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Mixed testimony on SB1154 as lawmakers weigh creating disease and toxin testing lab at JABSOM
Summary
Senators heard competing views on Jan. 31 about Senate Bill 1154, which would require the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine to create a public disease and environmental toxin testing laboratory.
Senate Bill 1154, heard Jan. 31 by the joint committees, would require the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) to construct, establish and operate a disease and environmental toxin testing laboratory to accept samples from the public for testing of human disease and environmental media such as water, air and soil.
Ed Desmond, state laboratory administrator, told senators the state already provides many of the services envisioned by the bill. "For the environmental samples, testing is already available. At the state laboratory, we test water and food samples," he said, and noted the state…
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