PL 103-43 TITLE XIX -- STUDIES

SEC. 1911-- POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER RISKS CONTRIBUTING TO INCIDENCE OF BREAST CANCER

(a) REQUIREMENT OF STUDY

(1) In General -- The Director of the National Cancer Institute (in this section referred to as the "Director"), in collaboration with the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, shall conduct a case-control study to assess biological markers of environmental and other potential risk factors contributing to the incidence of breast cancer --

(A) the Counties of Nassau and Suffolk, in the State of New York; and

(B) the 2 counties in the northeastern United States that, as identified in the report specified in paragraph (2), had the highest age adjusted mortality rate of such cancer that reflected not less than 30 deaths during the 5 year period for which findings are made in the report.

(2) RELEVANT REPORT. --The report to in paragraph (1)(B) is the report of the findings made in the study entitled "Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results", relating to cases of cancer during the years 1983 through 1987.

(B) CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF STUDY -- The Director in carrying out the study under subsection (a) shall include the use of a geographic system to evaluate the current and past exposure of individuals, including direct monitoring and cumulative estimates of exposure, to --

(1) contaminated drinking water;

(2) sources of indoor and ambient air pollution, including emissions from aircraft;

(3) electromagnetic fields;

(4) pesticides and other toxic chemicals;

(5) hazardous and municipal waste; and

(6) such other factors as the Director determines to be appropriate.

(C) REPORT. --Not later than 30 months after the date of the enactment of this act, the Director shall complete the study required in subsection (a) and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report describing the findings made as a result of the study.

(d) FUNDING -- Of the amounts appropriated for fiscal years 1994 and 1995 for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Cancer Institute, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall make available amounts for carrying out the study required in subsection (a).

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