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Proposed amendment to the Radiological Health appropriations for
Fiscal Year 1967
ttached is a summary of justification and study plans in support of -
an amendment to the Division of Radiological Health Fiscal Year 1967
appropriation to provide support for expanded investigations into the
etiology of thyroid tumors. The reports of the Panel of Experts on
Thyroid Diseases and the ad hoc statistical committee both establish
the need for extensive and intensive studies to clarify the significance or radiation in thyroid tumorigenesis.
The proposed amendment for Fiscal Year 1967 requests a total increase
in funds of $1,200,000, of which $800,000 will be allocated to Human
Population Studies, $200,000 to supportive Radiobiological investi-
gations, and $200,000 to environmental studies.
Carrying out the expanded program will entail cooperative efforts be-
tween elements within the Public Health Service as well as with other
‘Federal and State agencies. We anticipate that the studies will require assistance from the Division of Chronic Diseases, National
Institutes of Health; National Office of Vital Statistics; Epidemic
intelligence Service, Communicable Disease Center; several state
health departments; and the Atomic Energy Commission, in orcer to
focus on the most significant problems being posed by the preliminary
investigations in Fiscal Year 1966.
Provision is also allowed for
cooperative arrangements with medical centers and laooratories for
diagnostic and therapeutic follow-up of children in whom thyroid
lesions are detected.
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It is requested that this amendment be approved and forwarded to the
Department with a recommc.dation that it be suomitved to the Bureau
of the Budget. The Division has taken the first step in planning
for expansion of our thyroid studies by considering some reallocation
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
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