluntary industrial hygiene or other measures used by small, medium and large employers to prevent or remediate home contamination; (iii) compile a siunmary of the existing research and case histories conducted on incidents of employee transported contaminant releases, including— (I) the effectiveness of workplace housekeeping practices and personal protective equipment in preventing such incidents; (II) the health effects, if any, of the resulting exposure on workers and their families; (III) the effectiveness of normal house cleaning and laundry procedures for removing hazardous materials and agents from workers' homes and personal clothing; (IV) indoor air quality, as the research concerning such pertains to the fate of chemicals transported from a workplace into the home environment; and (V) methods for differentiating exposure health effects and relative risks associated with specific

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