* « » 7 - *939TI wak FORM NO. 10 Re ALry P LOITION - Ota PPoaR 145 CFM VOLO LS - UNITED staves Government . . Lala, Through:. Executive Officer DATE: Public Health Service SUBJECT: -~ ~~ / . le Aft ‘ whey / Paes — . be be eehehe itl . : ig wea dae PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE--BSS } ke w Surgeon General FROM: £0 ,* Jf 19- Atk. flVlemorandum TO | Aras BEST COPY AVALAGLE . , j2/r tov Associate Chief for Environmental Health HOTA e9 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. ‘ AVASLAGLE Y P O C t s e B es we OS ss Cord 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 . :