CHEMICALS

Addresses

Living in Chemical World—Adequacy of Current Structures: Neal Neuberger, 33469-33470 [21OC]

Public Concern in Use of Chemicals: Raymond C. Tower, 3968 [15MR]

Amendments

Hazardous substances: prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (H.R. 2210), 7163, 7170 [18AP]

Analyses

National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act (S. 2896), 30874 [14OC]

Regulation of Pesticide Residues in Food (H.R. 4739), 13383-13386 [3JN]

Articles and editorials

Agent Orange Exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 21996 [11AU]

Agent Orange's Victims Find Sympathy at the Statehouses, 21997 [11AU]

Air Products' James F. Roth Wins 1988 Perkin Medal, 5086 [23MR]

Air Products Scientist To Get Top Chemistry Prize, 5086 [23MR]

Alert Sounded on Potentially Lethal Refinery Chemical, 2494 [24FE]

Are Things Getting Out of Hand? Nations Must Find a Way To Move Faster on the Environment, 14058 [9JN]

Clamping Down on Chemical Weapons, 29361 [7OC]

EPA Comes Under New Fire on Its Management of Superfund Program, 17295 [7JY]

``Furlough'' for Iraq, 29907 [12OC]

Job Conditions That Need Fixing, 25186 [23SE]

New Finding on Ozone ``Hole'' Raises Concern, 472 [1FE]

On Chemicals and Cancer Clusters—A Farmers Perspective, 29585 [7OC]

Ozone Level Fell 5% From 1979 to 1986, 472 [1FE]

Refinery Blast Sparks Warning on Possibility of Poisonous Gas Release, 2495 [24FE]

State Probes Illnesses at Boeing Plant, 25186 [23SE]

U.S. Chemicals Used To Process Illicit Drugs—Bill Would Regulate Chemical Exports, 27446 [3OC]

U.S.-Made Chemicals Supply Narcotics Labs Across Latin America—Industry Says It Shuns Buyers It Suspects, but Somehow Shipments Keep Booming, 18531 [14JY], 27447 [3OC]

Unacceptable Human Cost, 16002 [27JN]

Worker Safety—Congress Should Ignore a Bill That Costs More Than It's Worth, 5286 [25MR]

Worker's Worry—Is She Dying for the Defense of Her Nation?, 25185 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Chemical warfare: sanctions against firms transferring chemical agents to Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Syria (see H.R. 5396)

Drugs: cleanup of dangerous chemicals at illegal laboratories (see H.R. 4384)

———suppressing the diversion and trafficking of certain chemicals used in illicit manufacturing of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4391)

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4069)

Hazardous substances: controlling certain sources of acid deposition and commercialization of clean coal technologies (see H.R. 4331)

National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act: enact (see S. 2896)

Ozone Layer Protection Act: enact (see S. 2502)

Pesticide Food Safety Act: enact (see H.R. 4937)

Pesticides: elimination of redundant data requirements (see H.R. 5129)

———regulate residues in food (see H.R. 4739)

Safety: industry methods for neutralizing or destroying certain substances before manufacturing them (see H.R. 5179)

Tariff: ADC-6 (see H.R. 4683)

———amiloride hydrochloride crude (see H.R. 4697)

———bentazon (see H.R. 4244)

———calcium carbaspirin (see S. 2081)

———D-carboxamide (see H.R. 4698)

———Diflunisal (see H.R. 4684)

———diphenolic acid (see S. 2503)

———disperse yellow 27 dye (see H.R. 4103)

———iohexol (see S. 2087)

———4-chloro-3-methylphenol (see S. 2581)

———m-Aminophenol (see S. 2615)

———mixed ortho/para toluene sulfonamide (see H.R. 4266)

———m-xylenediamine and 1,3-bis (aminomethyl) cyclohexane (see H.R. 4395)

———naphthalic acid anhydride (see S. 2388)

———norfloxacin (see H.R. 4696)

———1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (see S. 2668; H.R. 5209)

———piperonyl butoxide (see H.R. 3946)

———sulfachloropyridazine (see S. 2407)

———suspension of certain (see S. 2052, 2053)

———tamoxifen citrate (see S. 2504)

———tartaric chemicals (see H.R. 4167)

———3-ethyl-8-hydroxylquinoline (see S. 2387)

———trichlorosalicylic acid (see S. 2616)

———2',4'-difluoro-4-hydroxy-3-biphenyl-carboxylic acid (see S. 2705)

———2-(alpha-hydroxyethyl)-3-amino-1,5-pentane-dioic acid 5-methylester (see S. 2706)

Factsheets

Material Safety Data Sheet: General Electric Co., 4868 [23MR]

Letters

Classification of anhydrous ammonia as poisonous gas: Keith Hora, 17607 [12JY]

———M. Cynthia Douglass, 17605 [12JY]

———Senator Harkin, 17605 [12JY]

———several Senators, 17606 [12JY]

Handling of polychlorinated biphenyls: Don Siegelman, 19238 [27JY]

———Hubert H. Humphrey III, 17279 [7JY], 19238 [27JY]

———Nancy N. Lynch, 17278 [7JY]

———Nancy Stearns, 19239 [27JY]

———Thomas J. Miller, 19238 [27JY]

Lists

Dept. of Labor standards for hazardous substances, 5281, 5284 [25MR]

Petitions

Dumping of plastic and other waste in ocean: Volusia County, FL, County Council, 25024 [22SE]

Remarks in House

Drug abuse: diversion for illicit laboratories, 18531 [14JY]

Ecology: enforcement of environmental laws (H.R. 4756), 14058 [9JN]

———manufacturer excise tax on the sale of chemicals which deplete the ozone layer (H.R. 2854), 5875 [30MR]

EPA: data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (H.R. 2800), 28211 [4OC], 28215 [7OC], 28216 [4OC]

———Superfund Program, 17294 [7JY]

Hazardous substances: controlling certain sources of acid deposition and commercialization of clean coal technologies (H.R. 4331), 5999 [31MR]

———hydrofluoric acid, 2494 [24FE]

———prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (H.R. 2210), 12126-12130 [24MY]

———requirements for the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls (H.R. 3070), 19238 [27JY]

Pesticide Food Safety Act: enact (H.R. 4937), 16513 [29JN]

Pesticides: effects on California table grapes, 30603 [13OC]

———elimination of redundant data requirements (H.R. 5129), 24727 [20SE]

———regulate residues in food (H.R. 4739), 13382 [3JN], 23692 [13SE]

Safety: industry methods for neutralizing or destroying certain substances before manufacturing them (H.R. 5179), 21023 [8AU]

Tariff: 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (H.R. 5209), 22377 [11AU]

Remarks in Senate

Aeronautics: health hazards in aerospace and defense industry, 25184 [23SE], 25244 [23SE]

Air pollution: chlorofluorocarbons and coal, 23703 [14SE]

———ozone depletion, 471 [1FE], 23704 [14SE]

Anhydrous ammonia: classification as poisonous gas, 17604 [12JY]

———classification as poisonous gas (S. 2841), 25851, 25860, 25861 [28SE]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: worldwide ban on chlorofluorocarbons, 27371 [3OC]

EPA: economic and environmental impacts from implementation of reducing ozone depleting substances, 17683 [12JY]

Hazardous substances: prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (H.R. 2210), 7168-7174 [18AP]

Hungary: protection of U.S. chemical compound patent, 28457 [5OC]

National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act: enact (S. 2896), 30869 [14OC]

Ozone Layer Protection Act: enact (S. 2502), 14268 [13JN]

Tariff: 4-chloro-3-methylphenol (S. 2581), 16150 [28JN]

———m-Aminophenol (S. 2615), 17253 [7JY]

———suspension of certain (S. 2052), 1121 [4FE]

———suspension of certain (S. 2053), 1121 [4FE]

———trichlorosalicylic acid (S. 2616), 17254 [7JY]

Reports

Case Control Study of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and Agricultural Factors in Eastern Nebraska: Sheila H. Zahm, 21995 [11AU]

Soft Tissue Sarcoma Incidence in Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans: Richard W. Clapp, 21995 [11AU]

Reports filed

EPA Data Collection and Dissemination Relative To Chemical Emissions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2800) (H. Rept. 100-1018), 27327 [30SE]

Studies

Association Between Soft-Tissue Sarcomas and Exposure to Phenoxyacetic Acids: Lennart Hardell and Mikael Eriksson, 21996 [11AU]

Case-Control Study of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Agricultural Factors in Eastern Nebraska: S. Hoar Zahm, D.D. Weisenburger, P.A. Babbitt, R.C. Saal, K.P. Cantor, and A. Blair, 22580 [7SE]

Tables

Annual emissions of environmentally important trace gases, 1925-85, 23704 [14SE]

Atmospheric concentrations of environmentally important trace gases, 1959-86, 23704 [14SE]

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, 23885, 23886 [15SE]

Occupational exposure to dioxin-contaminated substances resulting in human illness, 21998 [11AU]

Texts of

H.R. 2210, Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act, 7168-7170 [18AP], 12126 [24MY]

H.R. 2800, EPA data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions, 28211-28213 [4OC]

S. 2052, suspension of certain duties on chemicals, 1121 [4FE]

S. 2053, suspension of certain duties on chemicals, 1122 [4FE]

S. 2502, Ozone Layer Protection Act, 14269 [13JN]

S. 2581, tariff on 4-chloro-3-methylphenol, 16150 [28JN]

S. 2615, suspend duty on m-Aminophenol, 17253 [7JY]

S. 2616, suspend duty on trichlorosalicylic acid, 17254 [7JY]

S. 2675, Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act, 19763 [1AU]

S. 2896, National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act, 30871-30874 [14OC]

S. Res. 226, international negotiations to protect ozone, 3723 [14MR]