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NIOSH Testimony on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources by Anthony Robbins, June 19, 1979.

PB90193764

Publication Date	1979
Page Count	12
Abstract	Testimony concerned the status of a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) epidemiologic study of workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyards (PNS) in Kittery, Maine. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the workers were experiencing an increased rate of cancer or other health effects as a result of exposure to ionizing radiation and other occupational exposures. NIOSH first learned of a potential problem among these workers from a preliminary study based on evaluation of death certificates of 1722 former shipyard workers and interviews with the next of kin of 592 workers. The study at Portsmouth began in March of 1978. A short term study was conducted to reevaluate the death records obtained in the earlier noted study. The second study was to be a comprehensive retrospective cohort mortality and case control study. The second study was targeted for completion in January of 1981. Approximately 27,000 civilian employees have been identified as having worked at PNS since 1954. It was not expected that the results of the study alone will establish a safe level of exposure to ionizing radiation; however, it will be a large step along the way.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Ionizing radiation Exposure Irradiation Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Radiation hazards Shipyards Shipbuilding Malignant neoplasms Occupational diseases Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Testimony
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57V - Radiobiology 47A - Marine Engineering 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199012

NIOSH Testimony on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources by Anthony Robbins, June 19, 1979.

NIOSH Testimony on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources by Anthony Robbins, June 19, 1979.
PB90193764

Publication Date	1979
Page Count	12
Abstract	Testimony concerned the status of a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) epidemiologic study of workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyards (PNS) in Kittery, Maine. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the workers were experiencing an increased rate of cancer or other health effects as a result of exposure to ionizing radiation and other occupational exposures. NIOSH first learned of a potential problem among these workers from a preliminary study based on evaluation of death certificates of 1722 former shipyard workers and interviews with the next of kin of 592 workers. The study at Portsmouth began in March of 1978. A short term study was conducted to reevaluate the death records obtained in the earlier noted study. The second study was to be a comprehensive retrospective cohort mortality and case control study. The second study was targeted for completion in January of 1981. Approximately 27,000 civilian employees have been identified as having worked at PNS since 1954. It was not expected that the results of the study alone will establish a safe level of exposure to ionizing radiation; however, it will be a large step along the way.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Ionizing radiation Exposure Irradiation Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Radiation hazards Shipyards Shipbuilding Malignant neoplasms Occupational diseases Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Testimony
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57V - Radiobiology 47A - Marine Engineering 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199012