dr. solomon, have you heard of that thejimmy fund? >> jimmy anderson was one of the first children diagnosed with leukemia and woburn and he passed away. >> in a physician's l namedan drigan? >> yes. >> he is a close friend of mine. he supports legislation that i propose. that is to find out whether these chemicals that are being introduced in products is a very important first step. i appreciate the fact that all of you are here to sound the alarm and let people know they are not exempt, no one is exempt. we do a lot on this committee, the environment committee led by senator boxer, to protect children's health and that includes clean air, getting rid of toxic materials coming out of smokestacks and that kind of thing. do you see communities rising up and saying that xyz company down to their waist here? they should pay the price that cleanup demands. do we ever did identify, ms. brockovich, the companies that have fouled the air and the water and violated our children's health? is that ever brought to attention. ? i ran a business b

dr. solomon, did you ever hear of the jimmy fund, prominent massachusetts situation. was that also in woburn, massachusetts? >> jimmy anderson was one of the first children diagnosed in massachusetts and he unfortunately passed away. >> do you know a physician named landrigan. >> yes, from mount sign a hospital. >> good friend of mine and supports the legislation that i propose and that is to find out where these chemicals are being interviews -- introduesed in the product. i appreciate the fact that you are here to sound the alarm and let people that no one is exempt. we do a lot in this committee of hours, environment committee led by senator boxer, to protect children's health and that includes clean air and includes getting rid of toxins and toxic materials coming out of smoke stacks and that kind of thing. but i wonder, do you see communities rising up and saying, that company, x, y, z company dumped their waste here and they should pay the price that cleanup demands? do we ever identify, the companies that say, ok, you've done it and fouled the air, fouled the w

dr. jeanne solomon boustany tremendous amount of work on cancer clusters. without a doubt our country is made great strides in addressing devastating diseases that once commonplace. our nation invested in drinking water treatment plants and waste water treatment facilities and of these facilities are now essentials parts of our public health infrastructure. despite these great advantages we still have more work to do to address diseases such as cancer and birth defects that took the lives of our children and family members. according to the environmental protection agency, from 1975 to allow seven, rates of childhood cancer increased by more than 20%. i want to say that again. according to the epa from 75 to 07 rates of childhood cancer have increased by more than 20%. so consider this hearing an alarm bell. the country needs to pay attention to a statistic like this. according to the national cancer institute, leukemia is the most common form of cancer accounted for 20% of the incident. the greatest number of childhood cancer occurs during infancy. the fir

dr. gina solomon, we welcome you. >> senior scientist at the nrdc. specs before, chairman boxer and members of the committee. senator crapo, good morning. my name is gina solomon, i'm a practicing physician. i'm also a senior scientist at the national resources defense council and a and the director of the occupational and environmental medicine residency program at the university of california san francisco. most health professionals at some point in their career encounter a disease cluster. disease cluster is a mysterious excess of one or more illnesses such as cancer, birth defects or neurological disease in a particular work place or particular community over a period of time. and the disease clusters are frightening for communities and often frustrating for scientists because at least in the past there were limited tools for understanding and solving them. but my disease clusters also hold the potential especially with the new scientific tools of today and that are emerging as we move forward. these disease clusters may unlock some of the myster

dr. gina solomon, who has done a great deal of work on cancer clusters. a doubt, our country has made great strides in addressing devastating diseases that were once commonplace. our nation invested in drinking water treatment plants and waste water treatment facilities, and these facilities are now essential parts of our public health infrastructure. despite these great advances, we still have more work to do to address diseases, such as cancer and birth defects to take the lives of our children and family members. according to the environmental protection agency, from 1975 to 2007, rates of childhood cancer have increased by more than 20%. i want to say that again. according to the epa, from 1975 to 2007, rates of childhood cancer have increased by more than 20%. so consider this hearing and alarm bell. the country needs to pay attention to a statistic like this. according to the national cancer institute, the canny as the most common form of childhood cancer, accounting for 20% of the incidences. the greatest number of childhood cancers occurs during i