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The 134th meeting of the Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine
was held on May 7-8,
Washington.
1970,
ACBM members
Robert D. Moseley, Jr.
and
Perry R.
Stout,
at the Battelle-Northwest Laboratory, Richland,
in attendance were Drs.
Philip P.
(Vice-Chairman), William F.
and Rosemary Elmo
Cohen
(Chairman) ,
Bale, Arie J. Haagen-Smit
(Executive Secretary).
Dr.
Cohen was
present for only a portion of the morning session on the 7th since he was
recalled to the University of Wisconsin due to campus disturbances there.
Dr. Moseley acted as Chairman after Dr.
ance were Dr.
of Washington,
Clement A.
Finch,
Cohen's departure.
Professor,
Also in attend-
Department of Medicine,
University
Seattle, who will become a member of the ACBM in July 1970;
Dr. John Totter,
Director,
Division of Biology and Medicine,
and several
members of his staff (Dr. John S. Kirby-Smith, Dr. C. W. Edington and
Mr.
John C.
Whitnah);
and Dr. Robert A.
Mrs.
Gail
Bradshaw,
Division of Public Information,
Conard, Medical Department,
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
The meeting on the 7th began with a welcome
Manager of the Richland Operations Office.
AEC
by Mr. Donald G. Williams,
The program, organized by
Dr. E, L. Alpen, Manager of the Environmental and Life Sciences Division of
BNWL,
involved reports by the various staff members on the programs of the
Departments of Atmospheric Resources,
Radiological Sciences, Ecosystems and
Biology carried out under AEC sponsorship.
Of particular interest to the
ACBM were reports on the progress made in new techniques and sensitive
instrumentation for use in medical research and health physics
Radiological Sciences),
Department) chronic
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thermal stress problems
(H. E.
(W. L. Templeton,
Palmer,
Ecosystems
Sr toxicity and inhaled plutonium toxicity (J.
F.
Biology Department) and studies concerning co-carcinogenecity of uranium
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