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Medical Testing and Health Insurance

Description: Tests to identify individuals who are likely to develop serious diseases are being rapidly developed. Some of these tests are directed at diseases for which there are presently no known therapies, thereby raising questions over the social consequences of identifying susceptible persons. This assessment examines existing and developing medical tests and their current and potential uses by health insurers and employers.
Date: August 1988
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Medical Waste (Hospital Waste)]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by Linda Frederick about fears and risks associated with improper disposal of medical waste, particularly needles. This story includes the cover of a magazine about water pollution, b-roll of medical waste being disposed of and a woman drawing a patient's blood before disposing of the needle, unidentified hospital and laboratory staff speaking about waste and disposal, an interview with Dr. Charles Haley abou… more
Date: October 12, 1988
Duration: 2 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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US Department of Energy response to standards for remedial actions at inactive uranium processing sites: Proposed rule

Description: The Title I groundwater standards for inactive uranium mill tailings sites, which were promulgated on January 5, 1983, by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project, were remanded to the EPA on September 3, 1985, by the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court instructed the EPA to compile general groundwater standards for all Title I sites. On September 24, 1987, the EPA published proposed standards (52FR36000-36008) in respon… more
Date: January 29, 1988
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hazards Control Department annual technology review, 1987

Description: This document describes some of the research performed in the LLNL Hazards Control Department from October 1986 to September 1987. The sections in the Annual report cover scientific concerns in the areas of Health Physics, Industrial Hygiene, Industrial Safety, Aerosol Science, Resource Management, Dosimetry and Radiation Physics, Criticality Safety, and Fire Science. For a broader overview of the types of work performed in the Hazards Control Department, we have also compiled a selection of ab… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Griffith, R. V. & Anderson, K. J.
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Southern state radiological emergency preparedness and response agencies

Description: This Report provides information on the state agencies assigned to radioactive materials transportation incidents in 16 Southern States Energy Board member states. For each, the report lists the agencies with primary authority for preparedness and response, their responsibilities and personnel within the agencies who can offer additional information on their radioactive materials transportation programs. The report also lists each state's emergency team members and its laboratory and analytical… more
Date: November 1, 1988
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ORNL R and D on Advanced Small and Medium Power Reactors: Selected Topics

Description: From 1984-1985, ORNL studied several innovative small and medium power nuclear concepts with respect to viability. Criteria for assessment of market attractiveness were developed and are described here. Using these criteria and descriptions of selected advanced reactor concepts, and assessment of their projected market viability in the time period 2000-2010 was made. All of these selected concepts could be considered as having the potential for meeting the criteria but, in most cases, considera… more
Date: 1988~
Creator: White, James D. & Trauger, Donald B.
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Southern state radiological emergency preparedness and response agencies

Description: This Report provides information on the state agencies assigned to radioactive materials transportation incidents in 16 Southern States Energy Board member states. For each, the report lists the agencies with primary authority for preparedness and response, their responsibilities and personnel within the agencies who can offer additional information on their radioactive materials transportation programs. The report also lists each state`s emergency team members and its laboratory and analytical… more
Date: November 1, 1988
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Community emergency response to nuclear power plant accidents: A selected and partially annotated bibliography

Description: The role of responding to emergencies at nuclear power plants is often considered the responsibility of the personnel onsite. This is true for most, if not all, of the incidents that may happen during the course of the plant`s operating lifetime. There is however, the possibility of a major accident occurring at anytime. Major nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island have taught their respective countries and communities a significant lesson in local emergency preparedness and respo… more
Date: October 1, 1988
Creator: Youngen, G.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: AIDS Pamphlet]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an informational pamphlet "Understanding AIDS," that was distributed to every household in the United States. The pamphlet was aimed at parents. This story aired on the 6 PM news.
Date: May 16, 1988
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: LULAC/AIDS]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about AIDS education aimed at the latino population in Dallas. An unidentified female commentator states that AIDS had been classified as a white male homosexual disease and therefore was not been believed to be a threat to latinos. The interior of the Los Barrios Unidos clinic is shown. This story aired at 10 PM.
Date: July 7, 1988
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: LULAC/AIDS]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about public health announcements aimed at the latino population in Dallas to reduce the spread of AIDS. The lack of public health education about AIDS in the Spanish language is listed as a problem. This story aired at 6 PM.
Date: July 7, 1988
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.783567 -96.872630
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Beyond the NIMBY (not-in-my-backyard) impasse II: Public participation in an age of distrust

Description: With the intensification of not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) responses to both nuclear and chemical waste management and facility siting, we revisit public participation goals, processes, mechanisms and results to evaluate the uses and limits of public participation for achieving legitimate siting decisions. The deepening loss of trust of the American public in most institutions jeopardizes all preemptive nuclear and hazardous waste facility siting decisions, and carefully structured public participa… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Peelle, E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Survey preliminary report, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California

Description: This report contains the preliminary findings based on the first phase of an Environmental Survey at the Department of Energy (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories Livermore (SNLL), located at Livermore, California. The Survey is being conducted by DOE's Office of Environment, Safety and Health. The SNLL Survey is a portion of the larger, comprehensive DOE Environmental Survey encompassing all major operating facilities of DOE. The DOE Environmental Survey is one of a series of initiatives announc… more
Date: January 1, 1988
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health risk analysis for ingestion of contaminants from existing groundwater contamination at selected UMTRA project sites

Description: This study examines potential hazards to human health from the ingestion of chemicals in ground waters beneath and adjacent to four abandoned uranium mill-tailings sites: Gunnison, Colorado; Lakeview, Oregon; Monument Valley, Arizona; and Riverton, Wyoming. Chemicals of concern in the ground water near these sites include arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead-210, molybdenum, nitrate, polonium-210, radium 226 and radium 228, selenium, sulfate, thorium-230, uranium and vanadium. Hazards to health wer… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Hamilton, L. D.; Medeiros, W. H.; Meinhold, A.; Morris, S. C.; Moskowitz, P. D. & Nagy, J.
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Human exposure to dioxin from combustion sources

Description: Because of their extreme toxicity, much concern and debate has arisen about the nature and extent of human exposure to dioxin. Since municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerators are known to emit polychorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polycholorinated dibenzofurnas (PCDFs) many people who live near MSW incinerators fear that they will be exposed to high levels of dioxin and subsequently develop cancer. What is often overlooked in this debate, however, is the fact that the general population i… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Hattemer-Frey, Holly A. & Travis, Curtis C.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the CIRRPC Ad Hoc Planning Group

Description: A variety of vehicles have been used to try to ensure a coordinated Federal approach to the complex issues surrounding the utilization of and exposure to radiation. Subsequently, various committees were convened to seek improvements in coordination of Federal radiation research programs and in addressing policy matters. In 1984, the Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination (CIRRPC) was established. CIRRPC is charged with acting as a coordinator, clearinghouse, and eva… more
Date: December 1, 1988
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AIDS: An Overview of Issues

Description: This report discusses the many difficult policy dilemmas associated with the AIDS epidemic, including past Congressional funding to support AIDS research and education efforts, strategies for controlling the spread of the AIDS virus, and methods and resources available for the care and treatment of persons with AIDS.
Date: March 21, 1988
Creator: Smith, Pamela W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Legal Implications of the Contagious Disease or Infections Amendment to the Civil Rights Restoration Act, S.557

Description: This report discusses the civil rights restoration act, S. 557, as it passed the House and Senate. This provision would most likely be interpreted as codifying the existing standards relating to section 504 interpretation concerning discrimination against individuals with handicaps.
Date: March 14, 1988
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Family Planning: Title X of the Public Health Service Act

Description: This report discusses Title X of the Public Health Service Act provides support for family planning clinics, research related to family planning and population, training of family planning personnel, and development and dissemination of family planning information.
Date: March 24, 1988
Creator: Cislowski, Joseph A
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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