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any comtnents or questions? 



If not, thank you very much for your state- 

 ment , 



MR. POSTON: Thank you, Fred. 

 I believe we also have in the room Mr. 

 William J. Beck, who is representing the Departtnent of 

 Health, Education and Welfare. 



STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. BECK 

 OF THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE 



MR. BECK: Mr. Chairman, Conferees, ladies 

 and gentlemen. 



My name is William J. Beck and I am Chief 

 of the Pacific Northwest Marine Health Science Laboratory, 

 Gig Harbor, representingthe part of the Public Health 

 Service of the Departcnent of Health, Education and Welfare. 

 We are the ones who were left when everybody else went to 

 the Interior. 



This morning you noted several instances 

 of raw domestic sewage being poured into the Puget Sound 

 area which we believe could be potential health hazards, 

 both as sources of pathogenic microorganisms, as well as 

 human toxicants from other sources noted. Unfortunately, 

 and being a researcher I can say this, our technology of 

 detection is not up even as far as the Pearl-Benson method 



