Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/803

 PUBLIC LAW 95-622—NOV. 9, 1978

92 STAT. 3435

through (h) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively, and (10) by inserting " (a) " after "301." and by adding at the end the following: "(b)(1) The Secretary shall conduct and may support through Grants, grants and contracts studies and testing of substances for carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, mutagenicity, and other harmful biological effects. In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall consult with entities of the Federal Government, outside of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, engaged in comparable activities. The Secretary, upon request of such an entity and under appropriate arrangements for the payment of expenses, may conduct for such entity studies and testing of substances for carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, mutagenicity, and other harmful biological effects. "(2)(A) The Secretary shall establish a comprehensive program of Low-level research into the biological effects of low-level ionizing radiation under ionizing which program the Secretary shall conduct such research and may radiation. support such research by others through grants and contracts. "(B) The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive review of Federal programs of research on the biological effects of ionizing radiation. "(3) The Secretary shall conduct and may support through grants and contracts research and studies on human nutrition, with particular emphasis on the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and on the maintenance and promotion of health, and programs for the dissemination of information respecting human nutrition to health professionals and the public. In carrying out activities under this paragraph, the Secretary shall provide for the coordination of such of these activities as are performed by the different divisions within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and shall consult with entities of the Federal Government, outside of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, engaged in comparable activities. The Secretary, upon request of such an entity and under appropriate arrangements for the payment of expenses, may conduct and support such activities for such entity. "(4) The Secretary shall publish an annual report which contains— Annual report, "(A) a list of all substances (i) which either are known to publication. be carcinogens or may reasonably be anticipated to be carcinogens and (ii) to which a significant number of persons residing in the United States are exposed; "(B) information concerning the nature of such exposure and the estimated number of persons exposed to such substances; "(C) a statement identifying (i) each substance contained in the list under subparagraph (A) for which no effluent, ambient, or exposure standard has been established by a Federal agency, and (ii) for each effluent, ambient, or exposure standard established by a Federal agency with respect to a substance contained in the list under subparagraph (A), the ex^tent to which, on the basis of available medical, scientific, or other data, such standard, and the implementation of such standard by the agency, decreases the risk to public health from exposure to the substance; and "(D) a description of (i) each request received during the year .^ involved— " (I) from a Federal agency outside the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the Secretary, or " ( II) from an entity within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to any other entity within the Department, to conduct research into, or testing for, the carcinogenicity of sub-

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