The Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing entitled “The Environment and Human Health: The Role of HHS” on Thursday, April 22, 2010, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will examine, with testimony from two key agency directors, how the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is studying, tracking, and addressing the effects of environmental factors on human health and illness.

Witnesses

• Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Toxicology Program
• Henry Falk, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Health, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Documents

Testimony

• Testimony of Linda Birnbaum
• Testimony of Henry Falk

Additional Documents

• Briefing Memo
• Preliminary Transcript

Video

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